It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.
—Tom Robbins
While every life is a roller coaster ride of ups and downs, artist Sharon Mirtaheri found a way to salvage her own self-worth through the layers of making art. Her story encourages us to rise above circumstances that would just as easily keep us small; to turn to the unconditional love of nature; to give of our own gifts to those less fortunate and to come to understand no one can believe in ourselves for us.
Sharon takes us through her discovery of encaustic collage and shares stories of the life that inspired the art; how she uses her personal metaphoric library of symbols—birds, trees, plants—to heal deep wounds; questions based on principles of design that every artist can ask him- or herself about any composition, as well as an in-depth tour of her own encaustic-painting process.
What Readers Are Saying
It’s not too often you can purchase a book with the 3-for-1 value that Finding Myself in Salvaged Layers does. Part poignant memoir; part how-to for the process of making encaustic wax art; part gorgeous inspiration from photographs of the author’s artwork—this book is absorbing, informative and visually delightful.
Follow the artist as she tracks her earliest years of life, living in hardscrabble rural southwest Virginia, to a career as an award-winning urban hairstylist, to her burgeoning love of art and her entering a prestigious women’s private university (at age 46) where she focused her studies on studio art and creative writing, eventually earning her Master’s degree.
Immerse yourself in the text’s beautiful reproductions of her artwork consisting primarily of recycled and salvaged materials which serve as a metaphor for the philosophy of her life and her path from childhood to the present. Buy this book; you will feel enriched and inspired both by this author’s story and her artwork.
— Patty
Finding Myself In Salvaged Layers, is a creative and compelling book that opens the window into the world of Encaustic Art.
Aside from the subject matter, the book itself is a work of art as it offers the artist the “would be” artist and the curious reader an amazing and rich opportunity to learn and expand their creative and cultural sides.
The author and the book are one. Assembled in one wonderful and beautiful package, this book will not only expand your artistic knowledge but introduce you to an amazing woman: Sharon Mirtaheri.
— Nicki Joy, sales motivator, author and speaker
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