"Monochrome," an exhibition of new paintings by Laura Niemi Young at Secret Society Gallery. Laura Niemi Young holds a B.A. in Studio Art, an M.A. in Art Therapy and Counseling, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at Boston College where she is presently researching the arts and cognition, and various forms of symbolic thinking in early development. Laura is curious about symbols and metaphor at all levels and naturally uses them in paintings. She has recently limited her color palette to just sepia tones in order to emphasize texture, light, and shadow. The body of work seems to hint at a unified but ambiguous story when the paintings are grouped. Laura hopes that viewers can find their own stories in the images she paints. She resides in Salem, MA with her husband Taylor.