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There are no words eloquent enough to describe the havoc wrought by the pandemic or the severity of the challenges faced by so many people. In the face of widespread adversity, Touchstone artists are still doing what artists do—creating, interpreting, expressing, contemplating, sharing.
Cover image by Maureen Squires
Read moreTouchstone Gallery is open online and still bringing the finest contemporary art to the community through 3-D virtual exhibits. Now showing: Landscape as Metaphor, abstract acrylic landscapes by Elaine Florimonte, August 1-August 31, and All-Member Artists’ Exhibit, July 10-August 25, featuring works by 44 Touchstone member-artists.
Read moreAs 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 morePatricia Williams says that the works in Glimpses, her new series of abstract-ish stilllifes, are very personal. But they are also the result of collaboration.
Read moreThe abstract artist did not let a successful career in journalism get in the way of her true passion, art. Or is it that she doesn’t let art get in the way of her writing?
Read moreWith Fables of Decapitation: I knew I would die long ago, Timothy Johnson depicts scenes from famous biblical, mythical and historical beheadings with wit and imagination. But it’s not the gore he’s after. It’s foreshortening.
Read moreClaudia Samper explores our relationships with each other in the urban community and the urban community’s relationship with nature in Urban Nest, her October 2019 mixed-media show. The delightful hide-and-seek images challenge the viewer to consider modern issues, such as gentrification and isolation.
Read moreLinda Bankerd’s colorful abstract landscapes evoke the thrill of the road—from the perspective of a bicycle. An avid cyclist and acrylic painter, Bankerd produced these intuitive pieces from memories of rides long and short, in the Washington area, more distant reaches of the United States and abroad.
Read moreOn Tuesday, August 20, 2019, Steven M. Alderton passed away at the age of 67. Steve was born in Laona, WI to Irene (Zahringer) and Francis Alderton. Steve was a talented and passionate artist and a cherished member of Touchstone Gallery in Washington, D.C. for over 20 years.
Read moreAmerica 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 moreThick line? Thin lines? Wavy lines? Curly lines? Plain old straight lines? Touchstone artists use all these and more to create shape, pattern, form, structure and rhythm in Lines.
Read moreStreet and social documentary photographer Michael A. Lang captures the humanity of people in all walks of life. His latest work invites viewers to see and feel what he saw and felt on recent excursions in New York City and Sicily.
Read moreThe brightly colored abstract acrylic paintings in Portraits Only , Paula Lantz’s May 2019 show, capture the spirituality of ordinary people made extraordinary.
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Images from Branching Out, Original Prints by Mary D. Ott, May 2019, Touchstone Gallery
Intimate etchings and lithographs explore the gesture and essence of trees in May 2019 show, Branching Out.
Read moreLisa Tureson, an artist of many talents, enjoys painting to solve problems and please others. Her collaborations with interior designers have won many accolades. She also paints to please herself.
Read moreMarcia Coppel’s whimisical, colorful paintings and drawings are inspired by her keen observations of changing patterns of communication.
Read moreWhether printing in color or black and white, photographer Harvey Kupferberg is a master of tonal quality and light. His March 2019 show at Touchstone Gallery is a tribute to a life spent searching for the perfect scene and the perfect moment to click the shutter.
Read moreTory Cowles creates beautiful, colorful abstract paintings and raw, gritty sculptures you can dance with.
When Tory Cowles talks about her work, she is animated, joyful and full of life. It’s no surprise, then, that her paintings and sculptures are animated, joyful and full of life. She works from the heart. …
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.
Read moreRetired attorney Amy Sabrin is a watercolor and acrylic painter who divides her time between Washington, D.C. and Bethany Beach. She is drawn to nature as subject matter. With A Fresh Look, she distills landscapes to geometric forms. She first paints in plein air, then takes a lot of photographs and finally perfects concepts in studio. Sabrin Is known for bold color, glowing light, strong patterns and shapes. She aspires to remind people of the beauty around us.
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