For over 40 years, Georgia-based artist Glenn Simmions has considered his art a journey to enlightenment and self-discovery. Through financial loses and severe heath concerns, Simmions clung to his art and his faith to carry him through the dark times. The artist mostly depicts images of early rural to modern urban African-American life in his paintings; his metal and glass sculptures more commonly explore the people and things around him. The sculptures are created from discarded and found materials, likening the use as a metaphor for, "how Christ is able to take broken lives and make them whole."