Illusions in Art for Young Eyes: Paintings by Eric Conklin

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Illusions in Art for Young Eyes: Paintings by Eric Conklin

Saturday, November 15, 2008 through Sunday, January 18, 2009

Fifty-five works by Maryland trompe l'oeil painter Eric Conklin reveal the wonders of illusion that he creates in the traditional style of seventeenth-century Dutch artists

Using a perspective box, conical mirrors, anamorphic cylinders, and the mathematical rhythm of the Golden Mean, Conklin crafts paintings that fool the eye and create playful and plentiful "Aha" moments for all ages

After all, illusion is in the eye of the beholder

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Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, 700 N 12th St, Wausau

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More Than Words: Illustrated Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives

Saturday, November 15, 2008 through Sunday, January 18, 2009

A handwritten letter is a welcome surprise in this hurried electronic age

Even more remarkable is an illustrated letter, filled with masterful drawings, comical cartoons, or whimsical doodles that express the writer/artist's sense of creativity, intimacy, and purpose. In sixty examples of epistolary art, More Than Words offers an unprecedented window into the passions, heartbreaks, business affairs, and travels of revered nineteenth- and twentieth-century artist

Free

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, 700 N 12th St, Wausau