Art fans can see three artists at one exhibit as Mainsite Contemporary Art welcomes its newest gallery this week.

The exhibit will feature the works of George Oswalt, Garrison Buxton and Melanie Seward at an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Oswalt said he is a painter who finds inspiration from images in his own life experiences. He said he designs his paintings in such a way that the viewer is able to relate to the experience from which he drew his inspiration.

He said his latest paintings are a departure from his precious work in that they are more vibrant and confrontational.

“These new paintings are about the seen and unseen,” Oswalt said. “The paintings are performances; figures in vivid color zones becoming metaphors of time and space, each painting represents significant turning points in life.”

Garrison Buxton, a printmaker and creator of large -scale installations, said his work is an external expression of his own inner religious experiences, and his works often use religious imagery.

One of the goals of Buxton’s work is to give the viewer free reign over interpretation, but to also experience his personal reality.

“As a visual artist, I exhibit art and design, as well as tour both nationally and internationally, organizing and producing events where visual art, music, dance and performance come together in an energetic explosion,” Buxton said.

Photographer Melanie Seward is the third artist of the exhibition. She works with established photography methods to create her images.

“I love natural light,” Seward said. “The way light surrounds an object and continually alters its appearance throughout the cycle of a day always fascinates me.

Seward said it is this technique of manipulating light and contrasting humans with nature that gives his photographs a pensive, almost eerie quality.

The exhibition on display through Dec. 5 at Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St. in Norman.