Dougherty Arts Center presents the artist reception for the exhibits "Abstract to Alien Light Paintings by a 3-Eyed Man" by Patrick O'Brien, "The Year of the Pandemic" by Mary Day Long, and "Condo" by Ed Barr.

"Light Paintings" is a series of monochromatic abstract images created by long-exposure photography. Using a unique process, Patrick O’Brien AKA the 3-Eyed man captures stationary objects through a camera in motion, utilizing the camera as a brush and the subject as paint.

Captured over the course of a year, "The Year of the Pandemic" is comprised of photographic images taken by Mary Day Long. The viewer will see humans, while scarce in early images, appear more and more frequently. Snow arrives and melts away, dry creek beds fill with water, bare trees start to leaf out, storms build and fade, summer sets in and dries out the landscape, trees drop their leaves, and winter returns.

Reflecting the rise of condos throughout the Austin downtown area, Ed Barr’s installations evoke a sense of luxury and presumed success. Upon closer inspection, the work elicits questions concerning hierarchy, and addresses issues of loneliness, conformity, and materialism while uttering recriminations about homelessness and wealth disparity.