Escaping the valley heat

“Herd on the Ridge” (oil on canvas), by Robert Chapla, in his joint show, “Colorful Edge of Soul,’’ with Valery Mahuchy at the the Gallery at WREN, Bethlehem, N.H., through Aug. 29.

Mt. Agassiz, in Bethlehem, N.H., in a colorized 1906 postcard.

The gallery says the show features paintings and collage. “Using Fauvist color and organic, fluid shapes and texture, Chapla and Mahuchy forge a visual and spiritual relationship with the world around them.’’