Three pieces by the late William Allen, whose "mini-retrospective" opens today at the Kimura Gallery, from an earlier Artsnob listing.

Surreal Alaskana: William Allen left no titles or other information about his artwork.

Self portrait: Allen could be a superb realist when he wanted to be. His technique is top rank.

Contorted image: As his hands became to arthritic to paint, Allen turned to drawing, producing thousands of sketches. Many of them seem to speak to the painful disease that nearly crippled him.