I Told the Spiders About You Liz Gridley as their baroque and curling

as their baroque and curling laser cut forms seek purchase on the gallery walls

Hand painted frame with lace butterflies

and an acknowledgment of humankind’s small place within that uncertain wilderness

acrylic and metal leaf on panel

the terrifying war and deportation stories that my grandparents

I Told the Spiders About You Liz Gridley as their baroque and curlingDetails About Pen, ink, and graphite on paper 11 x 14 in. 2025 Framing included Mary Syring is a San Francisco based artist and illustrator whose work draws on European folklore and the surreal world of her imagination. Her portraits blend haunting and delicate qualities, weaving historical influence with contemporary emotion. The result is a body of work that feels both timeless and uncanny, existing in a space between the past and the present.