November 20 – January 2
Artists’ Reception: Friday, November 20, 5 – 7:30pm
John Dilg concentrates on the trope of “landscape” for his visually clarified, multi-layered paintings. The essence of his subjects is captured by outlines from the colors below, evoking a sense of archaeology and meaningful message. A professor of painting at the University of Iowa, Dilg has served as Visiting Artist at nearly 50 institutions. Among many other awards, he received a Fulbright Grant to India and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship. In December, 2014, The Huffington Post called him “One of 15 Artists to Watch.” This is Dilg’s first solo show at Tory Folliard Gallery.
Chris Berti - Recent Sculpture
November 20 – January 2
Artists’ Reception: Friday, November 20, 5 – 7:30pm
Chris Berti carves vintage ceramic paving stones into small scale sculptures. Attracted by the variation in color and texture of the 1890’s material, his animal, bird and other natural imagery incorporate the bricks’ shape, earthy colors, and at times, text of the brick manufacturer.
Fred Stonehouse – A Peaceable Kingdom
October 16 – November 14
Artist’s Reception: October 16 (Gallery Night) from 5 – 9pm
Artist Talk: October 31 at 2pm
Beautifully executed, Fred Stonehouse‘s work expresses his personal psychology and dreamlike vision as influenced by Renaissance painting, folklore, magic realism, and the unseen mysteries which abound in the world. In this exhibition Stonehouse delves deeper into the metaphor behind his crossbred animal paintings. Working from a biblical vision of harmony between all earthly creatures, Stonehouse’ new work strives to capture the realistic consequences of such unlikely animal pairings.
The Gallery’s exhibition runs concurrently with the Fred Stonehouse exhibition at the museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA).
Read MoreSusan Stamm Evans – Unspoken
October 16 – November 14
Artist’s Reception: October 16 (Gallery Night) from 5-9pm
Susan Stamm Evans continues to explore the human figure in her new eries f bronze sculptures. The exhibition includes e intimat “ace Fragment” nd e ”hread” and ”nterwoven “ series, both containing her on---ind sculptures that appear woven. Susan tamm Evans expresses ur connection to the universal human experience through the “common threads” that weave her abstracted face nd metaphorically intertwine us all.
Read MoreLaura Dronzek – New Paintings
September 11 – October 10, 2015
Laura Dronzek‘s new collection of landscape and still-life paintings are intimate in size, but offer views of grand themes suggested with richly layered surfaces. Her imagined landscapes are composed of the most basic features: a horizon line, a sky, and a subject, but so carefully rendered, that each one is precious. An avid gardener, Dronzek explores the core properties of form and color in her floral still-lifes as she seeks out mystery found in everyday objects.
Read MoreFlora Langlois – Paintings
September 11 – October 10, 2015
Flora Langlois is a native of Costa Rica whose first inspiration is the natural world. Her Magic Realist paintings depict creatures amidst intensely detailed tropical fauna and suggest mystical tales and magical places. Langlois’s enchanting paintings seek to enter the natural world and explore “the spiritual connection of things natural to us and how all creation is united.” It is the rainforest’s complexity that influences her tangled and exuberant compositions.
The Salon Show
July 11 – September 5, 2015
Artists’ Reception on Gallery Night, Friday, July 24 from 6 to 9 pm
The Salon Show is the Gallery’s biggest exhibition of the year. Featuring new work by many of the top artists from the Midwest. Participating artists are: Tom Berenz, Mary Bero, Chris Berti, Craig Blietz, Mark Brautigam, Derrick Buisch, Mark Chatterley, Marion Coffey, Terrence Coffman, Ben Grant, Doug Hatch, Kathy Hofmann, Laurie Hogin, Mark Horton, Breehan James, Ed Larson, Clare Malloy, Cathy Martin, Nancy Mladenoff, Mark Mulhern, Charles Munch, Dennis Nechvatal, William Nichols, Michael Noland, Jennifer Price, Bill Reid, Jeffrey Ripple, Jason Rohlf, Jan Serr, Elizabeth Shreve, Brook Slane, T.L. Solien, Nathaniel Stern, Fred Stonehouse, Stephanie Trenchard, Tom Uttech, Russ Vogt, Mary Alice Wimmer, and Betsy Youngquist.
Read MoreBreehan James – Way of the Wilderness
May 30 – July 3, 2014
We are pleased to introduce the rarefied paintings of Breehan James. A Wisconsin native, she is inspired by adventures in the wilderness including deer hunting in fall and canoeing the Boundary Waters in summer. James earned her MFA from Yale University and has studied Norwegian landscape paintings and drawings at the National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design in Oslo, Norway and the drawings of early Canadian explorers at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
Read MoreMark Forth – Modern Ballads
May 29 – July 4, 2015
Artist’s Reception on Friday, May 29 from 5 to 7pm
Mark Forth’s quiet figures occupy serene interiors filled with beautiful light. A minimum of curious objects hint at mysterious questions but provide no answers. Subtle coloration and striking detail are exquisitely rendered in these poetic paintings.
