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ENSO CIRCLE FOUNDERS

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.
MICHELLE BELTO

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.

LYN BELISLE

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