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Various Small Fires is proud to present Roots by Jessie Homer French. The exhibition of new paintings is the
regional narrative painter’s fourth solo exhibition with VSF and first at the gallery’s Texas location.

Mostly executed during the pandemic, a series of six new paintings paying homage to the United States Postal
Service (USPS) compose the core of this exhibition. French lovingly portrays post offices as quiet protagonists,
painting regional post offices she has known well at one point or another in her life. These include the artist’s
current post office (located half an hour away from …