Familiar Strangers (Acrylic on canvas. 24x20 in.): As a traveler (a sojourning vagabond), I continue to encounter different people in various counties who posses the same personalities as others throughout my travels, indicating humans are unique, yet human behavior is familiar.
Ernest Langston, a Latinx writer and visual artist, was a finalist in the 2018 and 2021 Seattle Film Summit/Bigfoot Script Challenge and 2019 PEN Writer’s Award recipient. His short stories have appeared in Litro Magazine, Oyster River Pages, Acentos Review, and other publications. Ernest's artwork has been accepted at Gallerium Art Exhibitions' 3rd annual People 2025 exhibition and Visual Art Journal (forthcoming publications). He has a BA in English, a M.F.A. in Creative Writing, resides in Seattle, and works on his next novel and a series of Abstract Expressionism paintings.
