Cassandra Barney evokes the emotions of the viewer through her frank, compelling portraits of the "muses" of our daily lives, with their soft, gentle eloquence and mysterious beauty. Courting Pandora, Barney´s recent show of original paintings, was based on the female archetype of Pandora who, according to legend, could not resist opening a mysterious box which unleashed evil on earth (but also contained "hope"). "I don´t feel that Pandora was tricked into, or was naively curious about opening that box," says Barney. "Remember, s. . .