The Wells Gallery presents "Lotto Icons" by Earl B. Lewis

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For more than two years, Earl B. Lewis was an artist with writer's block. An accomplished painter and award-winning illustrator of children's books, Lewis was set on creating a series of new paintings that would have true relevance. After years of combing art galleries and scouring books for inspiration, he ultimately stumbled upon it during a mundane stop for coffee at a convenience store.

The result is "Lotto Icons: A Global Perspective," a thought-provoking body of work that will be on exhibit at the Wells Gallery. The series of mixed media paintings were born from numerous trips Lewis made to a Wawa in New Jersey where he observed impoverished adults purchasing scratch-off lottery tickets, many times while their children looked on.