A walk through Lucille Berkowitz’ condominium (aka art studio) is a journey through 50 years of telling, expressive paintings. Her family room holds a collection of one of her current favorite subjects, Kokopelli, known as the Casanova of cliff dwellers. Gargoyles and outlandish colored horses also tantalize, along with lunch frequenters in Seattle’s Freeway Park, street musicians, athletes, vacationing photographers, and more.

Berkowitz’ paintings will be displayed in a show titled “Statements,” Oct. 25 to Dec. 6 at Pogacha of Issaquah, 120 N.W. Gilman Blvd. After Dec. 6, the show will move to Pogacha of Bellevue, 119 106th Ave. N.E., where it will run until Jan. 17, 2009.

A woman from the Midwest with many decades of life experience, Berkowitz describes much of her work as “just trying to get a visual across of people, activities and places that are to a degree quite interpretive but easily identifiable.”

Many of her paintings have been inspired by her late husband, Leonard Berkowitz’s fine art photographs. Berkowitz often took Leonard’s real life subjects and rendered their photographs into acrylic paintings.

For more information about Berkowitz’ exhibit and Pogacha restaurants, call 425-392-5550, or visit the web site at www.pogacha.com.