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July 8th, 2023
Published Article by Image Journal
Stephanie Rayner, "In the Studio"
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December 15th, 2022
An Artist Talk: Stephanie Rayner and Dr. Aaron Rosen
Boat of Eternal Return
December 15th, 2022
Published Article by the Boston Globe
Stephanie Rayner, "Boat of Eternal Return," mixed media,
Cove Street Arts in Portland, Maine.
Photo credit Rob Davidson
https://www.covestreetarts.com/exhibitions-1/boatofeternalreturn
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December 15th, 2022
Stephanie Rayner: Boat of Eternal Return
COVE STREET ARTS
71 Cove Street, Portland, ME 04101
October 27 - December 31, 2022
Opening Reception: October 27, 5 pm - 7 pm
Artist Talk: November 17, 7 pm
https://www.covestreetarts.com/exhibitions-1/boatofeternalreturn
Stephanie Rayner’s 30’ long masterpiece, BOAT OF ETERNAL RETURN, is Art in Dialog with Death. Boats, like shamans, move between worlds providing the mytho-religious passage between the living and the dead. The Dalia Lama’s nuns travelled from Dharamsala to bless and be blessed by, what they consider, a holy vessel.
In the making of this artwork, Stephanie Rayner says of her experience; “for me, it ran parallel with The Odyssey…a boat, a fourteen-year journey, and the keeping of a promise.
With every Odyssey the individual summons monsters, temptations, distractions and fears. To move though these, while trying to keep faith in the process and in one’s self, inevitably merges the evolution of the artwork with one’s own being.”
Truly, one does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a long time. (Andre Gide)
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