There are some astonishing works to be seen, starting with the all-blue figurative sculpture by Franciso Salgado featured on the show poster. It's like a combination Henry Moore and Rodin but made of unidentified mixed media, which looks to me like sticks and straw with plaster slathered with cobalt blue paint. It is a strikingly sensual piece that is sadly not well lighted. (I saw it at night; perhaps in daylight you can see it better.) Also by Salgado is a wonderfully mesmerizing little relief sculpture of a bird-like woman dancing and a pair of surrealistic sculpted feet that have morphed into sandals. These are placed on a sculpture stand in an alcove and on the wall behind it is a photograph in an all-blue tint of a woman wearing the sandal feet. The photo was taken by Salgado's wife. Kim Cambpell.

Read Alec Clayton's full review of "Azul: Contemporary Interpretations In Primary Blue Mood" in the Weekly Volcano's Arts section.

B2 FINE ART GALLERY, AZUL: CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS IN PRIMARY BLUE MOOD, THROUGH MARCH 2,11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. TUESDAY-SATURDAY, TILL 8 P.M. THIRD THURSDAYS, 711 ST. HELENS AVE., TACOMA, 253.238.5065