BELFAST - The Belfast Cooperative will host the artwork of Lewis Cisle during the month of September as part of its monthly Maine Artist series. Come and see his vibrant work in the Café.

Cisle is a complex artist whose artistic expression has both depth and range. His subjects reflect the contrasts of a small industrial town with the rural beauty of Southwestern Ohio, where he was born and raised. Equally important to his art are his boyhood experiences growing up in a world at war.

For the last decade or more, Cisle's work has focused on the worldwide environmental crisis, often using allegory as a means of expressing the reality of these issues. His work has always included a variety of animals, but most recently the emphasis has been on birds and dogs. Even these subjects have become more allegorical in his recent work.

Lewis presently paints in Swanville, where he resides with his wife and their 11 canine companions.

If you are an artist interested in showing your work in the café, please contact Carisa at marketing@belfast.coop for more information.