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By Sarah Shepley,
These images represent a series inspired by personal loss and transformation. My art is a portal leading me into a space large enough to hold all the unfolding experiences and is also a map for my own personal journey through challenging times.
The ancestors are present here, as well as my future and present self. The images are a mystery that I simply follow and allow to remain in a liminal space reminding me, as John O’Donohue writes, that the road behind me has washed out and the new one has yet to be formed. It is a place of holy uncertainty, and engaging the mystery through the images settles me in to my heart where I know everything is as it is meant to be. I resist the need to understand what the images offer, instead I bow down with palms forward for the wisdom inherent in the process. The act of creating is what leads me to my own source and the images reflect the journey along the way.
Each piece is a monoprint using geli plates, textured materials and handmade stencils. The series is on exhibition through the month of August at Cafe Nomad in Norway, Me.
Sarah Shepley is an Interfaith minister, Artist and Educator. She founded the Ecuadorian Arts Initiative in 2016 as an expression of her arts ministry. The project brings art to children throughout Ecuador in orphanages, after school programs and schools. 50% of all sales in this show go directly toward the project. For more information visit www.sarahshepley.com