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.
Read moreSharon Malley Addresses Racial Inequality and Climate Change Then and Now
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.
Read moreDebra Perkins Brings Texture to an Abstract World
Working in cold wax and oil as well as acrylics, Perkins uses texture to explore the complexities of relationships, nature and current events.
Read moreA Modern Dutch Master
As a child, Anna Katalkina lived in one of the world’s most beautiful cities and experienced some of the world’s greatest art. As an adult, she combines an eye for detail, a penchant for precision, an international perspective and the skill of a Dutch master to produce engaging and thought-provoking still life paintings that make the viewer smile.
Read moreAmerica Is… on Display at Touchstone Gallery
America Is…, Touchstone Gallery’s third national juried exhibition, explores the question of how we define our national identity and values during a time of divisive politics and social change. Gallery Director Ksenia Grishkova shares a behind the scenes look at the show.
Read moreGale Wallar: An Artist Not Bound by Boundaries
Gale Wallar draws on a lifetime of traveling, living abroad and crossing borders, both geographic and artistic, to create the enchanting urban landscapes, city scenes and traditional landscapes that comprise N-S-E-W, her new show at Touchstone Gallery. A master of many art media, she matches technique to subject matter to create haunting portraits of places that have touched her heart. In a style known as contemporary realism, she paints pictures of the world not as it is, but as it should be.
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