Painter Michael Heffernan's work combines the visual and poetic in new exhibit 'Wayfinding'

The new exhibition "Wayfinding" by the Irish-born painter Michael Heffernan is on view at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art through March 12. (Courtesy of Michael Heffernan)

 The new exhibition “Wayfinding” by the Irish-born painter Michael Heffernan explores the overlap in visual and poetic language through abstract conceptual works. Each painting is paired with a poem written by Heffernan.

His show is on view at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art through March 12, and the artist joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to share about his multidisciplinary works and the challenging chapter that inspired them. 

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