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artist's liquid imagery evokes the flow of time. "Water is ever changing," Gallup says in the release. "Mike's work has the same mutabil- ity. He captures the translucent, reflective quality of light on water in a way that speaks to our experience of time; it's quite literally dazzling. His overlapping color fields evoke the persistence of vision, where an image lin- gers in the eye after the reality is gone." The source of Solomon's vision? According to Gallup, it is both nature and nurture, the release explains. The artist is the son of cel- ebrated abstract expressionist Syd Solomon (1917-2004). Mike was raised in the art world of the 1960s; he launched his own artistic career at the age of 15 after winning a national printmaking award. "Solomon's fascination with the life aquatic is not surprising; he's been a surfer since he was a child," the release points out. "In addition to riding the waves, he mastered the pains- taking art of crafting surfboards," it notes. "As an artist, he applies the same attention to detail creating his abstract constructions. Such works comprise many layers of trans- parent tints; each layer remains visible as he adds more layers on top." Solomon created the series of constructions showcased in this exhibit in 2012, the release adds. Some works employ multiple layers of rice paper imbued with watercolor and embedded in epoxy; others feature layers of acrylic on wood panel. Face to Face puts the spotlight on Huin's "graphically bold portrait assemblages," the release continues. The exhibit will feature "hundreds of individual portraits assembled to create mosaics of color and strong graphic images." Huin works in gouache or acrylic on card- board and fiberboard, but all his art reflects his fascination with the human face, the release notes. "I was recently in Miami for Art Basel," says Huin in the release. "While I was there, I looked at as many faces as I did paintings. I've always loved observing and sketching people at random. In doing so, I've developed my own 'people vocabulary.' My last exhibit was called In Your Face. This exhibit is really a continuity of my obsession with facial characters." Area art lovers may be more familiar with Huin's work as a furniture designer, the release points out. The First United Methodist Church in down- town Sarasota invites the public to its next jazz program, which will feature the Jazz Trio on Sunday, Feb. 9. The church is located at 104 S. Pineapple Ave. This traditional jazz concert will put the spot- light on Johnny Moore on drums, Dominic Mancini on bass and Tommy Goodman on piano, a news release says. They will join special guest Terry Myers on saxophone and clarinet. Two identical con- certs are scheduled — from 4 to 5 p.m. and from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., the release points out. A freewill offering will be taken at each, the release notes. For more information, call the First United Methodist Church at 955-0935. JAZZ TRIO TO PERFORM AT FIRST CHURCH ON FEB. 9 Sarasota News Leader February 7, 2014 Page 118