On Rays of Time

Amy Westover earned her BFA in Visual Art at Boise State University Boise, Idaho with an Interdisciplinary emphasis in Printmaking and Sculpture in 2000. She resides in Buhl, Idaho.

Artist Statement:
During this design process, I listened to a series of stories recorded by Story Corps of American, an organization dedicated to recording individuals’ stories and archiving them at the Library of Congress. Story Corps had recently traveled to cancer centers across the US to record stories from patients, families, and staff. A central theme emerged as I listened: time. When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, the first questions revolve around time. How long has the cancer been progressing? How long will it take to treat? How long will I have to live? How much time do I have to spend with friends and family?

The correlation to these stories, their concepts of time and hope, were serendipitous to the development of a design with sunbeams. The sun is the timepiece of our lives. We rely upon its ability to support life and provide warmth. Although the sun charts our daily time, its rays also allude to infinite time and new beginnings. The sun continues to shine through good times and hard, giving hope and warmth our lives, always glowing with the promise of life.