Catherine Nash

1. New Growth
Encaustic, cast gampi, kozo and piña handmade papers, dead tree with root ball, dried mud and sand, mixed media. 80”h X 33” diameter

2. detail

In my artwork, a personal language of symbols distilled from years of sketchbooks: shelters, nests, boats and bowls; light, water, earth and sky; seeds, branches, roots and new growth, eyes and hands become timeless images that can be “read” allegorically in many ways. I use these symbols to evoke emotive ideas without the need for the written or spoken word. I strive to interpret my deepest thoughts, dreamings and concerns with this visual poetry. I feel kinship with trees, from root to branch tip...the stretch into earth and sky. The life of root and bud are at the heart of our being.