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In her solo exhibition, "LOCUS / Heart of Wonder", painter Laura Naples draws into focus the essential qualities of organic and geometric forms as a tool to express the unseen inner being that exists within us all. Through a process of layering thin veils of pigments over black-toned canvases, Naples creates shapes that emerge like ethereal shadows from velveteen darkness.

With each subsequent layer of paint, gradients of varying contrast develop, suggesting the form of petals or the hard-edged lip of a shell. Within the aqueous expanse of abstraction, these familiar shapes ground …