Page 39 - The Enso Circle Exhibition Catalog, Spring 2023

ENSO CIRCLE FOUNDERS

LYN BELISLE TEXAS

MICHELLE BELTO TEXAS

MICHELLE BELTO

My best work has always had components of image, story and dance. Without the

immediacy of live performance, I’ve had to wrestle with the limits of the visual form.
How was I to merge narrative in my work or give a sense of movement in what is
basically a two-dimensional static image? My questions and my ensuing study
led me to paper and wax as mediums of choice. Paper, as an organic material, is

useble only after it is transformed from grass into pulp which becomes canvas. Wax,
in its molten state, incorporates movement as an essential quality in both application
and process.

LYN BELISLE

Human faces, ancient or contemporary, fascinate me as summaries of life stories in
the moment. Clay, paper, beeswax, and fiber are my instinctive, beloved media but
mark-making through abstract painting challenges me to develop my own language
of expression and translation.The more aware I am of the little day-to-day things

that capture my attention by calling to me in a mysterious way, and the more I take
note of them, the more understanding I gain about the purpose of my art as basic
human communication, both to myself and to the viewer.

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