The Kalargyros Gallery might be small, but there's a lot going on under its roof.

Thirteen local artists rotate their works through the space at 112 1/2 W. Orange St., including gallery owner Despina Kalargyros, whose blown and sculptured glass adds whimsical charm and flashes of color to the sun-filled space.

Or take November's featured artist, Drew Nowacoski.

His gouache and watercolor pieces (gouache is a kind of opaque watercolor mixture) transport the viewer to fantastic places born of the artist's imagination.

They'll also be right at home with Kalargyros' glass pieces, which might depict anything from dragonflies to stars to tiny elephants.

Variety in harmony is what the Kalargyros Gallery is all about. The works may be disparate, but they complement each other.

The gallery also fulfills a dream for its namesake, who lives in Lancaster with her husband, fellow artist Jeremy Colon.

"I've felt like I've always been an artist. I wanted a place where I could have my work," she said. Her medium is borosilicate glass, better known to some as Pyrex.

Kalargyros said she began creating at a very young age, and the same can be said of Nowacoski, who grew up in northern Pennsylvania and now resides in downtown Lancaster.

He was about 5 when he began pursuing art with intention.

"I had become envious of a classmate who could draw better. It's gotten more complicated since then."

Nowacoski didn't grow up in an artistic family, but "my grandmothers harnessed a deep love for the idea," Nowacoski said.

His latest show is inspired in part by the works of Argentine-born writer Jorge Luis Borges and French comics artist Jean Giraud. The images have an otherworldly quality to them.

Perhaps that reflects a mantra that guides the 21-year-old artist, who is a senior at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. It's a quote from Hungarian-born artist György Kepes: "To find some common denominator between the landscape open to the artist and that which is open to the scientist."

Kalargyros' philosophy is simpler, but just as profound when it comes to her art: "Just keep practicing, and it will get better."

For more information on the Kalargyros Gallery, 112 1/2 W. Orange St., call 394-3898 or visit kalargyrosgallery.com.