New acrylic art exhibit comes to Libey Gallery

Fire and Water, a colorful exhibit of acrylic pours by Moscow artist Gabriella Ball is showing in the Libey Gallery in The Center at Colfax Library through April 30. Ball's images are professionally framed archival prints of works originally produced on canvas.

In this technique, Ball mixes acrylic paints with mediums that allow the paint to move easily on canvas. Then, silicone is also added to produce a lacy, cellular effects. Some popular artists working with this same technique are Nilda Rodriguez, Rick Cheadle, Annemarie Ridderhof and Caren Goodrich.

Ball grew up in Boise and moved to the...