An exhibit of mosaic pieces by local artisan Phil Evanoff is on exhibit. The opening date coincides with his 100th birthday.

Evanoff, a retired chemist, has created more than 625 mosaics, each consisting of thousands of pieces. He typically used Venetian glass and Japanese ceramic tile to create the mosaics but has also incorporated smooth stones as well as seashells. His subject matter has come from personal photographs, adaptions of other’s work of art and purely his own imagination.

The mosaics reflect his wide-ranging interest in art and nature from throughout the world. Among Evanoff’s work, he has recreated French cave paintings, Bulgarian Christmas cards, African cliff drawings, an Aztec calendar stone and the Vincent van Gogh painting Starry Night.