“The Likeness” comprises a roundup of local painters that shows off their ability to render objects, creatures and humanoids in vivid manners. The exacting technique every one of the 11 artists here practices is not an end in itself, but a tool for bringing the “likeness,” and the context that gives it often-narrative meaning, to a sometimes moving, sometimes excruciating visual vivacity.

(excerpt)

Leslie ReedHunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art2525 Michigan Avenue, #T3Santa Monica, CA 90404Phone: (310) 828-1133Fax: (310) 828-4344hs.fineart@verizon.net