the other day I went to the West Loop Gallery area and came across this collaborative exhibit at the Western Exhibition for the Miller & Shellabarger show http://www.westernexhibitions.com/current/index.html. The participating artists, Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger, not only creative partners, but are also husband and husband, an issue which they explored in their Miller & Shellabarger show. Even though the aesthetics and stylization was very reminiscent of the Victorian Era, the show still felt very contemporary. This exhibition was so wonderful to experience and SO romantic and sentimental, but in the best way possible. I highly recommend going to see this show. A couple highlights for me were the sliver-plate couple portraits, where the husband-husband couple (mind you they look like biker dudes) is posed together in a photographic series that reads like hyper romantic couple portraits in gardens and on low hanging tree branches that were taken during the Victorian Era. They are quite intriguing and beautiful. i also adored the monogrammed pillows. Please go see this show next time you are in West Loop its only up until Nov 13th!