Regular Gallery Hours: Tuesday—Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4. p.m.
Curated by Wright State University Professor Kim Vito and Professor Emeritus Penny Park.
Showing concurrently with "Drawing from Perception, Invention, and Memory" is the exhibit "Martha Armstrong: Ideas About Drawing" featuring paintings and drawing by the Massachusetts's artist and juror.
"I am always trying to figure out how to put something down, to translate it into an image, a metaphor. Like a writer needing to put something into words.
I paint mostly landscapes. If I'm working on a large painting I go after the whole for as long as I can- days, weeks, scraping down in between, but focusing on what is out there, no matter how much it changes. I want the image to have pieces of many days.
I work on small studies along the way trying to get an idea about the whole. It is often a matter of paying such close attention to see– from the infinite number of marks you could make –what you choose to put down. I want the painting to be about a specific subject and about what is going on in my brain- intuition, feeling judgment, memory. Confronting it, avoid past ideas at all costs. Be as free as possible. Invent an equivalent without premeditation."
https://www.marthaarmstrong.com
Image Credit: Martha Armstrong, Vermont December 2023 II, Oil on Canvas, 2023, 48" x 60", courtesy of the artist
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Reception: Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 6-8 p.m.
This exhibit is sponsored in part by the Ohio Arts Council https://oac.ohio.gov/
