Joyce Howell 2025

Howell’s palette is informed by nature and its flux between calm and chaos, creating what she describes as loose landscapes. She describes the process as an ongoing conversation. An intuitive painter, each color and mark applied to the canvas informs the next; colors give the impression of physical weight and become instruments, much as in a musical composition. As the work progresses, the painting becomes a collaboration, a dialogue between Howell and the canvas....   view video »

posted on 3/16/2025

   

Anne Siems: Playground

Wally Workman Gallery is pleased to present Anne Siems show Playground. The work for this new exhibit was inspired by a recent extended stay with her family, when she had plenty of time to meander the woods of her childhood hometown outside Berlin, Germany. Keenly interested in childhood memory as w...   view video »

posted on 2/8/2025

   

Ellen Heck 2025

In this exhibition, both figurative and abstract works explore a panorama of perspectives. Life-size monochromatic aquatint portraits of children in the process of having their faces painted hone in on varying expressions of almost religious deliverance at known and unknown hands holding tools of tr...   view video »

posted on 1/8/2025

   

Will Klemm Elevations Show 2024

Wally Workman will notably open Will Klemm's 25th show at the gallery. A decades-long relationship, Klemm was one of the first painters to show with the gallery, which will celebrate its 45th anniversary next year. In this show, Klemm’s large scale, richly textured canvases illustrate his trav...   view video »

posted on 12/17/2024

   

America Martin 2024 Solo Show

Of Columbian-American heritage, America is renowned for her robust works using form and figure. Inspired by mid-century masters deconstructing the figure, she uses concentrated line and flat color to create colossal, vibrant subjects appearing to barely be contained by the canvas. There is a joy and...   view video »

posted on 11/7/2024

   

Floral Realism Group Show

Floral Realism features the work of Molly Smith, Carol Dawson and James Andrew Smith. Each artist captures the natural beauty of flora in a realist manner, each with a different medium and approach....   view video »

posted on 10/11/2024

   

Julia Lucey | Trying to Fit In

Lucey’s body of work is deceivingly playful. In her depictions of nature, the eye is drawn to the bright colors and intricate details of her craft, but the underlying messages in them reference the issues facing wildlife, its dissolution, and the attempt by many to redirect its path. Animals a...   view video »

posted on 9/12/2024

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