"The Inevitable" Pat Sweeden inviting viewers to reflect on

inviting viewers to reflect on their capacity for reinvention and metamorphosis

Through layered imagery

as well as examples of environmental trash that could be found in our waterways

Watercolor

Glannon continued to travel extensively in the United States “absorbing the spirit of each place and trying to pick up its rhythms and trying to organize those rhythms to make a kind of visual music

"The Inevitable" Pat Sweeden inviting viewers to reflect onPat Sweeden, Springdale, AR The Inevitable, 2026 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 In my work, I find that the most profound beauty often exists in the quiet transition between life and its conclusion. For the theme of Our Common Ground, I chose to explore the one universal experience that binds all living things: the cycle of return. In this painting I wanted to show there is no loss of dignity in decay. The "inevitable" is not a tragedy, but a shared grace. We