In 2016 , Deshpande was one of the nine artists , including Mario Robinson , Judy Takács , Laur Tilden and Terry Strickland , who participated in the Emanuel Nine Portrait Project at Principle Gallery , honoring the victims of the Charleston church shooting . She painted the portrait of Myra Thompson , one of the nine victims . In 2018 , Deshpande was commissioned to paint a portrait of Cynthia Graham Hurd to be displayed permanently in the Cynthia Graham Hurd St. Andrews Library Branch in Charleston , South Carolina
Charleston church shooting
Charleston church shooting
Stephanie Deshpande