40 Aldo Zanetti works marvels in his paintings about paintings.  He examines the desire to represent history through painted images, and then he simultaneously pays tribute and comments on the act of historical painting.  Throughout Zanetti's work are the themes of history, painting and perpectival mechanics.  In  The Mask & Bordering  we see a plane that intersects an interior space.  This plane appears as a canvas, a mirror and a window.  Zanetti makes clever insights into representational con- ventions and the world of painted space.  His paintings show a consciousness of the mythology that surrounds painted objects and the encoding process of painting.  But Zanetti's paintings are roman- tic as well.  He shows a world of drama, mystique, knights, and regal ornamentation.  His imagery is a baroque tribute to the painted space and the possibilities for magic within. ALDO ZANETTI The shapes in Nora Carrol's work like Late Bloomer are "derivative," as described by Carrol.  Yet the  works  are  wonderfully  original.    She  chooses  organic,  geologic,  and  architectural  reference points, weaving them throughout her work.  The shapes assume an ambiguous elusive nature that maintains her source imagery's original structural elegance.  The organic shapes of Late Bloomer are quite human.  Appearing both skeletal and floral, her work has an effectiveness much like Georgia O'Keefe's.  Her open positive and negative spaces allude to presence and absence.  Always evolving, her  shapes  morph  together  and  cohere  into  Carrol's  reductively  perfect  compositions;  they  are nuanced  with  subtle  value  shifts  and  textures.    Since  1971  Carrol  has  exhibited  throughout  the Northeast and more recently in New York City.  An understated palette and quizzical forms make her work consistently ponderous and poignant. NORA CARROL Swedish artist Maud A. Wirstrom's series of intimate works comprises abstract visions of hidden wisdoms at rest within our souls.  Her combination of digitally altered photographs and acrylic on wood or board contribute to the ephemeral mood and spiritual agenda.  She translates the messages of her pieces to inform, heal, and soothe modern day malaise.  The inspiration for her pieces comes from visions Wirstrom experiences, "…intuitively as pulses.  Sometimes one by one, and sometimes many at a time."  During these experiences, the energies and subjects of her pieces are revealed to her through scripture, symbols, or figures.  Her pieces have been exhibited throughout Sweden, the US, and Spain.  Her work is represented in large and small collections in the US, Sweden, Germany, and Spain. MAUD A. WIRSTROM Maria Series/Group B no. 4 Mixed Media on Board, 15”x15” Late Bloomer Mixed Media on Canvas, 40”x30” The Mask & Bordering Oil on Linen, 39”x31” www.arteadimensionale.com www.Art-Mine.com www.zeropointart.com From the German Romantic landscapes of Friedrich, to the Scientific Naturalism of American, Audubon, Russian, Tatyana Kuznetsova recalls the academic tradition of painting infused with her own sense of reality.  Stylistically, her work ranges from realism to romantic symbolism, and surre- alism.  Her diverse range of media includes oil, pastel, tempera, and gouache suffused with person- al impressions, moods, and reflection.  She approaches each as a living organism and introduces to each an individual sense of mood and narrative.  She accomplishes this transference through careful and deliberate consideration of composition; the interaction of light and shadow, choice of color, and overall design of the canvas, principles drawn upon from her academic training and experience in graphic design.  The results are eloquent compositions of harmonious line and color that have won her recognition and awards.  Her works have been exhibited both regionally and internationally. TATYANA KUZNETSOVA Dancing Autumn Watercolor, 17”x11” www.3dmirror.com