Mark Mulhern

Early Evening

October 17 - November 29, 2025

Mark Mulhern is known for his figure-filled compositions that distill human experience to its essentials. Stripping away extraneous detail, he focuses on body language, allowing fleeting gestures and passing interactions to unfold into broader narratives.

In his new body of work, Early Evening, Mulhern turns his attention to light itself—its shifting presence and quiet transformations throughout the day. These paintings capture that moment when daylight softens and deepens, setting the stage for evening gatherings in summer.

Mulhern earned his BFA from the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and his MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, later studying in Paris with the legendary printmaker S.W. Hayter.

Selected Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France; Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI; Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI; McDonald’s Corporation, Oakbrook, IL; Quarles & Brady, LLP; Milwaukee, WI; Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI; UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI, among others.

Mark Mulhern has been represented by Tory Folliard Gallery since 1988.

Michael Hedges

Take the Ride

September 12 - October 11, 2025

A native of the Chicago area, Michael Hedges first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before earning his B.A. from Loras College in Dubuque. Since then, he has pursued life as a full-time artist, steadily refining a distinct visual vocabulary. Through line and color, Hedges conveys a wide range of emotions—both intense and subtle—creating paintings that balance raw energy with thoughtful composition. His work has been acquired by both private and public collections across the United States, highlighting the broad recognition his work has earned.

Hedges describes his paintings as a synthesis of colors. They begin as a problem of two or more color relationships to be explored through form. He approaches form loosely, sketching underlying structures that act like both skeleton and exoskeleton—frameworks that guide, yet never confine, the finished work. For him, the physical application of paint is as vital as the imagery itself. With sweeping, energetic gestures, he builds surfaces charged with texture and layered color, creating an almost tactile presence.

February 8 - March 1, 2025

Claire Kellesvig is an intuitive painter who creates imagined landscapes rooted in emotion. By stenciling, and collaging uncountable layers of paint, fabric, paper, and glaze the paintings become a topographical map of accumulated time. She repeats the process until her paintings find their voice.

Kellesvig is a fine artist and curator living in Madison, WI. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in painting in 2011, and an MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022, where she currently teaches as a lecturer.