SOAR *** Pay What You Want To!

This piece is 11.5 x 8.5 in a 11 x 14 x 1.25" black frame. I've created many pieces with the theme, "SOAR."  This is one of those words that speaks to me, but when I started to write about it, I had to turn to the dictionary to help me understand why.  One of the definitions is: "to ascend to a higher ... level."  A-ha.  That's it. I'm never satisfied just staying the same.  I want to continue my journey and "level up," so to speak.   This is a mixed-media piece.  The elements are 3D, and come up off the canvas, which was covered with acrylic paint using a palette knife. The papers on the edges, on the butterfly and below the text, SOAR, were made with gelli papers.