Local resident and painter Beth Flor will have 45 of her paintings on display and for sale in a solo exhibit at the International Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas.

Flor paints in a style named contemporary realism.

"A common thread is light and shadow patterns in the works here and down there," Flor said. "Because it's in El Paso they're more interested in my work I do in Mexico."

Flor travels and paints in Mexico for five months out of the year and the museum in El, Paso is particularly interested in her shadow technique.

"We were really impressed by her technique," said museum Community...