Mystical physics

“The Mystic Alone Sees the Sun Aglow at Midnight,’’ (tar and gold leaf on canvas), by Christopher Volpe, in his show “Alchemy and After,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, Nov. 3-28. Art New England says:

“Christopher Volpe’s paintings are stark conduits of the inherent oppositions between human beings and the natural world.”

He lives in Hollis, N.H.

Monument Square and Hollis Town Hall