These are local artist Aeron Henderson's first two pieces in a series of 13 metal casts of milk cartons.

The others are more humorous, one looks like Superman with a little cape, another has a paper airplane, and she even has one that looks like a blimp crashed into it, all are variations on the theme of flight.

She thinks of these primary pieces the same way a mother thinks of children.

To Henderson these paintings are almost like two little boys, almost identical brothers (hence their title) who are very similar, but still so different.

The cast bronze piece has a green patina on it, which makes it look like an aged coin, while the Aluminum remains perfectly silver, starkly reflecting light in contrast with its bronze sibling.

So why milk cartons?

"Milk is our first meal it comes from our mother," Henderson said. "It gives us life it creates us."

Her milk cartons fly because Henderson views flight as being the ultimate indicator of freedom.

When combined with the milk concept which is related to the concept of birth the full symbolic meaning is equivalent to "born fee."

To Henderson, the milk cartons are more than their meanings. For her, it is about life honoring life, which she views as a gift.

Her first name, Aeron, is from the Greek word "Aeros" meaning to take flight, so the idea of flight has a lot to do with how she identifies herself.

"Aeron's milk cartons have an intrinsically playful quality about them while at the same time commenting about mass consumerism," said Hanna Stevenson, Master of Fine Arts student and sculpture instructor.

Henderson is currently working pieces she plans to display at her Bachelor of Fine Arts show, including a large instillation piece with casts of the human body, which will incorporate her milk cartons.

She plans on being tattooed, with the necessary permits, for her audience during her reception.

The tattoo design she has planned, which will be done on the shoulder of her right arm, is going to incorporate her 13 milk cartons.

She plans on calling her show "A Body of Work" and hopes to be in the gallery in October.

After her show Henderson plans on going to grad school and getting a masters in printmaking.