Art: “Peace before Eternity”, mixed media, 2024, 15 in x 22 in

This painting is inspired by the poem “Two Headed Calf” by Laura Gilpin, which reads as follows:

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this

freak of nature, they will wrap his body

in newspaper and carry him to the museum.

But tonight he is alive and in the north

field with his mother.

It is a perfect summer evening:

the moon rising over the orchard,

the wind in the grass.

And as he stares into the sky, there are

twice as many stars as usual.

This painting also received an honorable mention during the Stan State Juried Art Exhibition.