AS IT WAS AND IS
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H A N D -T I E D F O R H O M E C O M I N G
ACCURACY
What if these are the good ol’ days? What if The Good in days gone by is still Good today? What if in the chaos of yesteryear AND in the chaos today there is benevolence beyond imagination? A Guidebook? A Captain? What if being deeply known by name is truly the best thing. And always has been. Grace extending, loving, pursuing. I can see The Good in the 180 degree sky in Kansas or the smell of pine needles in the place I was born. In voice memos from her far away or drinking coffee from a mug with my fingers on his prints. I can see it in the dark depths where the brightest Light can be found. In the green shoot unfurling from the dead stump; not being alone while suffering. There is a steadiness throughout, a comfort in sovereignty . . . a timelessness in knowing that it is outside of the confines of time. If you look, you can see it. There is a profound thankfulness and a hopefulness to be found. Knowing His fingerprints were all over it; nothing is out of bounds. I can see it in the eyes of a neighbor, and too can’t help but have a heart that longs to meet its Maker. What if these are the good ol’ days . . . certainly they are. My work speaks to this: As it was . . . and (still) is. And in this I am confident.
There is Great Joy to come.
OBSESSED WITH EXPLORING
I K N O W A G I R L N A M E D P AT I E N C E
CONTENTMENT IN HIDING
D E TA I L
S H A K E S P E A R E ’ S OYS T E R , SW E E T I E
OVERFLOWING
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ONLINE CHEMISTRY
T H E S E C R E T O F N OT I N T E R R U P T I N G
OBSESSED WITH EXPLORING
STUDIES: NEW PLACES 3
W E AT H E R E D V E S S E L S A N D N E W L I F E
T I M E L E AV E S I T S S H A D O W B E H I N D
GALLERY PHOTO
Exhibition List
ALL WORKS ARE mixed media—
oil, acrylic and oil pastel, and graphite.
A Spotlight on Her Innermost Feelings 2025, Triptych: 64 x 94 inches
The Secret of not Interrupting 2025, 33 x 33 inches
Abundance 2025, 30 x 48 inches
The Secret of the Follow-up Question 2025, 33 x 33 inches
Accuracy 2025, 55 x 55 inches
Time leaves its Shadow Behind 2026, Triptych: 52 x 162 inches
Cerise 2026, 64 x 55 inches
Weathered Vessels and New Life 2026, 66 x 66 inches
Container Garden Seed Collection 2025, 27 x 88 inches
You Belong: The Tom Petty Version 2026, 64 x 55 inches
Contentment in Hiding 2026, 48 X 48 inches
GRID:
Eden Restored 2025, 40 X 66 inches Hand-tied for Homecoming 2026, 19 x 21 inches Ikebana 2026, 55 X 55 inches I know a girl named Kindness 2026, 45 x 32 inches I know a girl named Patience 2026, 45 x 32 inches Linger 2026, 21 x 19 inches Monstera 2025, 33 x 33 inches Office Hours 2025, 33 x 33 inches Online Chemistry 2025, 33 x 33 inches Overflowing 2025, 27 X 88 inches Prayer Plant 2025, 33 x 33 inches Shakespeare’s Oyster, Sweetie 2026, 62 x 50 inches Stones of Remembrance 2026, 55 x 64 inches
Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 1 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 2 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 3 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 4 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 5 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 6 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 7 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 8 2026, 21 x 19 inches Obsessed with exploring/Studies: New Places 9 2026, 21 x 19 inches
IKEBANA
YO U B E LO N G : T H E TO M P E T T Y V E R S I O N
OBSESSED WITH EXPLORING
STUDIES: NEW PLACES 5
OBSESSED WITH EXPLORING
STUDIES: NEW PLACES 9
CERISE
P R AY E R P L A N T
A S P OT L I G H T O N H E R I N N E R M O ST F E E L I N G S P H OTO G R A P H Y BY D I M I T R I S S K L I R I S
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DESIGN BY KIM CURRY
Thanks to John and Connie Ernatt, Marc Durfee, Grace Shively, Paul Shannon, Olivia Curry, and Torin Andersen
AS IT WAS AND IS October 9, 2026 THROUGH
January 8, 2027
DIVER
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