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Jennifer Ross' contemporary realist paintings of nested eggs first invite the viewers in with their peaceful beauty and then captivate with their unfolding complexities.

Through all his skillfully-rendered cityscapes, Nick uses a slyly complicated style of realism to explore how we look at the city and, more importantly, how the city looks back at us.

Centuries ago, humans made a universal decision that a bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush. While old adages should never be tampered with or mocked, this avian hierarchy begs a few questions. Dwight Smith asks them with droll watercolors.

Jose reiterates the incompatibility of different symbol systems, but complicates them with subtle similarities.

Diana Rosa is an expert in mixed-media art and imaginative matchmaking. She shows love as light-hearted and unpredictable through unlikely couples in humorous settings. Whether a bathtub rendezvous, a forest tryst, or a rowboat tête-à-tête, see where Diana points cupid’s arrow.

For Artist Of The Week Jonelle Summerfield, everything is inspiration. She has an extremely open mind that finds artistic potential in even the most surprising places – from the foods she eats, to the places she travels, to the kickboxing class she instructs.

Diane Flick paints photorealistic paintings of idiosyncratic robots. Through the robots quirky pastimes, they remind the viewer of the humor that comes with being a human.

The surprising connection between religious artwork from the Byzantine Empire and the contemporary paintings of cocktail lounges by Diana Elena Chelaru illuminates the abstract and, even, otherworldliness of nightlife.