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A Healing Hand

A Healing Hand by Jared Verdejo is a textured and introspective work, symbolizing a return to basics and an ongoing journey of healing. This piece integrates primary colors—red, yellow, and blue— a nod to the artist’s experience taking art classes as a child. Through subtle ink linework, organic and geometric shapes, typography, and 3D elements, this piece reflects the scattered but soft landscape of the artist’s mind. Using salvaged wires from a broken cellphone charger, Jared emphasizes themes of resilience, reinvention, and finding beauty within brokenness. The work also nods to the lingering impacts of COVID-19 through a torn corner of a magazine article. We see the letters "h," "e," "a," and "l" at the center of the piece faintly emerging to remind viewers of the persistent emotional echoes from that time.

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This abstract yet deeply personal work was a therapeutic departure from Jared's usual loud an bold collage style, bringing a sense of freedom and childlike wonder. A Healing Hand was donated to a fundraiser (Set Sail Against Hunger) for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, where it found a home with collectors who share Jared's passion for political and reflective art.