“STELLA’S VIEW OF LAMBERTVILLE”: This painting is featured in “Charles David Viera, New Works,” on view at the New Hope Arts Center A Space October 6-29. An opening reception is on October 6 from 5-8 p.m.

The New Hope Arts Center A Space will host an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Charles David Viera, all of which were created in the last two years. “Charles David Viera, New Works” is on view October 6-29, with an opening reception on Friday, October 6 from 5-8 p.m.

“This is my third one-person exhibition at the A Space, and it is the first in the newly renovated New Hope Art Center, so it is going to be special,” said Viera.

The exhibition offers Viera’s personal stylistic approach to a variety of subject matter which includes landscapes, animals, and narrative figurative images.

“Some works are more expressionist than others because I consider all of fine art paintings’ possibilities,” said Viera. “As an example, The Three Graces of Akrotiri is a work I created due to my interest in the role of women in Greco-Roman mythology and I tried to re-create the feeling of some of those aged archeological finds with a more expressionist application of color, while with Stella’s View of Lambertville I return to a more academic approach to painting. This might seem to be a bit of a resolute approach to painting, but it has always worked for me. I think of myself as a two-dimensional musician who plays both classical and jazz.”

The New Hope Arts Center A Space is at 2 Stockton Street in New Hope, Pa. Hours are Friday 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 12-6 p.m. For more information and to view the exhibition online, visit charlesdavidviera.com.