One of five new exhibits at the Pacific Grove Art Center (568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove) is New Beginnings by Shaheen Schmidt hanging at Dyke Gallery (until April 24). Her colorful paintings (oils and acrylics) are a true celebration of the upcoming spring, full of sprouting flowers, blooming trees and awakened ocean life. “Nature is in a continuous rhythm of transformation, each change being the start of a new beginning,” Schmidt wrote in an artist statement. “Our inner nature is deeply connected to those natural cycles outside.” Schmidt was educated first in Iran and moved to California in the 1980s to continue her art education at Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey. The gallery is open noon-4pm Wednesday to Sunday.
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