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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:25 AM CST
Swopes artwork to be on display in Paris



PARIS — Artist Thomas Swopes will have his paintings, drawings and sculptures on display at the Bicentennial Art Center Friday through Dec. 31.

The opening reception will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Swopes of Dennison has been making art for more than four decades, and has taught drawing, painting and sculpture at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College for 20 years. Swopes is a storyteller and at its core, his work is expressionist in nature. While his work is a personal narrative, his themes are universal and depict the basic experiences we all share.

Jungian in his perspective, his work reflects themes of balance by addressing the polarities necessary to any self-regulating system: Life and death, joy and sorrow, happiness and sadness, hope and despair, light and dark, gain and loss, creation and destruction.

Much of his work is dreamlike and appears to be a reflection on the journey of life and the passage from this life to the next. Stylistically, his artwork is a mixed bag from the abstract to the realistic.

The Art Center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, or by appointment. Call 466-8130 for additional information. There is no charge for admission.


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