we welcome people that we love in here, and we show them warmth and compassion. We give them sustenance. We give them linkage to resources and a place to hang out, be yourself — draw, paint ...

“I love to paint, and I do it to inspire people ... The Farmville native chose his passion to paint over the pain. “I took this and turned my life around,” Dickerson said.

“My painting carries with it a message of pain.” 5. “At the end of the day ... thousands of people are dying of hunger.” 17. “I love you more than my own skin.” 18.