Art Spirit Gallery's newest exhibition, opening today, features works by Allen and Mary Dee Dodge, and Mary Frances Dondelinger.

The gallery, located at 415 Sherman Ave., will hold an opening reception from 5-8 p.m.

The Dodges have been residents of Coeur d'Alene for nearly 40 years, and have been participants in the development of the region's artistic culture.

For many years they have been in the gallery's annual Small Artworks Invitational. Inspired in part by collaborations with Harold Balazs, the couple has, in recent years, also focused on the creation of large-scale metal sculpture and enamels. Working with these media has allowed them to make larger public works, including sculptures at the North Idaho College campus, the Coeur d'Alene Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. Allen and Mary Dee often work together in making public art.

Also on exhibit will be a series of egg tempera iconography paintings of Endangered Species of the American Northwest by Mary Frances Dondelinger.

Dondelinger apprenticed in Italy with master orthodox iconographer Don GianLuca Busi. She applies the traditional materials and theories of this sacred art form to contemporary themes such as concern for the environment.

Her work is in public and private collections and has been included in exhibits in the U.S., Scotland, Italy and most recently, in the exhibit "GOLD" at the Belvedere Palace Museum in Vienna, Austria.

Dondelinger splits her time between Coeur d'Alene and Tuscon, Ariz.