The Des Moines-based artist does not shy away from sharing the scars of his past in his new exhibition “In Loving Memory,” on display at the Des Moines Art Center through Oct. 20. On a ...

His flat gravestone has an engraved drawing of an elephant with the message, “In Loving Memory of Stoney, A Gentle Giant.” LaTorres, Jaynes wrote, likely overwhelmed from the ordeal ...