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azure and violet hues. Without glancing at the picture's title, it's evident that she has captured the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights.

In her "Cuyahoga Valley Wetland Study," there is a literalism that belies the surrealism of the piece. Again, it is immediately apparent what one is looking at, but at the same time, none of it is really there, just streaks of color.

Entwined throughout the reeds, grasses and water are circles, an ever-present element of her work.

Brandon said that the first thing she does with her paper is to make the ring "to remind me of the planet," of the "layers of the universe."

She says that, in creating the pieces, she comes to the realization, “Oh my God, we're only this tiny speck in the universe."

Her tiny speck, however, reflects the majesty of the greater sphere, and at times she seems to channel the energy. "The best days in the studio are when

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you're just an instrument," she said. "The worst are when you really work at it."

Nutt expressed a similar idea in explaining the genesis of his surrealist paintings. He said that he has to paint, to get the energy inside of him out.

Regardless of where their energies come from or what they're doing, putting aside the methods and the media, these are two shows that should reinforce Detroit Shoreway and Cleveland itself as being on the artistic map.

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"Mark Nutt: Recent Paintings" stays through February at Tregoning and Company Gallery, 1300 West 78th Street. For more information, call 216-281-8626 or go to www.TregoningAndCo.com.

"Judith Brandon: Black and Blue" opens with an artist's reception at 7 pm on February 1 and continues through March 30 at 1point618 Gallery, 6421 Detroit Ave. The gallery can be reached at 216-281-1618 or online at www.1point618gallery.com.

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