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Writer's pictureJennifer Gillia Cutshall

Holding the Moon

It's all in the hands of the 9th Annual Abstract Sanctuary Artists

Artist Allison Hudson

Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand?

Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light.

There you go . . . That was easy!”

Vera Nazarian



We wish with our hands, that's what we do as artists.Jandy Nelson


Artist Donna Garcia


Artist Steven Zahavi Schwartz

"In order for something to be handed over a hand must extend and a hand must receive. We must both be here in this world in this life in this place indicating the presence of.”

Claudia Rankine


Artist Jack Straton

Artist Hsin-Yi Huang




Artist Kim Roberts


Artist Fay Golson

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”

Carl Jung

Artist Deborah Gavel


Artist Jeffrey Brackett


















The hand is the visible part of the brain.”

Immanuel Kant

Artist Deborah Gavel

Artist Marilyn Perry



Artist Marsha Ann Mueller

Artist Gregory Kessler

Artsist Julie Schnatz Rybeck

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”


Leonardo da Vinci









Artist Kim Craig

Artist Emil Yanos

"It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it."

Nelson Mandela




Artist Flora Bai

Artist Peggy Curtis



Artist Larr Kelly


Artist Dave Calkins

Artist Jane Corich


Artst Bob Evermon


Artist Carol Bivins


Applause! A hand for these hands!

Behind the masterpieces from this 9th Annual Abstract Sanctuary is an ocean of labor and thought. The hands are the conduit for untold stories and they are the orchestra of the light!

Applause, applause! Encore...oh, these hands...

Gallery Owner & Curator, Jennifer Gillia Cutshall

Rings (2 above) by Verum artist, Jill Herlands

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