Lisa Thvedt, a senior art and elementary education major at Northwestern College, will display her work Feb. 24–29 in the college’s Te Paske Gallery. A public reception is scheduled for 7:00pm Friday, Feb. 24.

Her show is a collection of portraits—watercolor and ink-brush paintings done on rice paper and canvas; prints made on burlap; faces constructed out of coffee grounds, wood or metal.

Thvedt says she works quickly, trying to capture her subject in just a few brushstrokes. “The mystery of another individual’s expression intrigues me, and as an artist, I try to capture that on the paper.”