Join us for the Opening Reception of Some Thoughts About Trees by Patricia Williams and Nothing is Real by Linda Bankerd.

In Some Thoughts about Trees, Patricia Williams presents a series of compelling portraits of trees she has known and loved, interspersed with quotes about trees from sources as diverse as Ronald Reagan and Anton Chekov. The exhibition asks viewers to consider their personal views about trees: some admire trees for their beauty and utility, while others regard them as impediments to the perfect view or land use. Through this series of original paintings, Some Thoughts about Trees advocates for trees as critical to the world’s well-being.

Linda Bankerd’s Nothing Is Real is entirely abstract; a group of paintings that do not relate to reality in any way. She has utilized shape, color, form, line, and gestural marks to produce works that exist in and by themselves.

“Abstraction was not easily achieved. I’ve never striven for or succumbed to realism. Figures, landscapes, still lives, and interiors were evident in my past work, more often than not,” Bankerd says. “In this exhibition, I’ve finally been able to leave the “real” or some iteration of it. Nothing real needed or wanted.”