Join us for the Opening Night Party with the artist Jan Freeman Long on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14th 5:00-7:30pm Hemmings Gallery is pleased to present MEETING GROUND a solo exhibition by Jan Freeman Long featuring both larger works on canvas from her Cross Section & Vessel series and smaller framed collage pieces from her Signpost series. Throughout her work, Long’s artistic pursuit remains the same: “I am interested in the mysterious nature of what endures, both within an internal landscape and what surrounds us in the natural world. I am interested in visual relationships that express what I don’t have the words for– a territory that is enigmatic, open for exploration– that is my form of visual poetry.” As a student of painting at the California College of the Arts (CCA), Long was quickly attracted to working with abstraction. It offered her an open-ended vocabulary with which to look beyond the obvious and enter a realm of the unknown. During her final semester at CCA in Florence, Italy at Studio Art Centers International, a new fascination for the beauty and longevity of ancient buildings and artifacts emerged. In her studio today, Long is guided by the intuition and wisdom she gleans …
MEETING GROUND | JAN FREEMAN LONG
Join us for the Opening Night Party with the artist Jan Freeman Long on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14th 5:00-7:30pm Hemmings Gallery is pleased to present MEETING GROUND a solo exhibition by Jan Freeman Long featuring both larger works on canvas from her Cross Section & Vessel series and smaller framed collage pieces from her Signpost series. Throughout her work, Long’s artistic pursuit remains the same: “I am interested in the mysterious nature of what endures, both within an internal landscape and what surrounds us in the natural world. I am interested in visual relationships that express what I don’t have the words for– a territory that is enigmatic, open for exploration– that is my form of visual poetry.” As a student of painting at the California College of the Arts (CCA), Long was quickly attracted to working with abstraction. It offered her an open-ended vocabulary with which to look beyond the obvious and enter a realm of the unknown. During her final semester at CCA in Florence, Italy at Studio Art Centers International, a new fascination for the beauty and longevity of ancient buildings and artifacts emerged. In her studio today, Long is guided by the intuition and wisdom she gleans …
Gallery Walk: Come Together – A Group Show of Photography and Artistic Innovation
Gilman Contemporary presents “Come Together,” a group exhibition where artists use traditional photography and digital innovations as powerful tools for creative expression of diverse themes. Featuring Dana Hart-Stone, Ellie Davies, Jim Westphalen, Paulette Tavormina and Wendel Wirth, this exhibition challenges the viewer to step beyond their familiar ways of seeing, and view the world through a different lens.
BEN STEELE – A DAY IN THE SUN
Gilman Contemporary presents A DAY IN THE SUN, recent paintings by Ben Steele whose diverse style brilliantly bridges art history and contemporary culture. Steele draws inspiration from the luminaries of modern art, including Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Gustav Klimt, and others. His paintings demonstrate technical precision while intertwining elements of irony, nostalgia, and subtle humor. Steele cleverly integrates iconic images into his pieces, offering a fresh perspective on the past.
OPENING NIGHT PARTY- Around the Bend by LOLA
Join us for the Opening Night Party with the artist FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12/27 5:00-7:30pm. It’s the local gallery walk night and ’tis the season to celebrate! We’re wrapping up this year with a stunning new show–AROUND THE BEND by Lola. Each work features Lola’s mastery of the poured resin technique and the alluring quality of this uniquely modern material. For over a decade, Lola has been working with tinted resin in her Bay-area studio. Each piece consists of layered geometric shapes with an emphasis on color & tone– all on her signature drip-edged panels. It’s high-gloss and hard-to-resist. For Lola, “I’m always dreaming about what’s next. What will excite and inspire others. As I pour the resin, a form begins to appear on the surface. The challenge is leaving the emotional tone of the piece undefined allowing the viewer to find their own meaning in the work.”
AROUND THE BEND by LOLA
‘Tis the season to celebrate!! We’re wrapping up this year with a stunning new show–AROUND THE BEND by Lola at Hemmings Gallery on 340 Walnut Ave. in Ketchum. Each work features Lola’s mastery of the poured resin technique and the alluring quality of this uniquely modern material. For over a decade, Lola has been working with tinted resin in her Bay-area studio. Each piece consists of layered geometric shapes with an emphasis on color & tone– all on her signature drip-edged panels. It’s high-gloss and hard-to-resist. For Lola, “I’m always dreaming about what’s next. What will excite and inspire others. As I pour the resin, a form begins to appear on the surface. The challenge is leaving the emotional tone of the piece undefined allowing the viewer to find their own meaning in the work.”
Gallery Walk: The Echo of Our Voices – Photographs by Nick Brandt
Come join us for an evening celebrating The Echo of our Voices, photographer Nick Brandt’s poignant visual narrative showing the impact of water scarcity on a group of Syrian refugees, mostly families, in the parched deserts of southern Jordan. Brandt’s portrayal is both respectful and tender, as he captures the resilience of the human spirit and the stabilizing effects of human connection in the face of adversity.
Gallery Walk: SUNGAZING – New Works by Kelly Ording (Artist in Attendance)
Join us for an evening of art, conversation, and celebration, showcasing new paintings by Bay Area artist Kelly Ording in her exhibition “Sungazing.” Ording’s minimalist works draw viewers into a vivid realm where saturated colors and delicate lines capture fleeting moments that shape the passage of time. Through a visual language of vibrant hues and rhythmic forms, we are invited to clear our minds of distractions and embrace an alternative realm beyond words. The works in this series are inspired by Ording’s practice of sungazing, a meditative ritual in which she stands outside and gazes at the sun to absorb its radiant energy. For Ording, the slow, methodical act of painting becomes an extension of this practice, transforming each piece into a contemplative object that suspends time and grounds us in the present moment.
Andy Mister: Sonnets
OCHI is pleased to present Sonnets, a solo exhibition of new paintings by New York-based artist Andy Mister. This is Mister’s debut solo presentation at the gallery. Sonnets will be on view at OCHI, located at 119 Lewis Street in Ketchum, Idaho from July 13 through August 17, 2024. Andy Mister’s paintings of cut flowers in water-filled vessels merge the ephemerality of traditional drawing techniques with the physicality of painting. Mister’s paintings are intimate, both small in stature and also offering insight into the personal nature of the work—Mister recently moved with his wife and their two young children to a town near the Susquehanna River in upstate New York, a change of pace from city life. Immersed in the outdoors, Mister watches his children navigate the natural world with curiosity and joy. While previous paintings relied on found imagery, the paintings in Sonnets are all based on real flower arrangements made by all members of the Mister family. The artist’s kids choose flowers at the local farmer’s market and place them around the house in whatever vessel they can find—a jam jar used for turpentine, a glass left behind, or a small vase bought secondhand. Nodding to the late …
Gallery Walk: Flavia’s Junquiera – The Absurd and the Grace
Brazilian artist Flávia Junquiera’s poetic photographs pay homage to monumental architecture and the ephemeral essence of childhood. Dreamlike and playful, Junquiera creates carefully staged site-specific installations and then captures them on film. Imagine grand theaters filled with balloons, a lone and riderless carousel horse intruding upon an ornate library, balloons and bubbles littering the grounds and floating above Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Lage. Infused with a sense of wonder, Junquiera captures a nostalgic vision that dwells in the magical realm of childhood. Each photograph not only commemorates an installation but also celebrates the lightness and brightness of the unexpected.