The Haywood County Arts Council announced a new exhibition, “Fluid Expressions,” featuring work by Dominick DePaolo.  This new exhibit will be open to the public from Wednesday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, March 9, at Gallery 86.  An artist reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at the gallery. The public is invited to attend the reception. Gallery 86 is opened from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, at 86 N. Main St., in Waynesville.

DePaolo, who spent his childhood in Waynesville, has been a freelance artist for more than 40 years. He has also been an illustrator for the U.S. Navy and an art teacher at Prairie State College for almost 15 years. After 12 of operating and teaching at the Long Grove Art School in Northwest Chicago, DePaolo now runs the school in ...