Artist's paintings reflect hope, 'rain or shine'

Artist Stacey Pydynkowski’s exhibit, “Rain or Shine,” will showcase a new series of introspective paintings during a month-long run at the Greensburg Garden & Civic Center, 951 Old Salem Drive.

The show is open through May 31, with an artist reception from 6-8 p.m. May 7.

Pydynkowski’s paintings explore a wide range of emotions, unified by the common thread of resilience and hope, rain or shine, according to the civic center.

“I invite you to feel; I invite you to let the images transport your mind to somewhere meditative, somewhere lively, somewhere old, or perhaps somewhere new,” Pydynkowski says of her exhibit.

A Saint Vincent College graduate with bachelor’s degrees in psychology and studio arts, she enjoys the creative process — how pigments merge to convey a spectrum of emotion and depth beyond the confines of language, she says.

An advocate for art in public places, she is a Westmoreland Cultural Trust Incubator artist and active in the local art community as a member of Latrobe Art Center, the Indiana Art Association and Greensburg Art Center.

According to her website, thoughtsinpaint.com, she has shown her art work at Slippery Rock University, Saint Vincent College, University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, Seton Hill University, Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s Art in the Alley and Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, among other sites.

Details: 724-836-3074 or Greensburg Garden & Civic Center