Frank Strunk III's works on exhibit at C. Emerson Fine Arts

Frank Strunk III's rusted metal panels could be, if you're looking for a didactic angle, metaphors for the unpredictability of smaller things within the certainly of larger ones. (As in: We know we'll die; we don't know how or when. Expose metal to rain and it will rust; the patterns and progression of rust can't be controlled.) Or they could be abstract compositions exploring meaning in form alone. Either way, they're worth a visit to C. Emerson Fine Arts, 909 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, where "Geometry, Life, Rust," an exhibition of new work including the sculpture Liberated Flow, shown, continues through Nov. 1. (727) 898-6068; c-emersonfinearts.com.