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Meditations on Relentless Impermanence: The Brokeneck Mountain Exhibition

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May 19, 2026
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If you are in the Lawrence, area, join us at the opening of John’s exhibition. Exhibition opens at 5 pm, Friday, May 29th, 2026, at the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. For inquiries, call: 785-304-4005. A selection of the paintings included can also be seen at John Hulsey Fine Art/Brokeneck Mountain Exhibition.

January Thaw II Watercolor John Hulsey

Recently, I had a freak accident, fell and fractured a vertebra in my neck, creating what the doctors refer to as a “hangman’s fracture”. My break was the least serious of those kinds of things, the worst cases being unthinkable. Healing will take some time — it is another mountain to climb, but I will be fine. A thing like that, coming out of the blue, as it did, can change the way a person thinks about their life and perhaps their priorities.

As I was creating work for this exhibition at the time my accident happened, I realized that the opportunity to reshape my vision for this had been thrust upon …

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