Ariel Ayres and Jamie Batiste posing beside “Sun Grove”, an acrylic on canvas painted by Ariel and inspired by Jamie’s powerful short story.

“Sun Grove”, an acrylic on canvas painting featuring a woman reaching toward the sunlight and pulling off a mourning veil in a sunlit Grove of trees. Lily of the Valley flowers dot the grass. The artist’s signature is scrawled in white on the bottom left (Ariel Ayres ‘25) To the left of the painting is the title card, crediting the artist (Ariel Ayres) and the writer behind the short story that inspired the painting (Jamie Batiste).

The Journey of Hope reception was phenomenal — thank you to Stop Stigma Sac for putting this incredible event together ♥️♥️♥️♥️

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