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The title for this second canvas in the “Finding Shelter in the Circle of Gratitude” series is “Existential Heartbeat.” It was inspired by published comments from one of my favorite contemporary authors, Ben Okri, while in the process of the completing the series. At the time, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. was approaching 800,000 and the number worldwide had already surpassed 5 million. Numbers like that along with the climate change crisis and military conflicts prompted Okri to call for what he describes as existential creativity” , to serve the unavoidable truth of our times.” And yet, what would creative artists be without the visionary impulse to paint, write, and dream beyond pain and terror.

Thus far, different images in this Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle painting have evoked a variety of interpretations. For me, the polychromatic teal, blue, yellow, red, and green heart in the lower center has to do with the love and courage often demonstrated...

I was born and raised in the southeastern United States, then spent many years, while pursuing my education and serving in the U.S. Air Force, traveling around America and the world. Much of story is told in recent book releases like Greeting Flannery OConnor at the Back Door of My Mind and Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah. Artwork by me is featured on the cover of both books. My last 4 public exhibits were at the Savannah/Hilton Head Airport Art Gallery in Savannah, Georgia, USA, and during a cultural arts event in the historic Lafayette Square in the same city. I am currently completing an artbook project on different challenge which humanity has been facing in the 2020s, with text contributions from writers around the world. My...