Welcome…

My beautiful life partner, Ellen Kubay Adkins, transitioned on October 6, 2025. I am honored to have shared roughly 60 years in her presence. She will be deeply missed by me and all those who had the opportunity to know her, to work with her, and to love her. What a ride. Take a look.

Ellen Kubay Adkins Celebration of Life
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Missing Her

As I go through my grieving process, I can’t help but to find solace in our time together. I do this best by looking back on our lives through imagery and music. Today, after 8 and half months, I was missing her deeply and needed something more so I created another slideshow. It came out like this.

Some time ago I wrote this poem for Ellen. It’s called “That Smile.” The picture above captures it so well.

That Smile
That smile.
Yes, that one,
lights up my world,
brings me joy,
brings me happiness.
When you wear it,
nothing is more beautiful,
nothing is more radiant.
My world stops for a moment…
and all is well.
― Ven Adkins

“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
― John Muir

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”
― John Ruskin