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his grandson painted against a back-
ground inspired by late photojournalist
Bill Hudson’s image documenting the
Children’s March in Montgomery, Alabama
in 1963, during which hundreds of nonvio-
lent youth protestors were jailed.
Spiritual contemplation is the focus
of Emily Main’s painting Upwards.
Main says, “We have all been here in
deep thought. This painting is meant
to convey all aspects of that experience.
It can be thoughts of life, joy and pain,
or thoughts of meaning, belonging
or when we feel lost. The simplicity of
the painting allows the viewer to place
themselves in her situation and tailor the
feelings to themselves.”
Explaining his juried work Awakening,
Brian O’Neill says, “The dark vastness
that opens in front of the figure reveals to
her limitless space. I created this painting
to find the depth of our human potential
within as represented by her serene pose
and stillness. The space she gazes upon is
actually an internal reflection of her soul,
unending and eternal.”
Just a Bigger Story is from Daune
Sheri’s series of watercolor painting titled
Just a Dog in which every work illustrates
the connection we have with dogs. Sheri
explains, “Nothing in life is as small as it
seems. No story is as simple as it seems. It
may be by chance this child and this dog
find a connection early in life—napping
together, loving together, learning together,
growing together. It may be by chance they
learn to trust in that source of love closest
and move forward knowing there’s a bigger
story just waiting.”
Along with Sheri’s work, animals
appear in many other paintings in the
exhibition.
Road trips are a primary means of
inspiration and reference material for the
work Betsy Kellum does in the studio.
Her painting Teamwork, depicting draft
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Christine Porter
Lofaro, I WON’T BE
COOKING TODAY!, oil
on board, 1 8 x 24 "
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Ann Justin,
The Conservator,
pastel, 1 7 x 14 "
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Vincent Verboncoeur,
My Sunshine and the
Butterfly, pencil and
charcoal, 32 x 4 0"
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Laurie Riley, Up From the
Depths, acrylic, 16 x 20"
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Stephen Mangum,
Illusions of My
Childhood No. 8, oil
on linen, 72 x 96 "
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Wendy Jones Donahoe,
Avery, charcoal, carbon
pencil and graphite on
paper, 21 ½ x 14¾"
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Daune Sheri, Just a
Bigger Story, watercolor
on clay panel, 11 x 14 "
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Diane Morgan,
Washing Grapes,
watercolor, 21 x 29"
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Will B. Reyes, Lights
in the Woods, oil on
canvas, 17½ x 23½"
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David Kizziar, FESTIVAL,
colored pencil, 9 x 1 3"
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Jette van der Lende,
Eco my Ass, oil on
panel, 16 x 16 "
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