🏛️ Architecture & Design Mar 2, 2026 · Rachel Paese

07: Meltdown

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Meltdown24 x 24 inchesAcrylic, oil, and wax on canvas2026



I have been thinking about wax as a medium for simulation, about how I might use it to morph or maneuver the skin into some kind of altered state. Tissue stripped away, facial integrity diluted. A face that dissolves.



And with it goes the spirit.



So easy to see all of this as a subtraction, even though wax—as a verb—actually means to grow. (Its opposite: to wane.)



What does a melting fa

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