Chris Leonard's Mid-Sized Meanderings Art Talk

Art Talk: Feb. 2, 6-8pm, STC Mid-Valley Campus Library Art Gallery

Fantasy-filled paintings to spark Mid-Valley imaginations

South Texas College’s Mid-Valley Campus Library Art Gallery presents “Mid-Sized Meanderings,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Chris Leonard. The exhibit opens Thursday, Feb. 2 with an artist reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through Friday, May 11, 2012 at the Mid-Valley Campus Library Art Gallery located at 400 N. Border in Weslaco. Admission is free and open to the public.

“Through moderately sized or ‘mid-sized’ paintings of nothing over three feet wide, Leonard beckons the viewer into a world of colorful fantasy where cats grimace and appear to be contemplating the meaning of life,” said Dawn Haughey, STC Library Art Gallery associate. “The artist truly enjoys creating animals with human qualities, partly for fun sake, and partly as a channel for communicating ideas that are more difficult and abstract in nature. It is always easier for a cat to land on his feet after all.”

Leonard is an art professor at South Texas College. He works in clay and paint. His work often deals with symbolic meaning, metaphysical speculation, and contemplative moods.

South Texas College’s Library Art Gallery Program exhibits regional, national and international artwork, explores new visions and theories of creativity, and introduces innovative artistic expressions to the South Texas region.

For more information contact Haughey at 956-872-3488 or libraryart@southtexascollege.edu, or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/lag.

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