Maureen Mullarkey reviews an exhibition of paintings by Elizabeth O'Reilly at George Billis Gallery, New York, on view through November 12, 2011.

Mullarkey writes that "O'Reilly brings to art an intuitive regard for man's sense of place. It is a sensibility that makes the locks on the Union Street Bridge, spanning Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, a significant aspect of home. Under her eye, urban details can as easily approach the wellsprings of serenity as a Douglas fir on Long Island’s North Fork, where O'Reilly spends her weekends."