BITS AND PIECES THAT FOOL THE EYE

Ken Knowlton's magnificent mosaic portrait could be viewed in several ways. From a distance thepicture was obviously a photograph of Einstein, but at closer view it dissolved into acollection of small seashells. It prompted to viewer to question assumptions about seeing and believing. He wrote the software for the main outline of the image then carefullyadjusted each shell by hand. 

ANCIENT PAINTING TECHNIQUES WITH NEW TWISTS

Marjorie Mikasen's hard-edge oil painting on canvas was based on drawing and computer modeling. Trudy Reagan's painting, a fractal-like labyrinth in acrylic on lucite hung from the center of the gallery so it glowed as the light shone through it. Patrick McCollum's abstract oil painting on canvas is an example of what he calls Fractal Pointillism. Mike Mosher's ink drawings were made on pages of his father's old notes for a physics textbook as memorial and homage to his father, an electrical engineer.
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