By Paul Moosmann

Painting has been part of the human experience since the ancient days of the cavemen. While we may have moved from pigment on rock to pigment on paper and canvas, the core desire to create has never changed. Students of John Knight’s Painting II class joined together with SMCC’s Art Club on April 28 in the second-floor lounge of the South Portland Campus’s Learning Commons to celebrate human creativity with the public.

The Painting II class featured students’ takes on full-body portraits. The works ranged from realistic to abstract, each capturing something about the human form in their own way. Works from the Art Club featured paintings on panels that ranged from pure abstraction to landscape, and more experimental artwork. The show will remain in the Campus Center through the end of the semester.

The Learning Commons will host a show of select Beacon front pages. The show is scheduled to be installed in the summer.