SHERMAN – The LMNOP Gallery in Sherman will celebrate its initial launch into the Chautauqua County arts venue with an opening of “Mother and Daughter Works” by Phyllis Cairns and Katherine Stuart, mother and daughter, respectively.

The reception and opening will be Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The opening will feature principal works by both artists. LMNOP is a 1,400 square foot gallery which has been recently renovated to accept and show new and imminent artists from Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania. LMNOP is a member of the North Shore Arts Alliance and Americans-For-The-Arts.

The gallery space is a “storefront” type in the center of Sherman. In addition to the LMNOP Gallery downtown, there are emporiums and restaurants.

The artists will be present for conversation and will welcome query on their work. Katherine Stuart, the daughter of the “Mother and Daughter Works” show will present a talk on the settings of her work at noon Sept. 24. The installation will continue into mid-October.

LMNOP is a communal space for artist’s work with plans for future installations from varied art works.

When looking at Phyllis Cairns’ work, those viewing the art can see the strong snarkyness from her advertising days a J. Walter Thompson in New York City. Her love of kitch and her sentimental feel for a beautiful sunset are reflected in her pastel skies and clusters of found collage materials. She gathers bits and pieces from her life as if for safe keeping, in the way a crow gathers pretty shiny things for its nest. Whether Phyllis is drawing, painting, or sculpting, her Los Angles upbringing and education seems to shine through, as well as her affection for the visual arts. Phyllis Cairns is a graduate of the Art Center of Design in Los Angeles, Calif. She has been the art director for J. Walter Thompson, a creative marketing company who has pioneered imaginative communication solutions worldwide. She has been an adjunct professor of advertising design at Kane College Union, N.J. and has been a freelance illustrator, editor and advertising consultant for more than 40 years. Her work has appeared in several galleries nationally. Many of her works remain as installations in private and corporate collections in museums and libraries.

Katherine Stuart grew up in an artsy household. Her father was an advertising man and a creative director while her mother was always at the drawing-board. Stuart was surrounded by art materials since early childhood and influenced significantly by the trips to art museums of New York and of gallery openings her parents felt were so important. Though now an accomplished painter and draftswoman, she has always gravitated to works on paper, printmaking, and currently, her works with digital art. Stuart said considering the influences of her artist family background, she feels there “is no escaping the family curse.”

She is a graduate of the School of Art and Design in Ridgewood, N.J., and She attended the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass., She is also a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Arts. Stuart has shown recently at the 3rd on 3rd Gallery in Jamestown. She has been the showcase artist for the Infinity Performing Arts School arts auction, is involved with Women Create 2016 and the Dykeman-Young Gallery of Jamestown.

For more information, visit the gallery’s Facebook page or email lmnop108main@gmail.com.