SALISBURY, N.C. — The work of artist Norma Velasquez-Frink is on display at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) now through Oct. 10.

            Twelve paintings by Velasquez-Frink are on display for public viewing in Building 100 on RCCC’s North Campus in Salisbury. The paintings capture human forms and objects from nature, including trees.

            “My fascination with the human form takes me to see it in everything in nature,” Velasquez-Frink said. “As I watch trees, I see the human form. Their branches seem to me like fingers and arms that extend to touch each other and reach up into the sky in a gesture of agony and ecstasy.”

            Velasquez-Frink, a native of Venezuela, earned a master’s degree in fine art at the New York Academy of Art in New York City. She shares a studio gallery, Railwalk Studios and Gallery, with three other artists. The gallery is located at 409 N. Lee St., in Salisbury.

            Velasquez-Frink paints, sculpts, writes poetry, dances and teaches art. She has exhibited her work in galleries in Venezuela and the United States, including St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, N.C., UNC-Charlotte and venues in Salisbury. She is working on plans to display her work in Washington, D.C.

            RCCC offers a wide range of arts courses, including drawing, painting, watercolor, photography, digital photography, design, art appreciation, and a survey of American art. For more information and course descriptions, see the RCCC website – www.rowancabarrus.edu.  

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.