Read MoreHarold Gregor – Midwestern Master
May 29 – July 4, 2015
Artist’s Reception on Friday, May 29 from 5 to 7pm
Known as “America’s Heartland Painter,” Harold Gregor captures the vast beauty of the Midwest in a diverse range of styles. Included in the exhibition are “Flatscapes”, vibrant farmland scenes painted from a bird’s eye view and his latest series of “Vibrascapes,” and “Tanglescapes”, colorful abstract paintings which fuse intense color theory with spontaneous brushstrokes.
Read MoreChris Berti – Concerning Nature
March 19 – April 19, 2014
Sculptor Chris Berti is fascinated with the colors and textures of 19th century brick paving stones. The amazing warmth and variety will be evident in his small scale sculptures incorporating the brick’s shape, earth colors, and at times, text of the brick manufacturer with carved imagery. Berti, an active NCECA exhibitor, has been the recipient of numerous awards and has work in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; and the Frederick Meijer Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI.
Read MoreThe New Still Life
April 25 – May 24, 2014
Gallery Night and Day: April 25 & 26
The New Still Life celebrates one of art’s greatest themes with a range of techniques from photorealistic to abstract by the Midwest’s best sculptors and painters. The exhibition includes glass sculpture by Beth Lipman and Stephanie Trenchard and new paintings by Melanie Parke, Clare Malloy, Lon Michels, Jeffrey Ripple, Dennis Nechvatal, and John A. Sayers and vintage works by John Wilde.
Read MoreDoug Hatch – "Urban Landscapes"
April 17 – May 23
Artists’ Reception on Gallery Night, Friday, April 17 from 6 to 9 pm
Doug Hatch is best known for his realistic paintings of urban scenes. Working in his studio from photographs, Hatch employs traditional methods of photorealism using strong diagonals, reflected surfaces, and transparent components to elucidate vibrant street scenes. Influenced by Edward Hopper and Richard Estes, Hatch is particularly interested in interpreting daily life. Vibrant, detail oriented and filled with movement, the paintings of Doug Hatch capture a place and time of day, perfectly.
Read MoreRon Isaacs – Other Selves: New Trompe l’Oeil Painted Constructions
April 17 – May 23, 2015
Artists’ Reception on Gallery Night, Friday, April 17 from 6 to 9 pm
In his second solo exhibition at Tory Folliard Gallery, Ron Isaacs continues his 30+ year career of constructing and painting wood to resemble architectural clothing and other antique objects. Purposely devoid of figures, Isaacs invites the viewer to question what they are actually seeing. In this master’s hands, wood appears to be fabric, and leaves and branches are actually carefully constructed details. Combining trompe l’oeil painting with master wood assembling, Isaacs presents new sculptures that quietly demand a careful look to determine their true nature.
Read MoreBill Reid – What Could Bee?
February 8 – March 8, 2014
The painted steel sculptures that inhabit the world of Bill Reid are headliners from a fantastic mythology, imparting “Bee’s” stories of heroics, tragedy, comedy and drama. From Lilliputian to gigantic, his unforgettable characters may also double as mechanical toys, light fixtures, or pedal cars. Always a favorite in the Racine parades, Reid continues to delight and inspire with humor and whimsy. Reid has been awarded numerous public commissions and has work in the permanent collection of the National Music Museum, Vermillion, SD.
Read MoreJames Winn - New Paintings
March 7 – April 11, 2015
Artist Reception: Saturday, March 7 from 1 to 4 pm
Long known for his far and wide horizons imbued with beautiful light, the Midwest master James Winn returns with a new body of work filled with the magic of nature’s beauty in a photo realistic style. His new body of work includes large scale panoramic landscapes from the Midwest and upstate New York.
Read MoreBriony Morrow-Cribbs – Terra Incognita
February 8 – March 8, 2014
Employing the visual language of scientific objectivity, Briony Morrow-Cribbs explores connections between humans and animals. By placing creatures in psychologically complex situations, she invites the viewer to explore emotional nuances and relationships. A virtuoso of copperplate etching, Morrow-Cribbs uses an intricate system of dots, dashes, concentric lines and hand tinting to create highly detailed prints in the naturalist tradition.
Read MoreMary Jones - New Work
February 14 – March 14, 2015
Focusing on the details of daily life and childhood memories, Mary Jones’ cartoon like figures have an insightful character with a serious edge influenced by the Chicago Imagists. Fanciful at first glance, further study reveals the more serious side of life through bold strokes of paint and subtle touches of collage.
Read MoreBen Grant – I’ve Got on With It a Little All the Same
Jeremy Popelka – Veiled Monuments
January 4 – February 1, 2014
Master glass artist Jeremy Popelka returns with new sand cast glass sculpture inspired by an arcane view of objects and their surroundings. Gestural ornamental surface textures allude to other materials such as stone and fabric while translucent vibrant, glowing color infuses these sculptural forms with vitality.
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