After the Stars -– This encaustic painting is part of Mary Farmer’s post-Hurricane Katrina series. A progression from earlier, darker times, this image has whispers of catastrophe, as well as mounting undertones of hope and beauty. With swirling purples and violets rising from the dark undergrowth, “After the Stars” has a particularly ethereal, ghostly quality to it. Single branches that glimmer with light spring forth, reaching to the sky.