A regional artist, Wendi Smith has been showing her work since 1975. Primarily a painter, she also adds assemblage and collage, some textiles, and sculptural elements to her work with the image. Her ecclectic approach is always evolving, and the result is a mix of subjects and techniques. Two central themes connect her work. The first is the idea of the image as object. To change the expected two dimensional surface of a painting to include three dimensions is a major interest. The second is the concept of ritual and the historic roots of visual art in the expression of the unseen, as offering, ceremony or prayer. Smith mines other cultures and ages and integrates her own concepts into interpretive objects. The formal aspects of her work include attention to surface, color, pattern, and elaboration, as well as the image as symbol. Smith taught full time for several years at Bellarmine College, and is currently an adjunct faculty member at IUS. She is a member and current co-director at Zephyr Gallery in Louisville. She has shown her work at various venues in the region, including the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Cincinnati, The Four Star Gallery in Indianapolis, and the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, Indiana. Her lastest work will be on exhibit at Zephyr Gallery in February 2009. Please make Reservations by Monday November 10, 12 PM.    Call 896-2146 or go online at www.louisvillevisualart.org to get your tickets.