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 Wonderland, 2016–2019. Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN. Soundscape by Ben Elkins/ELEL. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |  Wishing Stars with Geodes, 2023. Mixed media installation. ChaShaMa Rama. ChaShaMa, New York, NY. |  Storm and Wishing Stars, Dream House, 2022. Mixed Media. In collaboration with Be Witched and Kindling Arts, Ozari, Nashville, TN. |
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 Meditative Walk and For There Will Always Be Light, 2022. Mixed media. Open Air 2022, UConn Avery Point, 2022. |  Rejuvenation, 2022. Mixed media installation. Upstate Art Weekend, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY. With support from the Sam & Adele Golden Art Foundation. |  Wonderland, 2016–2019. Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |
 Share the Love, 2022. Mixed media, 108” x 60” x 60.” Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN. |  Elemental, 2022. Painted plastics, iridescent films, LED lights, 5"in diameter each. Create at ChaNorth and the Golden Foundation. |  For There Is Always Light, 2021. People draw and write obstacles they have overcome during the pandemic and hopes they have for after it is over. Kindling Arts Festival, OZ Arts, Nashville, TN, 2021. Created with support from CONVERGE. |
 Storm at Number: Inc's Art of the South at Zeitgeist Gallery, 2022, Nashville, TN, curated by Katie Delmez. |  Wishing Stars with Geodes, 2023. Mixed media installation. ChaShaMa Rama. ChaShaMa, New York, NY. |  Magic in This World, 2019–2020. Mixed media, 96” x 72” x 72.” Fort Houston, Nashville, TN and SKyPAC, Bowling Green, KY. |
 Golden Stump, 2022. Acrylic on wood, 24" x 18" x 18." Created at The Golden Foundation, New Berlin, NY. |  Rejuvenation, 2022. Mixed media installation. Upstate Art Weekend, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY. |  Radiant Optimism, 2022. Painted plastics, iridescent films, LED light, 10"in diameter. Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC. |
 Storm, 2020–2021. Paper, painted plastics, iridescent films, LED lights, 24” x 30” x 20” each. Create with support from CONVERGE. |  Storm, installation for Full Circle, Zoller Gallery, Penn State, 2022. Catalogue. |  Rejuvenation, 2022. Mixed media installation. Upstate Art Weekend, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY. |
 Meditative Walk and For There Will Always Be Light, 2022. Mixed media. Open Air 2022, UConn Avery Point, 2022. |  Meditative Walk and For There Will Always Be Light, 2022. Mixed media. Open Air 2022, UConn Avery Point, 2022. |  Meditative Walk and For There Will Always Be Light, 2022. Mixed media. Open Air 2022, UConn Avery Point, 2022. 2022. |
 Meditative Walk and For There Will Always Be Light, 2022. Mixed media. Open Air 2022, UConn Avery Point, 2022. |  Wishing Stars, 2002. Mixed Media. The End of the Impossible / Unconventional Art Exhibit, TedX Nashville, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN (curated by Kimberly Sawyer and Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator). |  Share the Love, 2022. Mixed media, 108” x 60” x 60.” Locational Shift, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN. |
 Wishing Stars, 2002. Mixed Media. The End of the Impossible / Unconventional Art Exhibit, TedX Nashville, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN (curated by Kimberly Sawyer and Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator). |  Spectrum, 2022. Fabrics, thread, LEDs, 112” x 72” x 4.” The Art of Science, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN. Curated by Tawny Skye. |  Spectrum, 2022. Fabrics, thread, LEDs, detail. The Art of Science, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN. Curated by Tawny Skye. |
 Sketch for Storm, 2020-2021 |  Dawn to Dusk: Meditative Walk, 2020-2021. Acrylic on plastic solar powered lanterns. Madison on My Mind, Peeler Park, Madison, TN. Supported by a grant from Metro Nashville Arts Commission & NEA. |  Dawn to Dusk: Meditative Walk, 2020-2021. Acrylic on plastic solar powered lanterns. Madison on My Mind, Peeler Park, Madison, TN. Supported by a grant from Metro Nashville Arts Commission & NEA. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2017. Soundscape by ELEL. FIGMENT, North Adams, MA. |  Wonderland, 2016–2019. Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN. Soundscape by Ben Elkins/ELEL. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |  Wishing Stars, Dream House, 2022. Mixed Media. In collaboration with Be Witched and Kindling Arts, Ozari, Nashville, TN. |
