March 18 - April 15, 2017
Artist's Reception: March 18, from 2 - 5pm with an artist talk at 4pm
Jim Rose combines timeless American traditions in beautifully hand crafted contemporary steel furniture and sculpture. Inspired by the colorful quilt work of the Gee’s Bend Quilters, Rose employs fine woodworking techniques to create furniture made from sheets of steel and scrap metal. Like remnants of cloth that preserve family memories in quilts, the discarded scraps of metal add rich color, texture and history to Rose’s highly functional designs.
Read MoreApril 21 – May 27, 2017
Opening Reception: Gallery Night, April 21, 5-9pm
T.L. Solien entertains the paradox of “The Foreseeable Past” by imparting a contemporary perspective on classic narrative images from the annals of art history. A self-described artist of the “absurdist cultural critique,” Solien invites you in with brightly colored compositions filled with farcical figures and fanciful objects. Once engaged you realize all is not as it seems, you have entered a world where belief turns to disbelief, the annunciation becomes the renunciation and the course of history is altered. Paintings, collaged works on paper and mixed media cut-outs will be on view.
Read MoreMarch 18 - April 15, 2017
Artist's Reception: March 18, from 2 - 5pm
Experience the presence of nature and revel in the beauty of flowers in new paintings by James Winn. Azaleas, Irises, and Lilies take center stage in the work of this Illinois artist. In contrast to his big sky landscapes, Winn narrows the focus to bring you eye-to-eye with highly detailed portraits of flowers in full bloom. Through brilliant manipulation of light and color, Winn also creates luminous fields of blooms set against striking dark backgrounds.
Read MoreFebruary 11 - March 11, 2017
Artist's Reception: February 11 from 1 - 4pm with an Artist's Talk at 2pm
In his recent body of work New York native, Ben Grant, continues to push the boundaries of his process as he returns to the idea of illusionistic space. While still staying true to his abstract line forms, Grant is introducing organic shapes into his complex combinations of color, shape and texture. These multilayered paintings are built up with a variety of techniques including rolling, brushing, spraying, drawing, and more as Grant explores the potential for meaning in his work.
Read MoreJanuary 6 – February 4, 2017
Artists' Reception: Gallery Night January 20, 5-9 pm
"The idea for this collaboration with Raeleen Kao began when Raeleen and I joked about how most of her work revolved around hair while most of the characters in my work were bald. Seemed like a perfect reason to collaborate. I suggested that she do a number of hair drawings sans figures, empty wigs essentially, and I would react to what she had drawn by adding figures."
Read MoreJanuary 6 – February 4, 2017
Opening Reception: Gallery Night January 20, 5-9 pm
Artist's Talk: Saturday, January 21 at 2pm
Bizarre and beautiful, Laurie Hogin’s allegorical paintings raise issues of consumerism, sexism, and environmental degradation. Rendered in the hyper-realistic style reminiscent of 17th-century Dutch masters, neon-colored animals populate overgrown, idealistic landscapes or pose as the subject of a portrait. Hogin’s paintings are filled with images of snarling bunnies, maternal monkeys and other creatures affected by the industrial, pharmacological, political, and economical forces.
Read MoreNovember 19 – December 31
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19 from 1 - 5 pm with a talk by Dr. Robert Cozzolino at 3 pm
John Wilde, a major figure in Wisconsin Art and a leader in the American Surealism movement called Magic Realism. A painter, printmaker, and one of the great draftsmen of our time, Wilde pulls the viewer into his own personal dream world where the common becomes uncommon. His mastery of silverpoint gives his drawings unusual depth and richness rarely seen in a technique known for its fineness and detail.
Read MoreDecember 3 – December 31, 2016
Artists' Reception on December 3rd, 1-3pm
Painter, Clare Malloy, revisits her favorite subjects of still life and landscape. Featured in this exhibition are her timeless pastels and paintings that are beautifully executed. Rural structures take on an exquisite beauty capturing the same mysterious simplicity as her object paintings.
Read MoreDecember 3 – December 31, 2016
Artists' Reception on December 3rd, 1-3pm
For over thirty years Montana artist, Beth Lo, has created playful vessels and figurative sculpture in porcelain. Drawing inspiration from issues of family and her Chinese-American background, Lo celebrates and sometimes satirizes traditional Asian aesthetics. Lo also finds inspiration from the day-to-day challenges of parenting, and uses the image of a child to symbolize innocence, potential and vulnerability.
Read MoreOctober 21 – November 26, 2016
Opening Reception: Gallery Night October 21 from 5 – 9 pm
Artist's Reception: Saturday, October 22 from 1 - 3pm. Informal talk 2pm
Inspired by his life in rural Wisconsin, Charles Munch’s paintings continue to be a meditation on man’s complex relationship with nature. Munch uses bold, graphic lines and carefully composed compositions to evoke questions and suggest situations. These deceptively simple landscapes embrace a world where nature’s balance is restored.
