Trusting The Path 16x20 Mixed Media on a 20x28 canvas
Created near the end of the residency, Trusting the Path reflects a state of groundedness and clarity. After moving through waves of fear, uncertainty, and deep emotional processing, this piece feels like a return to center—a moment of alignment and integration.
Fragments from old journals are collaged into the canvas, creating a bridge between the Alisha of 2018 and the Alisha standing here now. One reads: “A reminder to trust the path.” Another says: “I will use my curiosity and empathy to walk as a guide on the path towards clarity of purpose, to become a compass to help other women find their north in order to step into their power.” These words—written long before this diagnosis—have taken on renewed meaning in the context of healing and creative reinvention.
Gold leaf radiates through the composition, symbolizing the sacredness of this internal guidance. Threads of embroidery floss sewn into the canvas echo the quiet stitching together of past and present selves. What was once fragmented is now whole.
This piece is both a reflection and a vow—to trust the winding way, to follow intuition like a trail of light, and to offer that light to others.
Materials: acrylic paint, gold leaf, embroidery floss, and collaged journal excerpts on canvas
Each piece in Where the Ink Ran Out was created during or in preparation for my residency at ArtQuest at GreenHill, where my intention was to explore what couldn’t be fully expressed through words alone. All works are on loose, unstretched canvas, with a 16x20 area hand-gessoed at the center, leaving an unprimed border around the edges. I love how this allows the raw edges and natural wrinkles of the canvas to create dimension—each one casting its own subtle shadows. These pieces are meant to be framed in a way that honors that softness and relief, rather than flattening them completely. I also pushed the boundaries of mixed media in this collection, using embroidery floss as a connective and highlighting element—stitched into the canvas like a drawn line, guiding the eye and anchoring the emotion.
Created near the end of the residency, Trusting the Path reflects a state of groundedness and clarity. After moving through waves of fear, uncertainty, and deep emotional processing, this piece feels like a return to center—a moment of alignment and integration.
Fragments from old journals are collaged into the canvas, creating a bridge between the Alisha of 2018 and the Alisha standing here now. One reads: “A reminder to trust the path.” Another says: “I will use my curiosity and empathy to walk as a guide on the path towards clarity of purpose, to become a compass to help other women find their north in order to step into their power.” These words—written long before this diagnosis—have taken on renewed meaning in the context of healing and creative reinvention.
Gold leaf radiates through the composition, symbolizing the sacredness of this internal guidance. Threads of embroidery floss sewn into the canvas echo the quiet stitching together of past and present selves. What was once fragmented is now whole.
This piece is both a reflection and a vow—to trust the winding way, to follow intuition like a trail of light, and to offer that light to others.
Materials: acrylic paint, gold leaf, embroidery floss, and collaged journal excerpts on canvas
Each piece in Where the Ink Ran Out was created during or in preparation for my residency at ArtQuest at GreenHill, where my intention was to explore what couldn’t be fully expressed through words alone. All works are on loose, unstretched canvas, with a 16x20 area hand-gessoed at the center, leaving an unprimed border around the edges. I love how this allows the raw edges and natural wrinkles of the canvas to create dimension—each one casting its own subtle shadows. These pieces are meant to be framed in a way that honors that softness and relief, rather than flattening them completely. I also pushed the boundaries of mixed media in this collection, using embroidery floss as a connective and highlighting element—stitched into the canvas like a drawn line, guiding the eye and anchoring the emotion.
Created near the end of the residency, Trusting the Path reflects a state of groundedness and clarity. After moving through waves of fear, uncertainty, and deep emotional processing, this piece feels like a return to center—a moment of alignment and integration.
Fragments from old journals are collaged into the canvas, creating a bridge between the Alisha of 2018 and the Alisha standing here now. One reads: “A reminder to trust the path.” Another says: “I will use my curiosity and empathy to walk as a guide on the path towards clarity of purpose, to become a compass to help other women find their north in order to step into their power.” These words—written long before this diagnosis—have taken on renewed meaning in the context of healing and creative reinvention.
Gold leaf radiates through the composition, symbolizing the sacredness of this internal guidance. Threads of embroidery floss sewn into the canvas echo the quiet stitching together of past and present selves. What was once fragmented is now whole.
This piece is both a reflection and a vow—to trust the winding way, to follow intuition like a trail of light, and to offer that light to others.
Materials: acrylic paint, gold leaf, embroidery floss, and collaged journal excerpts on canvas
Each piece in Where the Ink Ran Out was created during or in preparation for my residency at ArtQuest at GreenHill, where my intention was to explore what couldn’t be fully expressed through words alone. All works are on loose, unstretched canvas, with a 16x20 area hand-gessoed at the center, leaving an unprimed border around the edges. I love how this allows the raw edges and natural wrinkles of the canvas to create dimension—each one casting its own subtle shadows. These pieces are meant to be framed in a way that honors that softness and relief, rather than flattening them completely. I also pushed the boundaries of mixed media in this collection, using embroidery floss as a connective and highlighting element—stitched into the canvas like a drawn line, guiding the eye and anchoring the emotion.
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