 Share the Love, 2022. Mixed media, detail. Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN. |  For There Is Always Light, 2021. People draw and write obstacles they have overcome during the pandemic and hopes they have for after it is over. Kindling Arts Festival, OZ Arts, Nashville, TN, 2021. Created with support from CONVERGE. |  Thunderclouds, geodesic dome, and geodes, 2020. Mixed media installation. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2017. Lake Michigan, Chicago. |  For There Is Always Light, 2021. People draw and write obstacles they have overcome during the pandemic and hopes they have for after it is over. Kindling Arts Festival, OZ Arts, Nashville, TN, 2021. Created with support from CONVERGE. |  For There Is Always Light, 2021. A collaboration with Hannah McCarthy, Alysha Irisari Malo, and Tabitha Meeks, CONVERGE, Grassroots Art Park, Nashville, TN, 2021. Created with support from CONVERGE. |
 Wonderland, 2016–2019. Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN. Soundscape by Ben Elkins/ELEL. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |  Storm, 2020–2021. Paper, painted plastics, iridescent films, LED lights, 24” x 30” x 20” each. Create with support from CONVERGE. |  Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, 2018. Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |
 Dawn to Dusk: Meditative Walk, 2020-2021. Acrylic on plastic solar powered lanterns. Madison on My Mind, Peeler Park, Madison, TN. Supported by a grant from Metro Nashville Arts Commission & NEA. |  Wonderland, 2017. Frist Friday with ELEL. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. ELEL. |
 ELEL with the Geodes at SXSW. Courtesy ELEL. |  Thunderstorm, 2020–2021. Paper, painted plastics, iridescent films, LED lights, 24” x 30” x 20” each. |  River with Wishing Stars and Geodes, 2018. InLight, curated by Kimberli Gant and 1708 Gallery. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. Soundscape by ELEL. |
 Dawn to Dusk: Meditative Walk, 2020-2021. Acrylic on plastic solar powered lanterns. Madison on My Mind, Peeler Park, Madison, TN. Supported by a grant from Metro Nashville Arts Commission & NEA. |  Dawn to Dusk: Meditative Walk, 2020-2021. Acrylic on plastic solar powered lanterns. Madison on My Mind, Peeler Park, Madison, TN. Supported by a grant from Metro Nashville Arts Commission & NEA. Photo by Kristen Chapman. |  Thundercloud, 2020. Painted plastics, glitter, iridescent film, LED lights, detail. |
 Cloud, 2020. Paper, LED lights, 24” x 30” x 20.” |  Bushel of Tomato Fun, 2019. Mixed media, 84” x 240” x 144.” Tomato Art Festival, Nashville, TN. |  Wonderland, 2016–2019. Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN. Soundscape by Ben Elkins/ELEL. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |
 Wonderland, 2016–2019. Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN. Soundscape by Ben Elkins/ELEL. |  Storm, 2020–2021. Paper, painted plastics, iridescent films, LED lights, 24” x 30” x 20” each. Create with support from CONVERGE. |  Pumpkins, 2019. Mixed media; dimensions vary. |
 Storm, 2020. Painted plastics, glitter, iridescent film, LED lights, detail. |  Storm, 2020–2021. Paper, painted plastics, iridescent films, LED lights, 24” x 30” x 20” each. |  Thunderclouds, geodesic dome, and geodes, 2020. Mixed media installation. |
 Bushel of Tomato Fun, 2019. Mixed media, 84” x 240” x 144.” Tomato Art Festival, Nashville, TN. |  Bushel of Tomato Fun, 2019. Mixed media, 84” x 240” x 144.” Tomato Art Festival, Nashville, TN. |  Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, 2018. Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |
 Pumpkins, 2019. Mixed media; dimensions vary. The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. |  Repair Our World, 2019. Mixed media, 60" x 30." Under One Roof, OZ Arts Nashville and Gordon JCC, Nashville, TN. |  Water Cycle, Family Day, 2018. Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |
 Magic in This World, 2019. Mixed media, 96” x 72” x 72.” Modular Art Pods, Fort Houston, Nashville, TN. |  Magic in This World, 2019. Mixed media, 96” x 72” x 72.” Modular Art Pods, Fort Houston, Nashville, TN. |  The Book of Magic, in Magic in This World, 2019. Mixed media, 96” x 72” x 72.” Modular Art Pods, Fort Houston, Nashville, TN. |
 Water Cycle, Family Day, 2018. Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. Photo by Tiffany Bessire. |  River at ArtFields, Lake City, SC. 2019. |  Bushel of Tomato Fun, 2019. Mixed media, 84” x 240” x 144.” Tomato Art Festival, Nashville, TN. |
 Wishing Stars, 2019. The Way Late Play Date, The Adventure Science Center, Nashville, TN. |  Bushel of Tomato Fun, 2019. Mixed media, 84” x 240” x 144.” Tomato Art Festival, Nashville, TN. |  Bushel of Tomato Fun, 2019. Mixed media, 84” x 240” x 144.” Tomato Art Festival, Nashville, TN. |
 River, Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. |  Haunted. Immersive performance with Actors Bridge Ensemble, abrasiveMedia, and FALL. Track One, Nashville, TN. 2017. |  Make Waves! 2018. American Artisan Festival, Centennial Park, Nashville, TN. |
 Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. Photo by Tony Youngblood. |  Wishing Stars. MusiCircus, curated by Colleen Phelps. OZ Arts Nashville, 2018. |  Wishing Stars. *Optimism*, 2018 Endless Editions Biennial, curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. Endless Editions, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts – Project Space, New York, NY. Photo by Daniel Wang. |
