Today, Kristin Abraham and Alfonso Llamas are nomads no more. The married Floridians who sold their home and most of their belongings 13 months ago have just completed their 50-state journey. And in Rhode Island, they left something behind: a painting.

Actually, they left one in every state. That was a goal of the Nomadic Project.

See the country and connect it through art.

“I feel right now that the country is divided, with the war, politics and religion,” said Abraham. “We have all these divisive factors, but we are all working toward a common goal.”

Abraham, 23, is a painter. Llamas, 26, is a musician. In November of 2005, they undertook a trip that eventually took them to every state, where Abraham created a painting inspired by that state, which was then brought to a gallery in the next state. This served two purposes: It exposed Abraham’s art; and it freed her from having to store all the paintings in her temporary home, a Honda Element.

Now through Dec. 31, Abraham’s artwork from her trip is on exhibit, 50 paintings in 50 states. Next year, according to Abraham, the works will be gathered for several regional exhibits.

“I think it’s a great idea,” said Kris Donovan of Donovan Gallery in Tiverton, which has Abraham’s Massachusetts painting: Cradle of Liberty, which shows the USS Constitution on a blood-red sea spilling over our country’s founding document.

Donovan signed her gallery up for the Nomadic Project.

“It was the concept,” Donovan said. “I hadn’t seen the art.”

Travel, and share the experience.

“We stress this is our journey,” Abraham said. “But we want to encourage people to have their own journeys as well.”

Typical tourist attractions are generally not the focus of Abraham’s paintings. For instance, Abraham’s painting for New Jersey shows a director’s chair; the one for New York a red wagon; and the one for Alaska an iced beverage.

“I’ve never been much of a landscape painter,” Abraham said. “I’ve always wanted to bring out symbolism and the hidden gems, and the stuff that isn’t typical.”

Overall, there is a surreal, Dali-like quality to Abraham’s work.

“I like the shock value to make people actually think,” Abraham said. “Otherwise, they could just walk through the exhibit and say, ‘Oh, yes, that’s Ohio and that’s Michigan.’ ”

In many instances, viewers would be hard-pressed to match the states with the paintings. So when the Nomadic Project exhibit is gathered together sometime late next year, according to Abraham, each painting will be accompanied with text of explanation. The exhibit will also include music and documentary music created by Llamas during the trip.

Abraham’s Rhode Island painting, Williams’ Route, on exhibit at the Guilford (Conn.) Art Center, 411 Church St., shows two burning candles and a compass, which Abraham said commemorates Roger Williams and how his search for religious freedom led him here.

“I want to focus on historical aspects that I feel in our generation are being lost,” Abraham said. “There is also a loss of adventure that our country was founded on.”

Young adults, Abraham said, are more inclined to go online to learn about a place than to visit it.

As for Abraham and Llamas, they’re done visiting places — at least for now.

“There is a huge part of us that feels we’ll never be able to settle down, now that we’ve seen so much,” Abraham said. “On the other hand, we’re looking forward to stability, seeing family, sleeping in a bed and not worrying about where we’ll brush our teeth in the morning.”

For more information, visit www.thenomadicproject.com. Donovan Gallery, 3895 Main Road, Tiverton, is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.