Pinball #2 ARTISTS_Valentin Popov Norma's poem reads as a

Norma's poem reads as a spiral around the image:

Life should remind us of our dreams

The Seven Paddlers

a unification

A visual vocabulary derived from object and image forms a language ranging from the vernacular to the political to the poetic

Pinball #2 ARTISTS_Valentin Popov Norma's poem reads as aFrom the Artist My work is the opposite of organic. I'm inspired by cities. In cities, I always know where I am. I like the pattern of city grids, the manhole covers, the trolley lines, the tread of tires, sidewalks and streets, street lights, the shape of the buildings. My materials tend to be urban, too. When I need color, I go to Home Depot or True ValueI see myself as a sculptor who makes prints and drawings. I have a vocabulary of shapes, not a