 Puddles, Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. |  MASS MoCA Geode. Field of Dreams. Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY. 2018. |  River with Wishing Stars and Geodes. InLight, curated by Kimberli Gant and 1708 Gallery. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. Soundscape by ELEL. 2018. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2016-17. Large fabric geode, work begun at The Studios at MASS MoCA. |  Geodes. Field of Dreams. Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY. 2018. |  Field of Dreams. Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY. 2018. |
 Kindness Fish: Make Waves! American Artisan Festival, Centennial Park, Nashville, TN. 2018. |  Wishing Stars. MusiCircus, curated by Colleen Phelps. OZ Arts Nashville, 2018. Structure in rear is by Molly Layhm and Lorne Quarles. |  Wishing Stars. MusiCircus, curated by Colleen Phelps. OZ Arts Nashville, 2018. |
 Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. Photo by Jenni Dickens. |  Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. Photo by Jenni Dickens. |  Make Waves! American Artisan Festival, Centennial Park, Nashville, TN. 2018. |
 Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. Photo by Daniel Jones. |  River, Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, Collaboration with Ben Elkins and ELEL. OZ Arts Nashville. 2018. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes. Lake Michigan, Chicago, 2017. |
 Geode. Soundscape by ELEL. OZArts Fest, Modular Art Pods Exhibition. OZArts Nashville, TN. 2016. Best in Show. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes. Soundscape by ELEL. FIGMENT North Adams, 2017. |  Haunted. Immersive performance with Actors Bridge Ensemble, abrasiveMedia, and FALL. Track One, Nashville, TN. 2017. |
 Wonderland. Frist Friday with ELEL. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. 2017. Photo © Mark Kimura/Kimura Productions. |  Favorite Things. Extrasensory, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. 2017. Approximately 1000 people worked on this community project, drawing and sharing their favorite things as experienced through their five senses. Photo by Dee Kimbrell. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes. Nashville Lantern Festival, Nashville, TN, 2017. |
 Glowing Wonderland. CONNECT. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, KY. 2017. |  Haunted. Immersive performance with Actors Bridge Ensemble, abrasiveMedia, and FALL. Track One, Nashville, TN. 2017. |  The Geodes with ELEL. Lincoln Hall + Schubas, Chicago, IL, 2017. |
 Haunted. Immersive performance with Actors Bridge Ensemble, abrasiveMedia, and FALL. Track One, Nashville, TN. 2017. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2016-17. The Studios at MASS MoCA. |  Geodes. At the Kentucky Museum, by its historic log cabin, 2016. First Place Sculpture, Celebration of the Arts. |
 Planets. Solar Eclipse & Astronomical Art Show, FFOYA House, Bowling Green, KY. 2017. |  Planets. Solar Eclipse & Astronomical Art Show, FFOYA House, Bowling Green, KY. 2017. |  Favorite Things. Extrasensory, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. 2017. Approximately 1000 people worked on this community project, drawing and sharing their favorite things as experienced through their five senses. |
 Wonderland. Frist Friday with ELEL. The Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. 2017. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2016-17. Large fabric geode, work begun at The Studios at MASS MoCA. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes. Soundscape by ELEL. FIGMENT North Adams, MA, 2017. |
 The Geodes with ELEL. Lincoln Hall + Schubas, Chicago, IL, 2017. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Geode. Soundscape by ELEL. OZArts Fest, Modular Art Pods Exhibition. OZArts Nashville, TN. 2016. Best in Show. |
 Field of Dreams. Soundscape by ELEL. FIGMENT North Adams, 2017. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. ELEL. Detail. |  Diamond discovered amongst the rocks. Fabrics, 2017. |
 Favorite Things. Extrasensory, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. 2017. Approximately 1000 people worked on this community project, drawing and sharing their favorite things as experienced through their five senses. |  Geodes at The Downing Museum, Western Kentucky University, KY, 2016. Purchase Award, 2016. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, detail, 2016-17. Large fabric geode, work begun at The Studios at MASS MoCA. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Field of Dreams. Soundscape by ELEL. FIGMENT North Adams, 2017. |  Landforms, Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Nashville, TN, 2016. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Favorite Things. Extrasensory, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. 2017. Approximately 1000 people worked on this community project, drawing and sharing their favorite things as experienced through their five senses. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. ELEL. Detail. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2016. CONNECTglow, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY. First Prize. |  Geode. Soundscape by ELEL. OZArts Fest, Modular Art Pods Exhibition. OZArts Nashville, TN. 2016. Best in Show. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2016. CONNECTglow, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY. First Prize. |
