If you want to complain about snowplowing and get a look at some good art at the same time, stop by St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman's office in the City Hall/Courthouse.

The mayor's staffers occasionally display artwork on the office walls on a rotating basis. While it's usually from a local artist, there will be an international flavor starting Wednesday.

That's when they'll hang a series of abstract landscapes by Colin Williams, originally from Northern Ireland, now living in Wales, who was involved in a North Star art-exchange program. The paintings are based on his experiences in Minnesota during different seasons. You can see some of his work at the website for the Flanders gallery in Minneapolis.

Williams will be in the mayor's office from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday for an opening of sorts. His paintings will be on display for several weeks.

Williams' bio:

"Colin Williams is a Welsh/Irish contemporary artist who has exhibited in galleries and museums in Wales, Ireland, China, Japan and the U.S.A. His paintings are part of several public and private art collections, such as: The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, The University of Ulster, The Hugh Mulholland Collection (Curator for N. Ireland at the Venice Beinalle 2005) and Allianz. Also, he was the recipient of the Carson McDowell Purchase Prize in 2004, and the winner of the Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery Open 2007."