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 moreThe Return of Teresa Roberts Logan
Comic, cartoonist, writer and artist, Roberts explores feminiist iconography in multiple media and genres with humor and panache.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
Read moreRosa Vera: Painting Narrative Paths to Peace
When hearing about immigration, the word “crisis” comes to mind. Perhaps it’s because so many people are migrating everywhere in the world now. It seems like a new humanitarian predicament, but migrations have occurred in every age and time stirring the human population pot and generating conflict as well as new traditions and cuisines. In the late 1800’s for instance, the multinational population of Peru was transformed by an huge inflow of Chinese indentured laborers.
Read moreJanathel Shaw: Portraits of Courage
Janathel Shaw’s April solo show, SOLIDAREity! is a reflection upon the status of Blacks in America: a series of figurative pieces and portraits of men, women and children looking boldly into the present and the future. Inspiration for this new series derives from the lost souls, activists and community of people who are part and parcel of the American landscape—people who enrich that landscape in both hidden and overt ways. The portraits incorporate texture, rich deep lines and are anchored in contrast. Several are rooted in a defiant solidarity of consciousness, soulfulness, and personal voice. Some are dark in tone in recognition of ongoing struggles.
Read moreJudy Giuliani: Creating Structure and Spirit through Color
Judy Giuliani
A plethora of sights and sounds like these greeted Judy Giuliani in the far-off places where her military families were assigned. First with her parents in the Navy and then with her husband in the Air Force. All this traveling meant that she lived in 36 different locations in 36 years! She could have lamented the fact that she was missing out on a typical American childhood. Instead, she chose to enjoy and absorb what each new place had to offer, eagerly observing the art and traditions of other cultures. Over time distinctive details were stored away in her mind’s eye until the urge to take up the brush lead her to include them in paintings.
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