'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me'

Words are powerful. Every word, phrase, sentence can mean something different to each person. Jo Beth Voges puts the dichotomy of how we most often express ourselves onto the canvas. Approaching powerful words with playful colors makes the viewer take time to analyze what the words mean to them.

Art should be interpreted by the individual. Color is the catalyst that propels and softens our vulnerabilities. Voges layers her paintings as we layer our speech. Do we interpret the words as they appear or is there something deeper? Voges leaves these decisions up to the viewer.

Bright, exploratory, and vulnerable Voges' paintings are here to create beauty for the viewer and perhaps stir something deeper within them.