Art Spirit features Horswill, Grimes

COEUR d'ALENE - Art aficionados and appreciators alike are invited to the Art Spirit Gallery from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 8 to view the complex creations of artists Michael Horswill of Hayden and Robert Grimes of Spokane.

During the opening reception and ArtWalk, guests will be able to inspect the artists' latest works. Grimes and Horswill, both formally trained artists, have actively participated in the arts community for more than 20 years. At present, each artist's creative inquiry is expressed through mixed media sculpture.

Horswill and Grimes make works of art that are arresting; the viewer's habitual thought patterns are gently disrupted by unexpected information. The artists' complex constructions blend paintings and sculptures that present emotional and conceptual riddles. While Horswill's work is more abstract and nonobjective with references to the natural world, Grimes' work is more figurative and surrealistic, narrating and depicting landscapes of the imagination.

The Art Spirit Gallery is located at 415 Sherman Ave.

Info: 765-6006 or www.theartspiritgallery.com.