These two are endlessly supportive and sacrificial. Hear Curt and Sandy Hays talk a bit with me about parenting (me, yikes) and their work lives. Plus the best parents I could ever ask for, even if they weren’t big on planning, well, anything. They have always supported and loved me and my family.









Image is a recent work, The Mountain Valley (2025, for Mom and Dad). They live in a little valley of Molly Creek nestled in the Ozark foothills in Hot Springs, Arkansas (where Mountain Valley water runs freely). This work was most recently shown at Real Tinsel (Street Berzerkers, curated by Tanner MacArthur, Milwaukee) and The Show of Delights (curated by Anne Marie Waugh at Lyceum Gallery, New York).












