Last Chance

Catch it or Regret it

by Monica Weymouth

These small drawings from John Karpinski's developing comic strip follow two friends, Harry and Zeke, on an obsessive fishing mission. Oblivious to vicious shark clouds looming above, they fiddle with equipment as their surroundings morph. A foxy mermaid swims by; corpses stretch graying hands above the pond's surface; and the water eventually turns to rabbits, but the two slumped characters remain focused.

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Using encaustic on boards, Alan Soffer creates precise geometric paintings that are also textured, fluid and playful. In Circle and Squares, bright orbs creep up around a small cluster of teal squares. The rows of softly colored spheres in Dot I and Dot II are reminiscent of the sugary candy, while the planets and swirls of Microcosm IV are bold and intruding.

Scott White displays sketches, sculpture and charming inventions made during his time as the 40th Street artist-in-residence. Beepers at It Again, a pendulum-powered whistle machine, softy chirps and coos. Accordion, a re-imagined toy housed in elaborate carved-wood tubes, honks away. Bitchen Camaro, a softly curved porcelain sculpture mounted on wood, hangs quietly across the room.