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May Exhibitions
Sue Curran Duality GK Khalsa Smoke and Steam: Locomotive Thursday, May 7 through Saturday, May 30, 2026 Opening Reception Friday, May 8, 5–7:00 pm |
New Exhibits at Gallery A3 in May
Mixed media collages on paper by Sue Curran join acrylic paintings on glass by GK Khalsa at Gallery A3 in May. The exhibits are on display May 7–30, with the Opening Reception on May 8, 5–7 pm.
Mixed media collages on paper by Sue Curran join acrylic paintings on glass by GK Khalsa at Gallery A3 in May. The exhibits are on display May 7–30, with the Opening Reception on May 8, 5–7 pm.
GK Khalsa, acrylic paint on glass
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Sue Curran, Bound, mixed media collage on paper
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Sue Curran / Duality
Inspired by looking at all kinds of art, people-watching, and physical activity like swimming and riding a bicycle, guest artist Sue Curran turns to gouache, ink, and watercolor crayons for her mixed media work on paper. Size and scale are user-friendly, with the artist noting that her favored dimensions of 11 by 14 inches feel “approachable—not too big and not too small.” Hands-on, not high-tech, guides her method. As she adds and removes layer upon layer of texture, she creates a kind of dream landscape in collage. “I return to the image of two women frequently,” Sue says. “The two figures represent the duality I experience in everyday life: memory and anticipation, emptiness and abundance, convergence of past and present, and the desire to connect with an impulse to isolate.”
Inspired by looking at all kinds of art, people-watching, and physical activity like swimming and riding a bicycle, guest artist Sue Curran turns to gouache, ink, and watercolor crayons for her mixed media work on paper. Size and scale are user-friendly, with the artist noting that her favored dimensions of 11 by 14 inches feel “approachable—not too big and not too small.” Hands-on, not high-tech, guides her method. As she adds and removes layer upon layer of texture, she creates a kind of dream landscape in collage. “I return to the image of two women frequently,” Sue says. “The two figures represent the duality I experience in everyday life: memory and anticipation, emptiness and abundance, convergence of past and present, and the desire to connect with an impulse to isolate.”
Sue Curran, For Diana, mixed media collage on paper
GK Khalsa / Smoke and Steam: Locomotive
With historic black-and-white photographs of trains as source material, GK Khalsa uses the technique of reverse painting directly on glass to look back in time. “I’m not aiming for photo-realism,” he explains, “but the spirit of the times and the sense of adventure of traveling by train.” In some images, locomotives speed across an open landscape; in others, a human figure is tightly juxtaposed with, and often dwarfed by, powerful, large-scale engines. Because the old photographs emphasize the drama of light and shadow, GK limits his palette to three colors—white, light gray, dark gray—and their tonal variations. He often spray-paints the back of the glass—white, black, or metallic silver—bringing an overall visual unity to the image and evoking late 19th century photographic glass plates.
With historic black-and-white photographs of trains as source material, GK Khalsa uses the technique of reverse painting directly on glass to look back in time. “I’m not aiming for photo-realism,” he explains, “but the spirit of the times and the sense of adventure of traveling by train.” In some images, locomotives speed across an open landscape; in others, a human figure is tightly juxtaposed with, and often dwarfed by, powerful, large-scale engines. Because the old photographs emphasize the drama of light and shadow, GK limits his palette to three colors—white, light gray, dark gray—and their tonal variations. He often spray-paints the back of the glass—white, black, or metallic silver—bringing an overall visual unity to the image and evoking late 19th century photographic glass plates.
GK Khalsa, Roundhouse, acrylic paint on glass