Pas de deux #2
Collage using actual pieces of my own paintings on Canvas
24" x 24" x 2"
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ENERGETIC INTERVENTIONS
Artist Statement
"Energetic Interventions" emerged from a place of profound civic anxiety—a visceral response to perceived threats against the foundational principles of our nation. Confronting fears about the erosion of constitutional protections, civil liberties, and voting rights, I turned to my own archive of beloved paintings as both subject and metaphor.
In an act of controlled destruction mirroring the dismantling I witnessed in our political landscape, I began cutting apart works I had cherished, transforming personal loss into creative inquiry. What initially felt like devastation revealed unexpected possibility: fragments from disparate paintings, when reunited, spoke to one another in new visual languages. These recombined pieces—affixed to canvas and cradled wooden panels, then sealed beneath layers of encaustic wax applied with heat—became testaments to resilience and regeneration.
The series ultimately asks: Can we forge beauty from chaos? Can fragmentation lead to stronger, more complex wholes? Through the alchemical process of destruction and reconstruction, "Energetic Interventions" proposes that even in our most fractured moments, there exists the potential for transformation and renewed meaning.
Jaye Alison