In "Intuitions" Tina Elkins and Patty Flauto use abstracted landscapes as a metaphor for other ideas. "Land, sky, and water all lend themselves easily to the visual language of abstraction whether through a systematic exploration of composition, or an emotional expression of color and surface." In "Whoa" three graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Art (Davon Brantley, present a culmination of their B.F.A. thesis work. These works share a theme of mediation on internal conflict due to external influences from our society. bayarts.net