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Long-time Touchstone Gallery member Tim Johnson was a talented artist whose knowledge and quirky sense of humor infused his paintings. His passing in December 2020 was a loss to his family, his many friends and the artistic community.
Despite growing up in the Jim Crow era, Malley was unaware of the racial divide between herself and her tenant farmer and migrant playmates. As an adult, she addresses racial inequality through compelling figurative paintings. As a child, she was immersed in nature on her grandparents’ farm. Today, she expresses her concerns for the environment through intriguing abstracts and advocating for climate change legislation.
Comic, cartoonist, writer and artist, Roberts explores feminiist iconography in multiple media and genres with humor and panache.
Influenced by Native American and Catholic traditions, Haggerty uses found objects and often circles to create mixed media artworks that explore spirituality.