U Arkansas displays work by watercolorist Dombke

The University of Arkansas is hosting a 5 p.m. reception on Friday to open its watercolor exhibit, " George Dombek: Barns and Portraits.” 

Dombek will be on hand to sign copies of his book of the same title, which features his paintings of Arkansas barns and found objects, like tractor parts, tin cans and rusting metal pipes.

The exhibit, which runs through March 17, is being held in the Fred and Mary Smith Exhibition Gallery in Vol Walker Hall on campus. It is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

Dombek’s award-winning work has been on display in more than 600 collections, including museums and corporate spaces, as well as in exhibits at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Arkansas Arts Center.