Michele J. Kenna – A Layered Life

August 12 – September 24, 2023

Working in collage has given Michele a creative respite apart from the grief of losing her life partner, Robert Benedict, in 2022. Losing all sense of time, while in the process of creating a deeply personal collage, greatly helped Michele deal with her grief.

Michele uses extensive kinds of paper, watercolor & acrylic paint, handwritten mementos from loved ones, old photos, maps, ripped remnants of old paintings. When the collage is completed, a meaning slowly appears. The theme of loss is reflected in throughout this exhibit. The recurring image of the circle in each collage adds to the continuity of the series. The circle symbolizing the circle of life, no beginning and no end.