Love Your Neighbor Art Exhibit
The following artwork from our recent exhibit is available for purchase. If you are interested in acquiring one of these pieces, please reach out to us via our contact form.
Lesley-Ann Hix Tommey
“Land of Breathing Free”
Mixed Media Digital
9” x 12” mounted print
$55
The making of the Statue of Liberty required the craftsmanship of 1000+ people, 11 years of dedicated work, and a home lifted by the ideals of freedom and belonging and love of neighbor. Now Emma Lazarus’ poem feels convicting to us, in the same country but so far from the hope that inspired Lady Liberty’s raising. We hear our call loud and clear when we read her words. So we lean into Wendell Berry’s challenge for the practicers of resurrection:
“Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.”
Lesley-Ann Hix Tommey lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her family and serves as assistant minister with Plymouth Church. In a previous life, after graduating with a photojournalism degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, she always had her camera with her. Now, she mostly chases light in other ways. But like a steadfast spiritual practice, looking through a viewfinder always helps her see blessing.
“Land of Breathing Free”
Emily McCollum
“Remembering”
Acrylic on Recycled Cardstock
8” x 10" (framed 10.5”x12")
$100
People are endlessly fascinating and so much alike while completely unique. That’s what draws me to portrait painting. It gives me the chance to slow down and really see someone: the way the light hits their cheek, the spark behind their eyes, the quiet strength or joy they carry. In the intentional slowing down required to paint, I get the chance to love my neighbor through paying attention. Each painting is a reminder that every person is worthy of being seen and cherished.
Emily McCollum is an artist in Greensboro, NC whose current work centers on people, color, and presence. Her portraits use bold palettes and imagined skin tones to highlight individuality rather than realism. Drawing from her background in psychology, art, and counseling, her paintings invite reflection and an appreciation of both inner and outer brilliance.
www.emilymccollum.com
“Remembering”
Mary Jo Clancy
“I am . . . may you be”
Fiber/textile
4 ft. Prayer flags
$90
Three prayer flags strung on a rope, depicting stitched images and words from Beatrice Bruteau. A reminder that we are all stitched together in love by the Holy One....when we are stitched together, our fabric of life becomes stronger.
Mary Jo Clancy enthusiastically works with various recycled fiber mediums to communicate her vision of the Earth community being connected as one. She hopes that her prayer flags become a conduit between the ordinary and the holy. Her prayer flags amplify words that have been spoken through the ages, along with images for contemplation.
Lately, I have been spending lots of time with my elderly mother. We talk and reminisce from sunrise till sunset. This painting, however, is not a true depiction of the two of us, but a reminder of how important it is to listen, to actually hear one another regardless of our connections to one another. To listen is to love.
“I am . . . may you be”
Dianne Camp Ellis
“A Medley of Hands, Perfectly Crafted”
Mixed Media
23” X 11” image, (25 X 13 framed)
$450
This piece displays busy working hands instrumental in creating and helping others.
Dianne Camp Ellis lives and works in Greensboro, NC, painting, illustrating, creating calligraphy projects as well as restoring paintings and frames. She enjoys each project for its required unique set of skills. She loves creating and showing her art and always attempting to capture the light and joy of the natural world.
She is a part of the Marshall Muse Gallery in Greensboro.
“A Medley of Hands, Perfectly Crafted”
“Dawn of Creation”
Mixed Media
24 3/4 X 15 3/4
$300
Creation in all its unspeakable grandeur as the creator took darkness and added light and love.
Dianne Camp Ellis lives and works in Greensboro, NC, painting, illustrating, creating calligraphy projects as well as restoring paintings and frames. She enjoys each project for its required unique set of skills. She loves creating and showing her art and always attempting to capture the light and joy of the natural world.
She is a part of the Marshall Muse Gallery in Greensboro.
