Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Holly Otterbein

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At first glance, Jaime Treadwell's oil paintings are all pretty and pink. But look beyond the glossy coatings and you'll unearth babies in camouflage bathing suits, children's helmets that double as deadly weapons and fuchsia Humvees flipped on their sides. The juxtaposition of war imagery with symbols of purity is both beautiful and unsettling.

Three Philly painters examine a technology-obsessed culture that both undervalues and craves human contact. Diana Meaker's take on the subject is abstract: Her acrylic-and-enamel pieces display neon-colored shapes that look like toxic puddles. Nicholas Santore's more straightforward depiction of the modern world combines artificial plant life and high-rise buildings, while Danielle Rizzolo's oil paintings of banjos, Pearl Harbor-era airplanes and celebrities of yore hark back to America's past.

If David Dworanczyk and Salihah Moore were romantically involved, they'd be the Heathcliff-and-Catherine couple whose opposing traits highlight each other's strengths. Dworanczyk's masculine black-and-white photographs, framed by crude woodwork, capture gnarly bathroom stalls and galloping horses. Conversely, Moore's watercolor cave paintings feature rainbows, feathers and whimsical creatures.