Jacqueline Surdell b. 1993

"Paul" hinges on the multiple modes in The Conversion, rooted in the name ‘Paul.’ This piece is a memorial to the artist’s great uncle Paul, who perished in the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Forest. The two share a birthday, the charged date of January 25th, which is also the date the battle concluded in 1945. This piece also details a biblical story: the moment of transformation where the pagan Saul fell from a horse, saw the light of God, and became Saint Paul. Within this knotted work are stories—personal, historical, and spiritual—all with a fulcrum of what was and what is now.