YOU CAN ALWAYS HOPE & IMAGINE In 2008, I entered an Art for Obama contest sponsored by Moveon.org [https: /pol.moveon.org/mh/gallery/] and I was chosen as a finalist. My entry, "Hope (You Complete the Picture)," was exhibited during the Democratic National Convention and auctioned online with the proceeds going to Obama’s campaign. A young woman working in the campaign bought the piece and we became friends through email. The following year, I collaborated with Anthropologie Home [https://search1.anthropologie.com/controller?N=0&Ntt=trey+speegle&Ntk=primaryΝ=p_group_id&Np=2&cm_mmc=Google-_-Designers_Trey+Speegle-_-trey%20speegle-_-Phrase+Ad_4511628053&kwid=4776947b3f2e449cb4f9a5bfe30e3491], putting my work on all sorts of items, like plates, rugs, pillows, puzzles and even soap sets. "Can You Imagine," 2009, wooden jigsaw puzzle produced by Anthropologie