By Victoria Dalkey, The Sacramento Bee art correspondent

"Monkey Business"/Squeak Carnwath.

Bay Area artist Squeath Carnwath combines brightly colored circles and bars, images from art history, recurring personal symbols, and written notations in her exuberant yet reflective visual mediations on the past, present and future. "Monkey Business" and other recent paintings by the internationally known artist are up through Dec 2 at b. sakata garo, 923 20th St. (916) 447-4276.