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ABOUT THE CURRENT BETSY MURPHY
ENSO CIRCLE RESIDENTS Many people today find themselves disconnected from the pleasure of

WHO BEGAN IN JUNE 2021 spending time in nature. Often, we think that we can only experience
peace by traveling to vast untouched wilderness. In my paintings I
celebrate nature where I find it, from urban pocket parks to local green
SHERYL BELTRANE belts, to my own backyard. Aspects of my paintings, just as in nature,
vacillate between working intuitively and having work well planned.
It is time to stop thinking and let the brush move from forces within me. Fifteen Through painting I enjoy finding intersections, overlaps, layers, and
years ago I took an art class, and 30 courses later will be a forever student and relationships both in the subject matter and in the process of the painting.
absolutely love creating art. I did a workshop with Michelle in 2011.Currently This work helps me gain focus and keeps my hands busy.
am in second year Docent Training at SAMA. Since Covid, have not found a CAROL L. MYERS
class that appealed to me until I saw Enso Circle opportunity. I remodeled my
kitchen with a studio area by french-doors. Enso Circle is the nidus to create For as long as I can remember, I have been enthralled with the natural
and share daily with like-minded souls, and be part of something greater than world in all its color, shape and form, both microscopic and macroscopic.
self. Meditative pencil drawings explore these natural objects and create
a sacred space for contemplation and connection with spirit. These
MARIAN MCKENZIE-CONE explorations form my personal constellation of image and meaning.
Encaustic allows me to work intuitively in layers, adding and excavating
I am a qualified pre-school and primary teacher who currently resides in marks and objects that create depth, history and meaning in the sensuous
Timaru, NZ. I believe that art is the freedom to explore ourselves and teach layers of wax. I infuse my work with my experience of spirit and intentions
us who we want to become through trial and perseverance in the application of healing.
of medium and never giving up when we think the world is against us. For
me it is about colour and imagination, feeling the color in ourselves and LESLIE NEWTON
the world around us. I combine these two aspects and leave the viewer to
decide what they see in the work. My life so far has been a series of love affairs. With teaching, travel,
family, and clay. I have been teaching for 50 years and am still at it.
Same for traveling around the world. My family used to be my parents,
sisters and me. It has both shrunken and grown with death and

JEAN DAHLGREN marriage and adoption. I have taken a break from ceramics but in the
back of my mind, I’m never finished with it. Now I am in a flirtation with
encaustic. I’m waiting to see where it takes me.
Retirement allowed the time and opportunity to explore making art. First
techniques were weaving, clay, paper and print. The search led to fiber art, IRENE PEAK
in particular, dye and screen printing. Creating fabric for wall art that tells a
story, garments that make the wearer smile and upholstery fabrics that lend I like to find beauty and meaning in everyday objects. I’m the
individuality to a home. This is my passion. Happiness is time in the studio person who goes to the beach and comes back with a pocketful of
with fabric, immersed in color. shells, or who visits the woods and comes back with a handful of
sticks and stones. Each item in my stash is special to me, whether
made by nature or, like a piece of fine, old lace, made by hand.
When I work with these items, magic happens. A story emerges in
the form of a collage or assemblage.
VANESSA MARTIN-LANGONE

An early memory I have is being a little girl at my grandmother’s table KATE STOCKMAN
painting and happy as can be. My art practice has sustained me in many
ways during the Pandemic and I am so thankful to have it. My husband has Creating art is one of my direct connections to Spirit. I am deeply
always been my biggest cheerleader and I dedicate my participation in this grateful that The Muse sings to me night and day. My experience in the
show to him. I am so very grateful to Lyn and Michelle for giving me this Enso Circle is one of gratitude for the nurturing attention and creative
wonderful opportunity and knowing we have a mutual love of serendipity! I encouragements, especially from Lyn and Michelle. The ensembles
look forward to seeing what the next chapter unfolds... that I created have have been in my mind for over a decade. I feel that
my creativity has exploded during this brief exploration of my art! What
more could an artist hope for?
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