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THE ENSO CIRCLE CONTINUING RESIDENTS

FLO BARTELL

When I make art, I excavate stories, scars, and symbols and give them
form with encaustic and mixed media. I work with encaustic because the
smooth, glossy surface, the pleasant aroma, the soothing rhythm of my torch,
the unpredictable and preservative nature of the medium, and the intense
color and movement possible with hot wax and pigment are seductive and
satisfying. I sculpt and paint with determination, passion, and with a spirit of
exploration that I hope the viewer can feel in my art.

ANNE BOEDECKER

I have been on a journey towards the full expression of my authentic self
through art for the past 20 years. I have explored collage, altered books,
art journaling, watercolor, fabric art, assemblage and ink on yupo paper. I
founded Art Heals the Soul in 2006 to share the power of art with others.

I retired from my psychotherapy practice in 2018 to devote more time to Art
Heals the Soul and my own art and spiritual practice. The pandemic has
limited what I can offer others, but given me the opportunity to focus on my
own growth as an artist. I am currently working on a series of mixed media
pieces to accompany poems about grief I’ve written over the past 20 years.

ANN BONESTELL

While art and creativity were largely absent during my earlier years,
by 1979 I had met an artist who introduced me to her world and
thus began my own creative journey. Over the next 30-plus years,
I explored a variety of art forms and today am comfortable working
in any of them. Following a three year hiatus for health reasons, I
recently returned to art making with renewed purpose and a new
way of working. Having learned to “listen more deeply” I now enjoy a
dialog with the work and have come to love the process even more
than the outcome.

GAIL BYRNES

I inherited an old treadle sewing machine when I was 16, which began my
passion for creating. I was an avid sewer for many years, and eventually
did fiber arts, including weaving. I worked with clay for several years, and
photography for a decade, having several solo shows. My work was largely
about reflections and the macro world. More recently I have begun working
with collage, and mixed media, and love combining different modalities. I
have been an acupuncturist and shamanic practitioner for many years and
enjoy experimenting with light, energy, and flow in my art and my work.
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