Opening Reception: Saturday, October 24 from 4-7 pm

Meet the Artist Open House: Sunday, November 22 from 1-3 pm

The Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler defined parallelismus as a visual philosophy: a process of simplification, balance and repetition found in nature; the fundamental order of the universe.  His landscapes are recognizable as specific places, but the compositions can also be understood as a modernistic concept of abstraction, rather than the romantic realism of earlier landscapists.

The work in this exhibition by Gale Wallar reflects parallelismus, using formal organizational principles (contrast, repetition, emphasis, proportion, and balance) and sensory elements (color, line, value, mass, and space).  It emphasizes the symmetrical alignments found in nature that provide order in a chaotic world.