Princeton's Prairie Arts Council presents "Suite Dreams," [love, intimacy, & artistic practice as escape from the dystopian nightmare that is our reality], collaborative works by Harry William Sidebotham Il & Lyzz Lundberg Sidebotham, weekends through April 24 in its art gallery.

This body of work is exploring the freedom and limits of marital intimacy in a dystopian hellscape by married collaborators Harry William Sidebotham Il and Lyzz Lundberg Sidebotham. Their independent art practices align by their modes of making and love of paint and masking tape.

Can stress ignite passion? Does lust inherently decrease with time? Is escapism delegated to toxicity? Does escapism invalidate love and partnership? Can we relish in love and lust as a partnership while the world literally and figuratively burns around us? We are inclined to believe that love and intimacy offer a glimmer of hope in contemporary times. Expressed through art and acts, we strengthen our partnership despite the times.

Harry's work is focused on finding the moments of bliss in visual static and chaos. Sidebotham organizes geometric systems and attempts to make conflict in the eye through color.

A third generation painter, Harry William Sidebotham Il received his BFA in painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA in painting from Illinois State University.

Notable solo exhibitions include Happy Gallery and NYCH Gallery in Chicago, The College of DuPage, and The Indianapolis Art Center. Sidebotham's work has been featured in New American Paintings and he was a Luminarts finalist and the regional winner of the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series. Sidebotham lives and works in Peoria, Illinois.

Lyzz's work seeks to luxuriate in moments not occupied by the forces deemed "Thee Sacred Institutions" - a state which they call "Thee Precipice of Bliss." These moments are not governed by systemically oppressive forces and provide freedom through intimacy. This conundrum is communicated through hard edges and undulating color. Creating is a magickal ritual of resistance, surrender, struggle, and pleasure.

Lyzz is a native of Central Illinois and alum of Illinois State University's Wonsook Kim School of Art. Lyzz has been featured in publications Sixty Inches From Center and Voyage Chicago.

Their work has been featured locally as well as nationally and internationally -from Los Angeles to Peoria to Budapest.