T L. Solien’s paintings and prints have always boiled up from a deep cauldron of personal experiences. Assuming an extremely personal narrative format, the content of his work is obscure, if not confounding, to those unfamiliar with themes or events in Solien’s private life. Although his cryptic iconography of mysterious orbs and pictographs and his motley cast of characters are psychologically resonant, little information is released to the uninitiated observer.

Solien’s recent paintings, prints, and painted-metal sculptures reveal thematic and stylistic changes, although he continues to work