 Geode. Soundscape by ELEL. OZArts Fest, Modular Art Pods Exhibition. OZArts Nashville, TN. 2016. Best in Show. |  Wishing Stars. FIGMENT Chicago, 2016. |  Wishing Stars. FIGMENT Chicago, 2016. |
 Wishing Stars. FIGMENT Chicago, 2016. |  Field of Dreams: Rocks. TIME + PLACE: The 40th Anniversary Ragdale Exhibition, The Arts Center, Highland Park, IL. 2016. |  Field of Dreams: Rocks. TIME + PLACE: The 40th Anniversary Ragdale Exhibition, The Arts Center, Highland Park, IL. 2016. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. ELEL. Detail. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |
 Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |
 Field of Dreams: Rocks, 2015. Fabrics, threads, mixed media, 72” x 96” x 48.” Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville, TN. |  Field of Dreams: Rocks, 2015. Fabrics, threads, mixed media, 72” x 96” x 48.” Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville, TN. |  Cave, 2015. Fabrics, thread, acrylic on wood, LED lights. 86” x 48” x 60.” Art Matters, Bowling Green, KY and Modular Art Pods, abrasiveMedia, Nashville, TN. Viewers are invited to explore the cave and its rocks while eating a snack. |
 Cave, 2015. Detail |  Not Your Ordinary Sinkhole, 2014. Mixed media on panel, 14” x 21.” The Elizabeth Foundation, NY. This is a drawing of how viewers will experience the sinkhole, if/when it is created life-size. |  Not Your Ordinary Sinkhole, 2014. Mixed media, 60” x 60” x 96.” The Elizabeth Foundation, NY. This is a maquette of a sinkhole I hope to create within the landscape someday. Viewers are invited to sit in a pile of soft, pillow rocks and enjoy a snack, such as rock candy or a mud pie. The soft rocks may be part of my installation. |
 Not Your Ordinary Sinkhole, 2014. Mixed media on paper, 22” x 30.” The Elizabeth Foundation, NY. This is a maquette of the installation of the impossible sinkhole. |  Not Your Ordinary Sinkhole, 2014. Detail. |  Not Your Ordinary Sinkhole, 2014. Detail. The Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY. |
 Not Your Ordinary Sinkhole, 2014. Mixed media on panel, 14” x 21.” The Elizabeth Foundation, NY. This is a drawing of how viewers will experience the sinkhole, if/when it is created life-size. |  Field of Dreams: Geodes, 2015–2017. Detail. |  Art is Illuminating, 2014–2015. Detail. |
 Art is Illuminating, 2014–2015. Acrylic on glass jars and LED lights, dimensions vary. SeedSpace, Nashville, TN. As an act of gratitude to the Nashville art community, I gave people a lighted, hand-painted lantern as my gift to them during the June 6, 2015 art crawl. |  Art is Illuminating, 2014–2015. Detail. |  The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, 2014. Acrylic and papier-mâché. The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. |
 The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, 2014. Acrylic and papier-mâché. The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. |  Imagination Tree, 2012. |  Flower Garlands, 2014. Mixed media, dimensions variable. The Pennsylvania State University. |
 Imagination Tree, 2012. Mixed media, dimensions variable. The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. |  Room for Imagination, 2013. Mixed media, dimensions variable. Houchens Gallery, The Capitol Arts Center/SKyPAC, Bowling Green, KY. |  Room for Imagination, 2013. Detail. |
 Hope Springs Eternal, 2007–2008. Mixed media, dimensions variable. Painting: Joie de Vivre, acrylic on canvas. Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL. |  Hope Springs Eternal, 2007–2008. Mixed media, dimensions variable. Detail. Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL. |  With Love, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006. Viewers were invited to select a drawing to give to a loved one. In return, they wrote and drew about the loved one. |
 With Love, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006. Viewers were invited to select a drawing to give to a loved one. In return, they wrote and drew about the loved one. |  Heart Throb, Acrylic on Panel, 8.25" x 11.5," 2005. |  You Mean So Much to Me, Standard, Chicago, IL, 2002. |
 You Mean So Much to Me, Standard, Chicago, IL, 2002. Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 8" each; installed on screen printed wallpaper. |  Sunshine Makes Me Happy, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005. |
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