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Four nationally renowned artists showed their work at the 2nd annual Artist Invitational at Fresno State’s Conley Art Gallery. Although artists Kirkman Amyx, Richard Bruland, Roger Lee, and Hadieh Shafie all work with different media, a common theme was present in their works: all pieces illustrate a meticulous and repetitive process or method of creating art.

Associate professor of art Nick Potter organized the event with the assistance of the Conley Art Gallery committee, a group within the art department that is responsible for setting up shows at the gallery. “I really like the way the works connect to each other. That’s the most impressive thing to me,” Potter said about the works in the exhibit. “When you look at one work next to the other, the mediums almost start to blend a little bit. It’s something you have to see in person to realize how strange it is that it can happen.”

The exhibit opening reception on Jan. 24 had a great response, Potter said. It runs through Feb. 10 at the Conley Art Gallery, located west of lot A on the Fresno State campus.