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<img width="221" height="300" src="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-221x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" aria-label="David Jon Kassan: Painting a Different Kind of Beautiful" srcset="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-221x300.jpg 221w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-754x1024.jpg 754w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-768x1043.jpg 768w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-1131x1536.jpg 1131w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-1508x2048.jpg 1508w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22-600x815.jpg 600w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/David-Jo-Kassan-22Solemn-the-Barron22.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px" />

“When an artist says they’re searching for beauty, I believe that what the artist is truly searching for is love.”
~ David Jon Kassan

<img width="300" height="296" src="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ali-Cavanaugh-Thevisitation18x18inches-300x296.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The Visitation | 18 x 18 | Ali Cavanaugh" aria-label="Just Be Yourself, You Are Wonderful: Modern Fresco Painter Ali Cavanaugh On Finding Forgiveness and Freedom" srcset="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ali-Cavanaugh-Thevisitation18x18inches-300x296.jpg 300w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ali-Cavanaugh-Thevisitation18x18inches-e1530898005968.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

The Visitation | 18 x 18 | Ali Cavanaugh

“I know what that is like when you can’t hold it together any longer, when it just all comes down on top of you.”

<img width="300" height="251" src="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Mitch-Griffiths-interviewed-in-Combustusfeatured-image--300x251.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Absolution | Mitch Griffiths" aria-label="Mitch Griffiths: When All Hope Is Not Lost, Gratitude" />

Absolution | Mitch Griffiths

Art can be a medium for escape and take you on wonderful journeys. However, it must have the resonance of reality to truly connect. There needs to be gravitas. The best work is monumental, not ornamental.

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