By Will McGuirk

The art of Bowmanville -based Pete Smith will be focus of the Visual Arts Centre’s first exhibit of 2020. “Stein’s Law” will open Sunday Jan 19 at the gallery as well as at the Clarington Town Hall and the Library.

The exhibit’s title “Stein’s Law” references the American economist Herbert Stein’s theories on sustainability. Its a timely discussion.

Smith completed his BFA from York University in 1998 and his MFA from the University of Guelph in 2007. He has held solo exhibitions in various parts of Canada and around the world and his writings on art have appeared in Canadian Art and Border Crossings magazines. He is a lecturer in drawing and painting at the OCAD University.

“Stein’s Law” is on until Mar 29 2020.