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Cathy Martin’s ‘eye(scapes)’ and Michael Noland’s ‘Under a Falling Sky’ at Tory Folliard Gallery
Closing in on its 30th anniversary this July, the Tory Folliard Gallery shows no signs of slowing down. The gallery presents two new exhibitions opening on Saturday, March 24.
Read MoreTwo new exhibitions at the Tory Folliard Gallery (233 N. Milwaukee St.) each introduce the everyday into their art. Cathy Martin comes to her craft from an earthy angle, which steered clear of the contemporary artist’s traditional MFA-lined path. She is an artist whose day job puts food on her table by putting food on other people’s tables. Indeed, her oil paintings on display in the exhibit “This & That” reveal a sensitivity to nature no doubt nurtured by her years as a Wisconsin farmer. Although she is self-taught, the technical execution of her work indicates a rare talent.
Mark Mulhern’s “New Work” uncovers a different domain of reality by means of a different technical approach. Photographic accuracy is here exchanged for figurativeness and atmosphere, which evoke a more primal, immediate stratum of experience. From dog walkers, pigeons amongst passing crowds and the backs of people’s heads, the subject matter also belongs to the everyday world.
The exhibitions open with an artists reception on Friday, Sept. 12 from 5-7:30 p.m. You have until Oct. 11 to make these images part of your everyday.
Read MoreMiss Blue, oil on panel and framed to 15.75×19.5 inches, was just brought in by Cathy Martin for her exhibition: All Roads Lead to the Mississippi. Martin, a native of western Wisconsin and a working dairy farmer is inspired by the landscape in her surrounding community. A self-taught painter, she embodies patience and perseverance, delineating every leaf, branch, and blade of glass in a straight forward, realistic manner. Cathy Martin’s exhibition opens in the East Gallery on Saturday, 19th with an artist’s reception from 2 to 4 pm. See more of Cathy’s thoughtful paintings here.