Comic, cartoonist, writer and artist, Roberts explores feminiist iconography in multiple media and genres with humor and panache.
Read moreChris Tucker Haggerty Expresses Spirituality Through Paint and Found Objects
Influenced by Native American and Catholic traditions, Haggerty uses found objects and often circles to create mixed media artworks that explore spirituality.
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 moreDamn the Pandemic, Full Art Ahead!
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 moreOur Space Is Closed but Our Art Is Open
Touchstone 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 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 morePatricia Williams Paints with a Little Help from Her Friends
Patricia 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 morePamela Reynolds Looks On the Bright Side
The 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 morePainting Blood Is Not Easy
With 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 moreTake a Closer, Deeper Look at the Urban Landscape
Claudia 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 moreCycling Through Luscious Landscapes with Linda Bankerd
Linda 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 moreREMEMBERING STEVE M. ALDERTON
On 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… 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 moreSeeing Between the Lines
Thick 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 moreTake a Slow Walk through New York and Sicily with Michael A. Lang
Street 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 morePaula Lantz Starts Out as a Docent, Discovers She’s an Artist
The brightly colored abstract acrylic paintings in Portraits Only , Paula Lantz’s May 2019 show, capture the spirituality of ordinary people made extraordinary.
Read moreMary D. Ott Prints the Forest and the Trees
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 moreA /glim(p)se into the Art of Lisa Tureson
Lisa 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 Paints Communication, Isolation, Laughter, Hope and Healing
Marcia Coppel’s whimisical, colorful paintings and drawings are inspired by her keen observations of changing patterns of communication.
Read moreHarvey Kupferberg: An Artist in Living Color and Black and White
Whether 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.
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