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  • LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder
  • HARRIET YALE RUSSELL | For One Left Dreaming
  • LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder
  • LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder
  • LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder
  • HARRIET YALE RUSSELL | For One Left Dreaming
  • LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder
HARRIET YALE RUSSELL | For One Left Dreaming. A Tribute honoring the life and art of Harriet Yale Russell - Opening Friday March 29th, 5 -7pm through April 20th ● LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder, January 26th through April 20th ● Our hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 - 5 ● LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder, January 26th through April 20th ●

LOUISA MCELWAIN | Distant Thunder


January 26th through April 20th


Louisa McElwain was an exceptional artist who beautifully blended the traditions of early landscape art with the bravado of abstract expressionism. Her bold paintings of the American Southwest are grand expressions of an awe-inspiring love of nature. More than a window on the outdoors, her works offer visually immersive experiences that reveal her complete engagement with the natural world. Through her art, we glimpse the passionate individual who created them.

— Jerry N. Smith, PhD

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Louisa Mcelwain, Amnion

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HARRIET YALE RUSSELL | For One Left Dreaming


A Tribute honoring the life and art of Harriet Yale Russell
1939-2023

Opening Friday March 29th, 5 -7pm trough April 20th

The innate desire to create, to explore intangible feelings through tangible means, and to realize complex visions and dreams in two dimensions are the guideposts that loosely delineated Harriet Yale Russell’s work as an artist.

At the reception of her last body of work, Listen to the Paint she said: “I’ve worked my whole life to find my own marks; the marks that are mine and mine alone. During the pandemic all I did was paint. I finally reached the point of knowing exactly what mark should be next to the last mark. I knew the right shape, the right color, the right thickness of the line. I knew exactly what to do next.”

And with that, Harriet Yale Russell left us to dream, to wonder, to admire deeply, after a lifetime of painting, the goal achieved of finding her unique mark-making. Though the work is done, the gifts made from her curiosity and persistence remain.
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Harriet Yale Russell, portrait