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About WALDINEI (WALLY) LAFAIETE LEILA REYNOLDS

My journey in art began in with a search to “do something.” I joined a group of friends who gathered
the Waldinei Lafaiete, aka Wally, has been working with Marketing and Communications for over in a church hall to paint, with our baby sleeping in a basket in the corner of the room.
20 years. Wally moved to California from São Paulo, Brazil in the late 90’s and decided to
This journey was circuitous to where I am now. The many paths I took included oil, fiber arts, collage,
follow his creative drive by enrolling in Graphic Design classes. This exposure to New Media
Artist & Art gave him the initial inspiration to learn more about Photography. acrylics, and now encaustic and cold wax and oil. Each path taught me how we are a global commu-
nity through art as it transcends culture, class, language and race.
In 2016 his photography skills led him to be invited to work for a magazine as its Creative
I find energy, excitement and connection by painting intuitively, letting the art piece speak to me as I
the Editor. He left his corporate job in San Antonio, TX to join the editorial board of the publication interact with it. I believe abstract art allows the artist and the viewer discover a message or story of
and simultaneously created Lafaiete Creative Productions, a marketing company that
their own. That is my hope with each piece I create.
has been creating successful advertising campaigns for businesses in San Antonio. He is
Work fascinated by making art that suggests subtle relationships and themes from objects not
normally seen together.

ANN LEACH I am a life coach/therapist and always use creativity as a
INGRID TEGNER
vehicle for expression as either a graphic recorder or doodler, creating visual
maps of next steps for my clients. I have supported local artists for years as My life shifted about ten years ago when I came back to California, living not far from
where I was born. I left social work and finally completed my BFA. Now I work pre-
a volunteer locally but just began exploring my own creativity in 2011 after dominantly in encaustic and with materials that are compatible with this medium such
losing everything to the EF 5 tornado that hit my town. I was board president as handmade paper, fiber, watercolor, and collage.
of the local arts center at the time and saw firsthand the power of the arts to The processes I enjoy the most give me space for quiet meditation and reflection,
heal. essential elements for spiritual development. I like to explore connection and call forth
beauty from the things that surround us all the time if we choose to see them.
I have been hooked on art journaling, collage, and spirit dolls as my
mediums for personal healing ever since.

VANESSA MARTIN-LANGONE HEATHER TINKHAM

An early memory from growing up in Ireland is being a little girl, painting at my I create fiber based mixed media art to express aspects of our deeply human experiences
grandmother’s table and feeling as happy as can be. Art and the act of creating continues in their conflicting yet intimately integrated ways. These unique pieces are designed to
to sustain me through these liminal times and I am so very grateful for it. The Enso Circle intrigue and capture your imagination. My art challenges the labels we rely on so heavily,
focusing on core essences and relationships, bringing more authenticity into our chaotic
community is my North Star and I am so thankful to all of you for your guidance, support world.
and encouragement.
Ideally, my pieces end up like drops of water at the intersections of a grand spider web,
magnifying the heart of the matter and focusing our attention on questions that are not
“Be of good courage all is before you, and time passed in the difficult is never lost...What easily answered while drawing us close with their haunting familiarity.
is required of us is that we live the difficult and learn to deal with it. In the difficult are the

friendly forces, the hands that work on us”. Rainer Maria Rilke

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