Paintings exploring loss and love

by Leah Powell Hosseinabad

Fridays – Sundays, April 3 – 26 – noon to 5p.m.
 A public reception featuring the artist is Friday, April 3,
from 5-8 p.m.

The gallery will be closed on
Easter Sunday, April 5.

The exhibit, “Hold: The Space Between Us,”  includes work created as the artist processed the loss of her mother and witnessing her husband’s response to war and turmoil in his Iranian homeland. “The details of the grief are worlds apart, the space we hold remains consistent.” Reimagined family photographs form the basis for some works. 
 

Leah notes, “I utilize acrylic paint, heavy with water, as a primary metaphor for the erosion and persistence of time. These vertical descents act as a visceral clock, marking the slow, heavy leak of one day into the next. They represent the melt of a person under the weight of sorrow. It is a process like water where the flow of such powerful feelings find their own path.” 
 

Leah Powell Hosseinabad attended the Nova Scotia School of Art & Design in Halifax, in the early 2000’s. In 2020, she graduated with her master’s from the College of St. Mary’s in occupational therapy.    

Works are available for viewing and purchase Fridays-Sundays, 12–5 p.m. April 3-26 or by appointment via lpowellhoss@gmail.com

The exhibition is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and donors to WallSpace for Artists and Audiences, a 501(c)3. More information at WallSpace-lnk.com , lpowellhoss@gmail.com and on Facebook and Instagram.  

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featuring
Jennifer Austin, Tammy Miller,
Ann O’Hara, Gretchen Olberding and Valery Wachter of Lincoln
and Danielle Easdale of Omaha and their works. 

Fridays -Sundays, March 6-29 – noon to 5p.m.
First Friday reception from 5-8 p.m. March 6 


Valery Wachter
 
Charcoal, pastel, and cut paper pieces reveal a wide range of subject matter and technique. Jennifer Austin uses charcoal and erasers to create marks on paper that reveal the natural world. Danielle Easdale’s scalpel carves and manipulates paper to capture multi-layered scenes of times gone by and wildlife. 


Ann O’ Hara

Tammy Miller combines acrylic, ink, collage, pastel and watercolor in work she thinks of as windows to reveal fresh and unique perspectives. Her “odes” series is Ann O’Hara’s way of paying tribute in pastel to French impressionists’ capture of light and color.


Jennifer Austin

Nature sparks Gretchen Olberding to paint peaceful scenes that prompt the viewer to stay “and rest awhile.” Valery Wachter’s shadow box pinned with tiny pastels of exquisite butterflies shows the detail possible in this medium. 


Tammy Miller
 
This group show gathers artists who have exhibited elsewhere into a singular celebration of paper-based works. Works are available for viewing and purchase Fridays-Sundays, 12–5 p.m. March 6-29
or by appointment. 

Danielle Easdale

The exhibition is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and donors to WallSpace for Artists and Audiences, a 501(c)3. 

Gretchen Olberding

by Dale Minter 

Feb.6 – Mar.1
First Friday Reception 5-8pm

“A Closer Look: Past, Present …” is a collection of images and assemblages opening at noon Friday, February 6.  A First Friday reception will feature the artist from 5-8 p.m. The exhibit runs Friday-Sunday afternoons through March 1.

Minter earned a BFA from James Madison University and holds an MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has taught photography at the UNL Department of Art. 

Earlier works were projected on fabric, then photographed. More recent work is computer-based, but also includes actual found objects Minter whimsically combines with photographic images. No matter the technology, layered images interact and change each other.



Mystery, fantasy, and surrealism combine in Minter’s colorful, multilayered works that explore “the bridge we create as we transition from childhood into adults.” Layering and transformation visualize the concept of connections, Minter notes, “through symbols, photographic references, metaphoric expressions and life experiences.” Realistic images can merge into an abstract form that expands what both the artist and viewer may see, he writes. 

Works are available for viewing and purchase noon to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday,  February 6-March 1 or by appointment: dmdesign96@gmail.com 

A Photographer’s Journey with
Whooping Cranes
featuring the work of

Michael Forsberg 

January 9 – Feb 1  Fridays – Sundays, noon to 5pm.  A public reception will be from 5-8 p.m Friday, January 16.  The show is one product of  photographer and Lincoln native Mike Forsberg’s five-year effort to intimately document this mythical, tallest bird in North America. A companion to the recent self-published book “Into Whooperland” the exhibitincludes large prints, most of them never printed before. Forsberg will be on hand for a public reception Friday, January 16 from 5-8 p.m.   Much more than a book on the wall, the display lets viewers follow the whoopers’ and Forsberg’s journey through a unique 360 goggle viewing experience flying the “Whooper Highway.” Map spreads, timelapse grids and tiled panels, remote cameras, a blind setup Mike used for fieldwork, and aerial imagery of the 2,500 mile migratory path from pilot and fellow photographer Chris Boyer presented on a large flatscreen create an immersive experience. Forsberg notes, “I’m glad to present this exhibit first at WallSpace-LNK. We look forward to seeing you. Long live cranes.”   Limited numbers of signed copies of “Into Whooperland,” the book created in a small journal style, are available for sale. The title has nearly sold out of its first print run. Individual photographic prints will be for sale upon request.  (All images – copyright Michael Forsberg) 1624 S 17th St, Lincoln, NE 68502 Parking out front or in the gravel lot north of Conner’s Antiques. WallSpace-LNK is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and contributors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences.