Erwin Angres

Sitting in the office of his Birdrock home, veteran psychoanalyst Erwin Angres held the polished apple, turning it slowly, silently considering its shiny contours. Then, using a small paring knife, he deftly cut several thin circles of golden peelings. The doctor talked about past patients and their deep-seated problems as the artist's hands delved deeper, slowly revealing in the apple the face of a Slavic woman.

Sitting in the office of his Birdrock home, veteran psychoanalyst Erwin Angres held the polished apple, turning it slowly, silently considering its shiny contours. Then, using a small paring knife, he deftly cut several thin circles of golden peelings. The doctor talked about past patients and their deep-seated problems as the artist's hands delved deeper, slowly revealing in the apple the face of a Slavic woman.

Unlike the environs of Paris, Los Angeles' automobile-oriented landscape does not lend itself to an artist who enjoys setting up an easel on a quaint street and painting the richness of the local scene. Yet painter Stephanie Sanchez has not been deterred from going out to capture nuances in L. A. vistas that have nothing to do with the stereotypical images of car and freeways, bright sunshine and attractive movie stars.