The Wellesley Free Library through July exhibits the late Abstract Expressionist artist Lois Gross Smiley, and the ink sketches of Rob Dunlavey.

Abstract Expressionism, Lois Gross Smiley

Lois Gross Smiley specialized in landscape, still life and figural painting in oils and pastels. Born and raised in New York City, Smiley’s artistic training coincided with the emergence of the New York abstract expressionist and gestural abstraction painting movement. The late artist’s work can be described as combining Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Smiley maintained a studio in Wellesley.

Wellesley Library, Lois Gross Smiley — Framed pastel abstract, Lois Gross Smiley. Many of her paintings are in private and corporate collections.

The public is invited to a reception on Tuesday July 23 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

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Drawings of landscapes and birds, Rob Dunlavey

Dunlavey’s large ink sketches of ducks and herons at the South Natick Dam and Lake Waban are the result of intense and diligent working “en plein air.” Dunlavey lives in South Natick and is a habitué of the Charles River and Wellesley. He is also a published children’s book illustrator. Find out more at www.robd.com.