In any situation, whether buying coffee or talking with a stranger, it's fun to spin a brief moment in your head. Inspiration for portraits can't really come from anywhere else but the person you're photographing. Otherwise, you're not trying to portray that person.  

Painter Lauren Wells says, “self-investiga tion is a bi-product of my painting process.” Through her work, she tries to better under stand the motivations behind the external self. “Typically, my stern gaze becomes the focus,” she says.   

Jeffrey Cortland Jones revels in the physical activity of creating a painting and in the endless design possibilities of the grid. He builds his work in layers -- some pristine and some scraped, burne  

Carrie Nixon's paintings and drawings are based in perception. Similar to a diary, they document a continuum of moments.  

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Mi-Hee Nahm, originally from South Korea, reconnects with her past through art. See selected drawings by Nahm in Young at Art at Phyllis Weston-Annie Bolling Gallery beginning Friday through Aug.   

Local botanical artist Dianne McElwain exhibits her aesthetically pleasing and scientifically accurate paintings nationally and internationally, but right now you can see her work at Phyllis Weston-A  

Adam Mysock, coordinator of ArtWorks' MuralWorks program, appears in two local shows this summer: Manifest Gallery's annual Magnitude 7 exhibition of small works through July 3 and Dicere Galler  

Bombs & Bombshells, J.D. Biggs satirical series of pin-up style celebrity portraits, is on view at Collector's Art Group (225 E. Sixth St., 2nd Floor, Downtown) through May 31. Hours are 8-5 p.m.  

Scott Donaldson's recent paintings depict three generations of cultural icons. Inspired by the pop culture that has engaged Donaldson's imagination from his childhood through today, the exhibiti  

During the month of May, artists Anissa Lewis and Lizz Godfroy are mounting a multimedia collaborative experiment called Vault, which opens Friday at Covington's Leapin' Lizard Gallery. Here, th  

Jason Brunson's graffiti-inspired work is currently on view at Feralmade in Northside through May 3 in Plump & Plush, an exhibition of wall painting, canvas, paper work and toys that the gallery   

Lisa Britton uses her camera to reveal the spiritual in nature. Her quiet, meditative photographs can be seen in Beauty Matters, a group exhibition at the United Way (2400 Reading Road, Mount Aubu  

Matthew Miller-Novak's latest project, The Life and Times of Lucifer von Satan, takes its cue from late medieval art and children's cartoons to tell the story of Satan as a misunderstood, angst-  

Rob Anderson's sensitive paintings examine the subtle relationships between individuals and their everyday surroundings. Observed directly from life, his drawings -- on view at Dicere Gallery in