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As the winter season comes to a close, 440 Gallery is pleased to present DREAMING: awake and sleeping, a solo show of vibrant abstract paintings by Jo-Ann M. Acey. Inspired by the intersection of dreams and memory, Acey’s collection of new work combines bold painterly techniques with ink drawings on paper and wood. This is Acey’s fourth solo show at the gallery.

In her studio, when Acey envisions landscapes or seascapes, she turns to her memories as a type of visual diary. Her painterly abstractions develop without exact points of reference, instead she takes a brush or pen and begins to put …