Solo Exhibit: 10,489 Steps
Keystone Gallery at Five Oaks ~2025
10,489 Steps is the amount of steps I took when my older sister took me for a walk in her park right before it flooded. It was significant because just a few months prior, it took great effort to break 2000 steps when I was having school shooting flashbacks. Walking 10,489 represents me getting physically and emotionally healthy. Choosing to walk with an imminent flood is symbolic too - can’t live in fear of the future. Metaphorically, I have to choose to take 10,000 steps every day.
“Emerge” Linoleum prints and mono prints on Bristol, acrylic on fabric and canvas, and flowers from my garden, 36x36”, 2025.
Artwork inspired by my poem titled Emerge.
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Emerge
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My Garden ~ my Muse
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My art studio exists as part of a magical outdoor garden—alive with birdsong and bursting with color. It is a three-dimensional extension of my two-dimensional art. In this nurturing space, I not only create art but cultivate whimsical bouquets for others, share harvests of fruits and vegetables, and welcomes bunnies, butterflies, and other small creatures into my creative ecosystem.
Oh my! Some of my visitors in my outdoor studio.
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Solar powered bird/bug buffet made during drought created with hand-me-down flower pots..
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Collaborations
Pedal the Cause 2025 ~ Living Mural
What is the art - The paint on the board or the people who create hope?
To read more about my family's cancer journey, go to Hope in Action.
May Peace Prevail on Earth ~2023Commissioned by the St Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce in 2023 to be installed in the Thomas Dunn Learning Center in 2026 as part of the Hodiamont Tracks Greenway project.
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Into the Depths ~ 2025Collaboration with my COCA teen and adult students. Linoleum prints, gel prints, wire sculptures, oil pastel and watercolor sea creatures .
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The Mandala Project: An Artist Collective ~ 2023
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The artists first produced eight collaborative paintings during a live art event in the Cherokee Street art district. Then each artist started a new acrylic on canvas, then passed it along to each of the other artists to respond and add to while in their own studio. The artists hosted a live, shared painting event during the opening reception at the St. Louis Artist Guild. It concluded with a silent auction with proceeds benefiting Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
CVPA Strong ~ 2022
Read about my call to action in Gracie's article "It's Way Beyond Too Late"
In her back yard, my Tita Marites squats amongst fuschia hyacinths, small popping corn and towers of lettuce. She puts her palms in the dirt just to feel it between her fingers. It’s therapeutic, to return back to the ground. ~ Gracie Eppler, The Observer
I've been thinking about when and where I can do an art installation about my journey after the CVPA school shooting. To see my concepts, visit my Sketch Book Page.