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2010
endured brain surgery and chemotherapy,
Hutchins was faced with buying and
painting a house, moving, adjusting
to pregnancy and worrying about her
mother.
"It was just an overwhelming amount
of emotions at that time," she said.
Her mother insisted she was doing
well and her daughter didn't need to
come to Rhode Island. Then, her aunt
called in tears and told her she needed
to come right away. At her mother's
side, Hutchins only had time for a few
words – Gilbert would never live to
meet her grandson. Hutchins was soon
overwhelmed with mind-boggling
obligations and expectations in Rhode
Island and in between, in Raleigh and
Fayetteville.
"Honestly, I would wake up in the
morning and not know where I (was),"
she said.
With all the turmoil, she completely
stopped painting.
Sometime after the birth of her son,
she began to feel a deep guilt about
having given up the artistic part of herself.
But with a new baby to take care of, there
was little time for creative indulgences.
Instead of oil painting, Hutchins turned
In fact, Hutchins rarely turns her brush
on people, and even when she does,
seldom are they the focal point.
Artist Jeniffer Hutchins will exhibit a variety of her work at Olde Town Gallery this spring,
including oils like the ones shown here, clockwise from top, "Gone Fishing," "Follow Me
Through the Woods" and "Fenceposts."