“Dawn of Creation”
Jenny Campbell
“Tree of Life”
Block Print
8 x 10 framed
$75
8×10 unframed
$50
This Tree of Life block print, commissioned for Inner Ground’s 10th anniversary, is a visual representation of the organization's deepest calling. The hidden, powerful root system mirrors the sacred, quiet spaces of soul-care where lives are nourished and transformed. The strong trunk stands as a testament to resilience and inner growth. Reaching toward the sky, the flourishing branches and leaves symbolize the ultimate fruit of a vibrant spiritual life: a community that flows outwardly and generously into beautiful acts of justice, love, and mercy.
Jenny Campbell is a life-long artist and Episcopalian. She works across mediums, primarily drawing, painting, and printmaking. Much of her work begins in vignettes that catalog the strange, mundane, and beautiful moments in her life. She draws from the world in front of her and photographs, sometimes embellished by memory. Etching and carving her drawings allows her to reflect more deeply on the moments they depict. In 2016, Jenny graduated with a BFA in Printmaking and Spanish from the University of Virginia. A few months later, she moved to Austin Texas to spend five years as Director of Youth Ministry at St. David’s. From 2021 to the present, she has served as Director of Youth Ministry at Holy Trinity in Greensboro, North Carolina. Throughout her time in ministry, she has loved leading young and old alike in collaborative and public art projects. She tries every day to let the Holy Spirit lead her into the next project. She feels closer to God and her neighbor in the act of co-creation.
Instagram: @jennycampbellart
“Tree of Life”
Jenny Campbell
“Daniel Striped Tiger”
Block Print
5×7, framed
$45
5×7, unframed
$40
This past June, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church created and hosted “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — a week-long Vacation Bible School curriculum grounded in the greatest commandment & Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. I illustrated major characters from the show so each VBS age group would have a mascot. Daniel Tiger is a reflection of Mr. Rogers’s gentle, inquisitive, and loving nature. Despite fear and discomfort, Daniel Tiger brings people in the neighborhood together. When Daniel and Lady Aberline sing “It’s You I Like,” they live into the greatest commandment, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
Jenny Campbell is a life-long artist and Episcopalian. She works across mediums, primarily drawing, painting, and printmaking. Much of her work begins in vignettes that catalog the strange, mundane, and beautiful moments in her life. She draws from the world in front of her and photographs, sometimes embellished by memory. Etching and carving her drawings allows her to reflect more deeply on the moments they depict. In 2016, Jenny graduated with a BFA in Printmaking and Spanish from the University of Virginia. A few months later, she moved to Austin Texas to spend five years as Director of Youth Ministry at St. David’s. From 2021 to the present, she has served as Director of Youth Ministry at Holy Trinity in Greensboro, North Carolina. Throughout her time in ministry, she has loved leading young and old alike in collaborative and public art projects. She tries every day to let the Holy Spirit lead her into the next project. She feels closer to God and her neighbor in the act of co-creation.
Instagram: @jennycampbellart
“Daniel Striped Tiger”
Ally Markotich
“Sisters of the Thread”
Acrylic on Canvas
24” x 36”
$480
Three women of varying cultures, stand side by side, arms around each other. They are strong in who they are, gazing at the viewer. They are not diminished by one another or feel separate because of their differences. Instead, they celebrate one another and are bound by the red thread, a symbol of love and connection of all beings. Together, they bring their stories, kindness and care to mother earth and into their communities.
Ally Markotich is an artist, poet and creator of Soul Kindling, LLC. Ally creates from a place of heart and soul to spark sacred imagination, prayerful possibility and relationship with MotherGod. With playful approach and rich depth, she teaches accessible ways to navigate one’s inner world via simple creative prompts. Ally lives among the pine trees in North Carolina with her husband and draws inspiration from the ordinary extraordinary of every day. She is the author of Soul Kindling: Ignite Your Sacred, Creative Heart and shares her colorful art and musings on Substack at the illuminated she. You can find more about her creative offerings at www.soulkindling.com.
“Sisters of the Thread”
“Sacred Three”
acrylic on canvas
22 × 28
$300