Donna Zils Banfield, "Soul Series #22: Nautilus", birch, acrylic paint, metal leaf. Banfield starts with hand-picked logs. A sawmill cuts the logs into manageable sizes, lengths, and weight. Once inside her studio, she uses a lathe to create the form. This is the wood canvas upon which she cuts, carves, textures, pyro-engraves and paints. No longer just a piece of wood, the final object has taken on an extraordinary new identity.