Current Show

Not to Be Forgotten

featuring: Alla Podolsky and Laura Rutherford Renner
This show runs from October 10, 2024 until November 3, 2024
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 13, 2–4 pm

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Announcing "Not to Be Forgotten," a new exhibit of paintings by Laura Rutherford Renner and Alla Podolsky.

Laura Rutherford Renner, from Collingswood, NJ, enjoys painting figures engaged in the experience of their environments. Her work has been recently described as "Bold, brave, and a true voice." Renner states: "Capturing contemporary life snapshots in two dimensions is an exercise in problem solving and creativity. I enjoy mixing pure colors, keeping my palette simple to create authentic observation. The quiet engagement of brush to palette and brush to board provides daily calm and purpose". Laura, an occupational therapist for the past 27 years, has recently retired from this important work. She lives with her husband, their child, and their snarky, beloved cat, Lulu.

"As a figurative painter, I am, essentially, a memory keeper" says Philadelphia artist Alla Podolsky. "I paint people, places, and events that are ‘etched in ember’ of my perception. People I loved and lost, experiences that stayed with me, moments that I want to revisit again and again—my work is a way of keeping them all. Color, light, composition are my means of staying connected. It’s both intensely personal to me and largely universal." A native of Kiyv, Ukraine, Alla Podolsky traces her love of psychological painting to that ancient city’s iconography and rich narrative traditions. Her work is a combination of her European sensibilities and her American experiences.