Torchbearer by DL, Mixed Media on Canvas Hurricanes abaca cloth is handwoven from

abaca cloth is handwoven from the processed leaves / stalks of the abaca tree

and I was able to understand how much painting meant to me and how to express it

A strong desire to be the voice of unheard children affected by atrocities grew within her

Title: Sacred Geometry Throne

the viewer becomes the primary subject in the painting -- a figure who is asked to not only witness the picture

Torchbearer by DL, Mixed Media on Canvas Hurricanes abaca cloth is handwoven from72 x 72 Original Artwork ARTIST BIO: Acting as a kind of looking glass, DL's work is an exploration in subjectivity. By painting from a first person perspective, the viewer becomes the primary subject in the painting a figure who is asked to not only witness the picture, but act within it. The figures & environments seen in the work are a mix between a variety of DL's interests: including classical portraiture, Venetian Carnival masks, early American