Artist Rafael Perez Will Get His Pants Back From That Bird
Rafael Perez's Checking the Safety (2008).Photo: Courtesy of DFN Gallery
Rafael Perez uses oil and watercolors to render whimsical women with dangerous curiosities. Here, a pantless woman inspects her kinda dainty rifle with care. Is it too late to make a Sarah Palin joke? Anyway, see her and other tender psychos at DFN Gallery through Friday.

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