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Everything She Gave

Nick Erker

2025 | oil on wood panel

“Everything She Gave” depicts the need for the life we wanted after we have given so much of ourselves to others. My mother gave so much of herself to family, work, and raising children. She craved to be free, to do the things she had dreamt, and also the memories of who she was. 

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