Featured artists are painter George Marshall whose artworks are primarily expressions of color. Out of the interplay of the qualities of color, light and dark, warm and cool, harmony and dissonance, movement comes into being. Movement, in its restless struggle, coalesces into form. It’s an evolution analogous to music. The attempt has been made to paint a visual music.

Rin Colabucci is a painter whose work is the result of discerning the necessity and unnecessary, transformation of the unconsciousness to the consciousness.

[Digital image, right, provided by Chroma Glass Designs]

John Michael Shipman, a sculptor, deals with developing surface contours and edges that interact and flow around, through and into each other. His works are carved abstract forms, for which he coins sometimes-whimsical titles as the forms develop and start to resemble recognizable images—much like visualizing elephants or dragons in cloud formations.

And the artwork will remain on display through the month of May.

Also appearing is LB artist Jamie Kivisto from 8-11 p.m. (www.jamiekivisto.com) showcasing her Superhero series, showing several pieces to be featured in the Superhero CD.

Nino's is also featuring a new Three Olives Martini Bar (21 and older, please) on this First Friday's event. "We're thrilled to be working with Three Olives Vodka...These martini blends are exceptional. The pomegranate and amaretto is so smooth to drink! The Blue Grotto is as beautiful in color as it is in taste. The Dino Martini reminds me of my summer months in Napoli (my father's hometown in Italy) where you see watermelon juice stands everywhere." There'll be a lite menu with appetizers, ˝ pasta dishes and desserts for dining alongside traditional Italian cuisine all served in a Retro style bar. Restaurant dining from 4:00-11:00 p.m.