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\u201cOnce I Had This Dream<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition of paintings by Gretchen Scherer, is at Art 3 Gallery through June 24. Scherer, who lives and works in Brooklyn, paints rambling manses and crumbling chateaux as seen through a fun-house mirror\u2014their staircases swerving, their portraits multiplying, their baroque furnishings collapsing into a labyrinth of distorted decor.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cI often think about the way I imagine spaces before I see them and how my ideas differ vastly from the way those spaces actually appear,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s these places we create in our minds that inform my paintings \u2026 The images I use to collage are mostly from homes in the Victorian era. These pictures hold a fascination for me and cause me to wonder if there is something lurking under the surface. As I\u2019m collaging I imagine the people that lived in those spaces; I begin to catch glimpses of their former lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gretchen Scherer, Philosopher with an Open Book<\/i>, 2017, oil on panel, 18″ x 24″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gatekeepers<\/i>, 2017, oil on panel, 18″ x 24″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beginnings<\/i>, 2017, oil on panel, 18″ x 24″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Vast Mirror<\/i>, 2017, oil on panel, 18″ x 24″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Still with Us<\/i>, 2017, oil on panel, 18″ x 24″.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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