Master Printer Emeritus Jim Sherraden and prolific musician and visual artist Jon Langford have been collaborating since 2016. This exhibit, Complicated Characters, will be their fourth such show, featuring a blend of Sherraden's woodcuts and Langford's painting. The show’s title is a nod to the alter egos the artists took on during their collaborative process “Father Drogo” and “Bishop Biscuit”. Jon Langford is a visual artist and founder member of the legendary Mekons punk rock band from Leeds, UK. Since moving to Chicago in the early 1990s, Jon has pursued a delicate balancing act between art and music and showed his work regularly at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans, as well as contributing cover artwork for editions of Offbeat Jazzfest Bible. Jim Sherraden curated the Smithsonian exhibit of Hatch Show Print at Tulane University in 2009, was a featured guest on Nick Spitzer's AMERICAN ROUTES, and was included in a LeMieux Galleries juried show in 2021. For his contributions as an artist and to the preservation of culture in the southeast, Sherraden was awarded the 2013 governor’s award for Distinguished Artist by the state of Tennessee. Jim Sherraden on their collaborative process: "Jon [Langford] sends me art and then I embellish with my wood and lino[cut] carvings, cutting up my own prints into patterns, watercoloring, accenting the Langford artwork. I use a great deal of box cutter blades and high quality book binding glue and 80lb cover weight acid free paper. Often times we work in the same room, passing the art back and forth like monks making calligraphy. We also use the mail service.Each piece has a strong UV protectant coating, to ensure decades-long reliability. Our signatures are on reverse. Jon [Langford] works mainly with acrylic [paint]. I print all my blocks letterpress with oil-based ink."