Fractured Reliquary

An original mixed media artwork, rich with surreal symbolism and tactile intrigue. Each layer is meticulously built upon a heavy-duty stretched canvas using a myriad of materials, inviting the viewer into a world of texture and depth. Created with professional archival paints and sealed for protection, this piece is designed to endure. The included collage elements are printed with archival inks on fine art papers, ensuring the vibrancy lasts for generations.

16x12

mediums/materials: phosphorescent paints, found objects, paper, wax, photo collage, oxidative inks, distress paint and inks, acrylic pouring, digitally altered images, acrylic paint, watercolor, spray paint, walnut ink, staining mediums, tissue paper, mica powders, glitter, heavy gel medium, gesso, pebeo prism and fantasy paints, ceramic paint, stained glass paint, alcohol inks, iridescent inks, distress crayons, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels, string, beads, jewelry, gems, chains, buttons, foils, newspaper, vinyl, plastic, walnut inks, india ink, colorshift paints and more!

Symbolic and Thematic Interpretation This piece feels like a meditation on memory, perception, and spiritual fragmentation. The eyes suggest consciousness splintered across experience — fragments of self-awareness, both human and divine. The cherries or fruits may symbolize sweetness preserved in decay, or the remnants of vitality amid deterioration — echoes of life’s sensuality within a reliquary of the past. The blue porthole is a symbolic aperture — a glimpse into another realm or the subconscious mind, like looking through the surface of water into a submerged world. The gossamer plastic imagery ties it all together as a metaphor for modern fragility — the artificial mixed with the spiritual, transformation through material residue. The chapel window reintroduces the sacred, but through collage — faith reassembled from fragments. Overall, Fractured Reliquary conveys the act of rebuilding the sacred from remnants, a visual archaeology of memory and perception, where beauty arises from what’s been altered, layered, and lost.

Symbolic and Thematic Interpretation: This piece is a meditation on memory, perception, and spiritual fragmentation. The eyes suggest consciousness splintered across experience—fragments of self-awareness, both human and divine. The cherries or fruits symbolize sweetness preserved in decay, echoes of vitality within deterioration. The blue porthole serves as an aperture into the subconscious, a glimpse beyond the visible world. Gossamer plastic imagery becomes a metaphor for modern fragility—the artificial entwined with the spiritual. The faint chapel window implies the sacred reassembled through distortion. Overall, Fractured Reliquary explores the rebuilding of the sacred from remnants, a visual archaeology of memory and perception where beauty arises from what has been altered, layered, and lost.