The HUB exhibit titled She Stared, He Cried is more than the collaboration of two art students' work; it's a representation of half the current undergraduate printmaking majors' work.

Robert Checchi (senior -- printmaking) said he and Lisa Harman (senior -- printmaking), the artists of the exhibit, are two of four printmaking majors at the University.

The artists' work are different in style and theme, though they are unified under one title, Checchi said. He added that he thought of the title in an attempt to fit their works together.

Checchi's emotional works focus on how people react to their surroundings and how they are controlled by outside forces, Checchi said.

"(My works) are about emotions, harsh emotions, and desperation," he said.

Checchi said he brings these feelings across by using an expressionistic style and geometric shapes, covered by stripes to show the veiling effect of the environment.

He said his style is influenced by German Expressionism and the abstract expressionism of the 1950s, such as the work of Hans Hoffman and Barnett Newman.

"I combine geometric, flat planes with an expressionistic style underneath it," he said.

Harman's work is mainly made of self-portraits, with the basic theme of the inner self, she said.

Harman said she enjoys working with different printmaking techniques, and that she is unable to place her style under a label.

"It's hard to put down one style. A lot of the pieces are different according to the media," she said.

One of her works, The Golden Egg, has a pro-choice theme behind it, Harman said. The work features a border of women figures draped in chains that make her position on the issue quite blatant, she said.

"It's pretty easy to understand," she said.

Harman said her favorite piece in the exhibit is No Turning Back, since it is successful in expressing what she was feeling at the time she created it.

Checchi said he liked his piece Bakersfield the best, because it formally works the best of the pieces in the exhibit.

"It's always a challenge to make it work formally and artistically," he said.

Isabel Farrell, director of the HUB Galleries, said the reaction to the exhibit so far has been favorable. Both artists said their work is up for sale.

The exhibit will be displayed on the HUB art alley panels until March 30.