Helmut Barnett | Surfaces

Working in the mediums of painting, collage, and drawing- and often a mix of the three- Helmut Barnett has refined a visual language over the past 50 years that playfully activates the viewer's imagination. This show exemplifies the range of Barnett's talent, featuring geometric and organic forms on large canvases as well as more intimate collages incorporating found material....   view video »

posted on 4/15/2026

   

Julia Lucey | Good Neighbors

Good Neighbors will be our 5th solo show with printmaker and mixed media artist Julia Lucey. A deceivingly playful body of work, the eye is drawn to the bright colors and intricate details of Lucey's craft, but the underlying messages reference the serious issues facing wildlife and the environment ...   view video »

posted on 3/13/2026

   

James Andrew Smith and Owen Mann | Floral

The hyperrealism of James Andrew Smith and the incredible porcelain creations of Owen Mann capture blooms in a moment of perfection that hovers above reality. The work of each emphasizes the simplicity of life's beauty as well as its abundance....   view video »

posted on 2/14/2026

   

Malcolm Bucknall | My Make Believe

Born in Twickenham, England in 1935, Bucknall's early interest in art led him at the age of eighteen to India and Santiniketan, the Ashram of Rabindranath Tagore, then to Chelsea Art School, London, the University of Texas (BFA), and the University of Washington (MFA). Upon this rolling stone founda...   view video »

posted on 1/20/2026

   

Priscilla Robinson 2025 Show | Between

Exploring transitions, Robinson is drawn to the spaces where dark becomes light, the front becomes the back and up becomes down. These spaces are charged with ambiguity as well as potential; they can contain a defined edge or a gradual shift. Robinson's latest work focuses on the complexity of these...   view video »

posted on 12/11/2025

   

America Martin 2025

America Martin is inspired by form and figure as depicted by the Modernists of the early 20th century. A concentration on line using flat color reduces her subjects to their simplest shapes, highlighting the beauty and strength of a moment. The moments in this show focus on relationships: between th...   view video »

posted on 11/5/2025

   

Juan Luis Jardi

A mix of magic realism with certain influences of Pop Art and surrealism, Jardi's figures and themes illustrate the contrast in our lives and the doubts we are faced with as humans. He strives for his work to provoke feelings: nostalgia, melancholy, loneliness and a sense of uneasiness as well as fe...   view video »

posted on 10/20/2025

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