I was impressed with Marsha Glaziere's paintings at Fulcrum Gallery.

There are only seven paintings in the show, but they are large. They fill the space and demand attention.

Glaziere's acrylic and mixed-media paintings picture the gritty industrial side of cities with a focus on interweaving networks of highway overpasses and ramps. The city in question is clearly Tacoma although something like a kaleidoscopic view of Seattle's Safeco Field makes an appearance in one of her paintings.

These paintings are raw, gritty and bombastic, with collage elements integrated into the painting as well as any I've ever seen. She uses wire mesh, wood, metal, paper, corrugated cardboard and other materials to create textures and hints of imagery that peek out here and there like remnants of old billboards showing through where more recent ones have been ripped open.

Read Alec Clayton's full review of Marsha Glaziere's "Roadside" show in the Weekly Volcano's Arts section.

FULCRUM GALLERY, ROADSIDE, THROUGH APRIL 12, NOON TO 6 P.M. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAYS AND BY APPOINTMENT, 1308 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY, TACOMA, 253.250.0520