Read MoreExhibition Dates: July 9 – September 10, 2016
Artists’ Reception: July 22 from 5 – 9 pm (Gallery Night)
This biennial exhibition highlights the extraordinary talent in Wisconsin art featuring paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints and photography by the state’s best known contemporary artists. It is the Gallery’s largest and most diverse exhibition of the year.
Read MoreJune 3 – July 2, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, June 3 from 5 – 7:30 with an Artist Talk at 6:15
Internationally recognized as one of the top ceramic sculptors, Mark Chatterley makes larger-than-life figurative sculptures using his signature crater glaze. Each piece is a unique, hand built sculpture that echoes Chatterley’s thoughts of life, death, creation, and destruction.
Read MoreJune 3 – July 2, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, June 3 from 5 – 7:30 with an Artist Talk at 6:15
Focusing on the rural environment of Wisconsin, Craig Blietz paints the iconic farm animal and is best known for his depiction of cows. Capturing far more than just the exterior beauty of his subjects, Blietz finds that these animals offer marvelous anthropomorphic opportunities.
Read MoreApril 15 – May 28, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, April 15 (Gallery Night) 5-9 pm
An outstanding group exhibition of painters and sculptors whose work explores Surrealism in contemporary art. Themes of the subconscious mind, fantastic imagery, and strange juxtapositions are elements of Surrealism today and continue to influence many contemporary art forms.
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Read MoreFriday, April 1 - Saturday, April 30, 2016
Artists' Reception on Gallery Night, April 15th from 5 - 9pm
The Tory Folliard Gallery will display pieces at the Pfister Hotel by Wisconsin artists Terrence Coffman and Richard Taylor. Coffman’s abstract paintings are based on memories of landscapes of Wisconsin and Ireland. Known for his expressive brushwork and bold use of color, Coffman’s work captures the spirit of the changing landscape. A sculptor and painter, Taylor presents two directions in sculpture: three-dimensional wall sculptures based on farm images and abstract “Standing Sentinels” in painted steel.
Read MoreSeptember 16 – Oct. 15, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, September 16 from 5 - 7:30 pm
The two main Galleries will feature an expansive new body of work by Mark Mulhern which reflects his ongoing interest in the figure and its surroundings. Introspective but unselfconscious, the work is filled with subtle gestures and freely painted locations that invite contemplation on the part of the viewer. Inspired by the Brocante (vintage markets) of France and garden parties, these paintings expose moments of everyday life through simplified abstraction. Mulhern’s paintings capture fleeting moments, but are the result of making marks, revising, amending, and finally, accepting the end result.
Read MoreApril 21 – May 27, 2015
Opening Reception: Gallery Night, April 21, 5-9pm
Drawings by Swedish artist Erika Nordqvist communicate rich human experiences through the most basic of artist’s materials. Nordqvist begins with loosely sketched lines that gain confidence as her figures and their surroundings emerge, until finally revealing a complete drawing. Visible erasure marks hint at every stage of the work. The relationship between a mundane everyday existence and an exotic imagined life is expressed by introspective human figures in domestic and natural settings.
Read MoreMarch 18 – April 9, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, March 18 from 5 – 7:30 PM
A Midwesterner all his life, Rodger Bechtold finds inspiration in his ever changing surroundings and takes cues from nature. Based on direct observation, memories and some invention Rodger Bechtold creates colorful landscape paintings that blend realism and abstraction.
Read MoreMarch 18 – April 9, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, March 18 from 5 – 7:30 PM
Trina May Smith is fascinated by urban places that have passed their prime. As a remembrance of the companies and people who once occupied now mostly abandoned towns, Smith captures the heart and soul of these places in small, intimate portraits. Whether it is an old factory or an abandon house, these paintings record clues as to what the town might have been like before its decline.
Read MoreFebruary 13 – March 12
Opening Reception: Feb. 13 from 2 – 4 PM
The Tory Folliard Gallery is pleased to announce the representation of two Wisconsin artists, Katie Musolff and Andy Fletcher. Their debut exhibition includes paintings from Musolff’s River Journal Series and Fletcher’s plein air landscapes.
An astute observer, Katie Musolff paints plants and animals that she finds along the Mississippi River. Her current body of work, River Journal, consists of meticulous watercolor and gouache paintings that concentrate on the beauty and grace of her surroundings while embracing the remains of the organic world.
Andy Fletcher‘s landscapes explore man’s changing relationship with the land. His paintings evoke feelings of nostalgia as they celebrate the family farm and an older, more sustainable way of farming.
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