Estes and Ledbetter Artistic Styles Evolve

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One doesn't expect to go into an exhibition of abstract paintings by Don Estes and be greeted by splashes of color, but in "Prosody," at David Lusk Gallery through Nov. 26, the artist reveals a radical transformation of his manner that includes far more color than he has employed in many years.

Meanwhile, a few blocks away at L Ross Gallery, Jeri Ledbetter continues to refine her technique and extend her reach into cryptic yet potent calligraphic gestures in "Passeggiata," through Nov. 29.

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Estes and Ledbetter Artistic Styles Evolve

The paradoxes of abstract painting include these: That however random and spontaneous a mark or passage is, it must carry the weight of inevitability; and that wherever a empty space appears, wherever t...

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