
Gross McCleaf Gallery is pleased to present
two new exhibitions!
Dave Walsh, This Land + Selected Works
January 6 - 30, 2021
Gallery hours are Wednesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
*Appointments are encouraged but not required
We Invite You to Virtually Visit and Browse GMG's January Exhibitions!
CLICK HERE for the Virtual 3D Gallery Tour
Click on the blue tag to the right of each painting for details.
Email info@grossmccleaf.com for availability. Enjoy!
Val Rossman, We've Crossed Beyond
10" x 10"
Pastel on Arches Paper
Elaine Lisle, Rittenhouse Snow
30" x 36"
Oil On Canvas
Dave Walsh’s monumentally-scaled landscape paintings depict national landmarks, parks and dams. Working from memory, photographs and found imagery, Walsh includes vast, scenic vistas as well as details found in trail maps, advertisements, sidewalks, parking lots, bathrooms and graphic illustrations of the sites. His work conveys more information than one can take in at once, with aerial views of trails, buildings, and bodies of water, that are layered onto frontal depictions of architecture. Each painting is intuitively organized, ignoring landscape traditions of Western art history, such as linear and atmospheric perspective, and the sublime. Walsh replaces historical landscape conventions with his own experiential understanding of these scenes and spaces from a literal, bodily and chronological perspective. These directorial decisions cause the landscapes to flatten, subverting the conventional hierarchy of space and often de-prioritizing the landmarks themselves.
I am very pleased to be able to share this email interview with Elizabeth Geiger and I'm grateful for her generosity to be able to hear about her experience and insights into her process and intense engagement with painting.
Rebecca will continue to showcase and promote regional, contemporary artists and is committed to the stability and growth of the gallery. She’s excited to support both new and established fine artists of the highest quality and looks forward to connecting with GMG’s longtime base of supportive customers, patrons and art enthusiasts.