Celebrating an American Patriot - Opening Reception

An opening reception for an exhibition of 50 works by renowned hyper-realist painter Gary T. Erbe that salutes Abraham Lincoln. The show is part of The Butler Institute's America250 events marking the nation's semiquincentennial anniversary. Erbe, a self-taught trompe l'oeil painter from New Jersey, will greet visitors at the reception. His contemporary hyper-realist works feature objects freed from their natural surroundings through the illusion of levitation and thought-provoking juxtapositions.