Portland-based artist Katherine Ace's Romance Redux exhibit showcases oil paintings incorporating digitally downloaded texts, while Charlotte's own Ruth Ava Lyons has created a dazzling dreamland of colorful landscapes (like the pictured "Tsunami") in her Son of The Ten Thousand Islands exhibit.
Exhibits continue through Dec. 23. Hidell Brooks Gallery, 1910 South Blvd., Suite 130. 704-334-7302. www.hidellbrooks.com.