Fine art gallery exhibiting paintings, prints, photography and sculpture
Richard Morhous - Juxtapositions
Artist’s Reception: Thursday, March 6, 6 - 8 PM
March 6 - 29, 2025
In the exhibition Juxtapositions, Richard Morhous delves into the interplay of light, color, and emotion. He investigates the visual similarities found across two distinct continents, North America and Europe, exploring how light and location influence his artistic choices. Through his acrylic paintings, Morhous captures unscripted, fleeting moments with people in cityscapes, urban architecture, tranquil parks, scenic coastlines, or the reflective poetic qualities of windows. His dynamic compositions invite viewers to closely examine his brushwork, experimental line drawing, and interconnected forms, often pushing the boundaries of abstraction. The artist’s careful selection of colors and mastery of light breathes life into his works, making them visually striking and engaging.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Michael Kenna -Venice. Memories and Traces
April 3 - 26, 2025
Artist’s Reception: Thursday, April 3, 6 - 8 PM
Book Signing: Saturday, April 5, 2-4 PM
Michael Kenna (British, b. 1953) was born in Widnes, England. Celebrated as one of the world’s most prominent landscape photographers, Kenna is known for his poetic black & white images from around the globe. His mysterious photographs, often made at dawn or in the dark hours of night, concentrate primarily on the interaction between the natural landscape and human-made structures. Kenna is both a diurnal and nocturnal photographer, fascinated by times of day when light is at its most pliant.
The April exhibition at Harris Harvey Gallery celebrates imagery from Venice as well as the new monograph, Venice. Memories and Traces, published by Skira Edition in 2024. In a recent CNN story, Julia Buckley and Michael Kenna discuss the silence, the presence of absence, and depth of his work in the feature “This photographer is chasing the ‘ghosts’ of Venice.” Kenna’s work is defined by extended exposure times, sometimes lasting several hours, unveiling hidden nuances of the Venetian landscape. His camera lens captures a diverse range of subjects: fog-enshrouded chapels and rooftops, star trails over bell towers, archways of palaces, laundry lines, gondola bows, serene bridges, weathered statues, and twisted poles rising from the dark lagoon, evoking the presence of ancient figures. Through masterful manipulation of light, shadow, and reflection, Kenna’s photographs convey a strikingly poetic and intense portrayal of Venice. A book signing event with Michael Kenna will take place at the gallery on Saturday, April 5, 2-4 p.m. celebrating the monograph, Venice. Memories and Traces, published by Skira Edition.
During Kenna’s career, his photographs have been shown in nearly 500 one-person gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the world, and are included in over one hundred permanent institutional collections, including; The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Michael Kenna received the prestigious Officer des Arts et des Lettres medal in Paris in 2022.
Previous Exhibition
Gregg Laananen - Up River
Artist’s Reception: Thursday, February 6, 6 - 8 PM
February 4 - March 1, 2025
Gregg Laananen is a self-taught artist living and working in the Skagit Valley in the Pacific Northwest. His artwork is primarily informed by observations made directly from nature. His imagery is discovered through processes of drawing, material investigation, and the role of chance and the intuition, the latter of which was highly regarded by the late artist friend and mentor, Ed Kamuda.
The exhibition, Up River, celebrates Laananen’s devotion to those rural and remote places further East in the mountains and along the Skagit River drainage. Inspired by lush forests and mountains, waterfalls and flumes, swans and ferns, Laananen creates new images from a familiar world in which we find connection and meaning.