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When better sleep silences a painter's muse — now what?

  • Julia Dixon Evans, Anthony Wallace--KPBS
  • published date: 2025-05-08 12:00:00 UTC

Artist Mary Jhun has been painting her "girls" for decades: surrealist silhouettes with intricate, dreamlike details. She's also struggled with sleep apnea her entire life, and when she introduced a CPAP machine to sleep better, she lost her dreams — and with…

For most of her adult life, artist Mary Jhun has drawn inspiration from a distinct muse: fractured silhouettes of girls, embellished with surreal details. Her paintings have been a way to process tra… [+24198 chars]