By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

The art work of Heather Shore is featured in a display at Smith Studio & Gallery at 124 South State St. in downtown Geneseo.

According to information from Studio owner David Smith, for many years Heather Shore has focused on the art of making circular Mandalas. Several years ago, she went through an artistic transformation as she dealt with the loss of a close friend.

The artwork in the current exhibit is the result of a two-year period in which her emotions were expressed through the art she produced.

Shore has expanded her artistic expression to include images of emotive portraits. Her collage artworks are created with cut paper and acrylic paint and she finds that patterned paper has many possibilities when the paper is used as an element of design, Smith said.

The exhibit will remain at Smith Studio until July 31, and Studio and Gallery is closed on Sunday and Monday.