Spirit Lights, 2014, oil paint over photo collage, 24 x 24 in. / 60.96 x 60.96 cm.

Spirit Lights, Emily Candela McLaughlin, 2014, oil paint over photo collage, 24 x 24 in. / 60.96 x 60.96 cm.

Spirit Lights is a personal experience of death and connection with those who have passed on, distilled into a moment of transformation and the fragile beauty of moths. High ridges of paint in rows and radiating lines emphasize the energy of the moment, the energy of light.This painting, like all of