Emergence

24” x 24” Encaustic and Mixed Media — Kim McCarthy

What are you ready to unlock?

Three figures emerge through gothic arched portals — copper-adorned, luminous, threshold moments caught in encaustic wax. Above, a bird rises in full flight. Below, real vintage keys lie scattered across a richly textured earth — dozens of them, waiting.

Not locked doors. Keys already present. Already yours.

This is the invitation to emerge and re-emerge — to pick up the key that belongs to this moment and discover what it opens.

Created in the post-pandemic era, Emergence explores themes of emerging, sanctuary and transition — rebirth, leaving the past behind and stepping into a new space and time. A fusion of encaustic, mixed media, found materials and copper pieces, it offers a rich, textured, luminous metaphysical landscape — a visual place of respite, reflection and enchantment.

This piece was born from a collaboration with a local Stratford composer and poet — part of a grant-supported immersive art installation funded by Destination Stratford that travelled throughout the Stratford community from 2022 to 2023.

This work is deeply symbolic and intentionally open — every viewer brings their own interpretation, their own life experience, their own meaning to what they see. That is part of the gift.

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