"Per Aspera Ad Astra," a Latin phrase meaning "through hardships to the stars," aptly titles Joe Sorren’s latest series of thirteen mesmerizing works. Sorren's series is a visual journey through the zodiac, with each painting imbued with the mystical qualities and characteristics of its corresponding astrological sign. The zodiac has long fascinated humanity, symbolizing the cosmic influences that shape our lives and personalities. Sorren's work brings these influences to life, presenting them as dream-like visions that captivate and inspire.

Gemini, a sign of duality, intellect, and restless curiosity, is forever in motion. In Hold On a Sec, I Have a Pebble in My Shoe, Sorren captures this mercurial nature, where the self is never singular but a conversation, a dance between opposing forces. The pebble in the shoe—small, insistent—becomes the voice of the twin pulling in another direction, a reminder that within every Gemini exists another, just out of reach. One steps forward while the other lingers behind, never apart but never quite aligned. Sorren highlights the strength of this duality in Gemini’s ability to adapt and embrace the company of their whispering alter ego. This ever-moving energy has fueled visionary artists like Ron English and Mary Cassatt, Henri Rousseau and John Constable whose works reflect Gemini’s curiosity and shifting perspectives.