Howard Payne University is exhibiting paintings by Pam Chadwick Aloisa, gallery director and professor of art history and art at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. The show, housed in HPU’s Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Art Gallery located inside the Doakie Day Art Center, will run through Wednesday, April 29.

Titled “First Person Passages,” the exhibit discloses strong personal narratives, some fictional and enhanced, revealing underlying truths about life, work, relationships and the world around us.

“‘Passage’ can refer to a pathway, a safe retreat, a transition, a moving experience, a farewell or a major life change,” said the artist. “It can also mean a way toward a destination or a psychological state of moving on. The ‘First Person Passages’ exhibit features human-interest stories of my life that also operate as metaphors for the myriad meanings of the word ‘passage’.”

Aloisa’s paintings have won national and regional awards since 1986. She completed a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees while on active duty in the Air Force, studying under renowned artists Leon Golub, Judith Brodsky and Ida Lorentzen.

“Ms. Aloisa’s paintings reveal her varied interests in time and interaction with people,” said David Harmon, chair of HPU’s Department of Art. “Time is a fleeting phenomenon we all experience as we engage our lives. Preserving memory is what she does best in these works of expressionism.”

HPU’s gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or by appointment. For more information about the show, contact HPU’s School of Music and Fine Arts at (325) 649-8500. The Doakie Day Art Center is located on the HPU campus, on Center Avenue, near Lipscomb Street in Brownwood.

Pictured: The works of Pam Chadwick Aloisa, including this painting titled “Grandmother Worked With Her Hands,” are on display through April 29 at HPU’s Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Art Gallery.