The Knell of the Parting Day

Oil, acrylic, gilding powders, shattered glass on carved wood assemblage.

47x54"

This panel was built of cast-offs from construction projects and tear downs, used without altering or amending the scraps of lumber. Creating this panel was like building a puzzle, and the process truly honored the history of each fragment. Putting the cast-off pieces together to create a unified whole was a way of repairing or restoring what had been broken. Carving each board with specificity and intention revealed the beauty hidden in the rough forms and textures of the materials. I felt that I was bringing those broken bits back to life and giving them wholeness and new meaning. Restoring grandeur to these discards is my way of bringing light back into a world grown dull by so much discounting.