Devyn Roberts, Ashes #1

Devyn Roberts, Ashes #1Artist: Devyn Roberts Title: Ashes #1 Medium: Ashes and oil on canvas Dimensions: 8 x 11 inches Price: $100 Artist Statement: Ashes #1, Ashes #2, and Ashes #3 are a series of pieces focusing on new beginnings. On three pieces of 8 x 11 inch white paper, the artist wrote a letter to her past self. Each piece has the physical ashes of that page of the letter ingrained into the canvas. Rising from the ashes of the past year, Ashes #1, Ashes #2, and Ashes

I can’t help but be reminded

as she embarks on a journey to embrace and shape her unique identity as a child of the mystical arts

Her first experience with oil paints was at the age of five

enjoying the earthy scents

Title: Angel Sounding

especially when everything comes together and you really only understand why you made it after it’s fully completed

And I will wear it like a crown

End of Day Celebration

and fairytales

She was told "you have to be willing to paint 500 bad paintings" and thought to herself

She is excited to continue to improve

” The next morning I received a phone call telling me she had passed away shortly after I had spoken to her the night before