Featured Artists Exhibit May-July 2025

The gallery is featuring the work of member artists Carol Retsch-Bogart, Nerys Levy, Linda Prager, and guest artists Leif Gann-Matzen and Pete Sack.

Opening Reception on May 23, 2025.

This show will also be the spotlight of a special event, The Artistic Palate: A Fusion of Art, Food, Poetry & Song, on June 1, 2025! Tickets are available now!

Carol Retsch-Bogart

A recent visit to Japan has inspired Carol’s encaustic wax, mixed media and printmaking work. She reacts to Japanese woodblock prints, graphic illustrations, amazing textiles of indigo, and floral silks. Carol’s own work is bold and colorful with a strong connection to nature and an emphasis on the simplicity and beauty of ordinary objects.

Learn more about Carol and her artwork here.

Nerys Levy

Nerys’ work is inspired by her summer travel sketches in Great Britain and northern Italy. She then captures the energy of those sketches in paintings with bold lines and strong colors. The works in this exhibit show how, with simplicity of form and line, Nerys effortlessly conveys the mood and dimensionality of place.

Learn more about Nerys and her artwork here.

Linda Prager

Reacting to complexity in the world, Linda presents us rounded, simplified clay forms that bring a sense of quiet. These pieces abstractly speak of trees, sky, and birds. It is definitely Linda’s most painterly series of work. The painted surfaces show her expressive brushstrokes as color layers with color.

Learn more about Linda and her artwork here.

Leif Gann-Matzen

Leif carves wooden sculptures from trees felled a stone’s throw from the Eno River. In the process of carving, he works not to impose but to follow. The long, flowing forms of Leif’s pieces present his memories of tree and river in solid beauty.

Learn more about Leif and view recent works on his website here.

Pete Sack

This is the first time these pieces by Pete have hung together on exhibit. They represent his figurative and abstract works expressing both an internal reflection of personal experiences and external observations of the ways in which we engage with others.

Learn more about Pete and view recent works on his website here.