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 Sergey Martyn!
Name: "The Heart of Phoenix"
Medium: Colored Pencil/Watercolor
Description: "From the black ashes of Death and burning remains of Phoenix
Beneath the Tree Of Life
The Spirit born in fire arises into the night sky holding the glowing heart of a newborn Bird which will lit the Darkness with
Eternal dawn of new life"
 Renee LeCompte!
Name: "Starcatcher"
Medium: Digital
Description: "This ethereal phoenix catches hold of a newly forming star to experience something amazing - cosmic birth."
Honorable Mention: Eric Chen!
Name: "The Butterfly Lovers"
Medium: Digital
Description: "An ancient Chinese legend inspired by the violin concerto and the story as my mother told it... Where their ill-fated love led them to be reborn again as butterflies...
'The Butterfly Lover's' is part of a larger collection of stories, where the two lovers are reborn and meet only every 1000 years, only to die in tragedy. However, it is this constant renewal which while short, gives them precious moments together..."
Honorable Mention: James Adams!
Name: "Persephone"
Medium: Digital
Description: "Persephone, daughter of Demeter, was forcibly taken to the underworld by Hades to be his wife. Demeter, distraught, uleashed a cold and bitter winter across the Earth. The marriage was consummated, but a compromise was reached--Persephone would spend half of each year at her husband's side, the other half she would spend with her mother. Her annual return to the surface world marks the coming of the spring and summer months."
Honorable Mention: Bill Corbett!
Name: "Renewing the Faith"
Medium: Digital
Honorable Mention: Renee Biertempfel!
Name: "Rebirth"
Medium: Digital
Description: "A spirit raised up from death entangled in branches of a new growing tree...the branches form wings behind her."
Honorable Mention: Christiaan Iken!
Name: "New Life"
Medium: Acrylic
Description: "I thought that the simplest idea for rejuvination was to have death and rebirth in the same painting. Death is represented by the large cathedral in the background which has two demonic statues guarding the entrance to the house of judgement.The idea of new life and renewal is played out in the foreground by fairies creating life out of rose petals with new born cats and ducks walking amongst them."
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