I had the opportunity to bike around and hit some galleries up before the rain on Thursday for ArtWALK. Angie Mullins and staff at the Annex Gallery effortlessly continue their line of exhibitions transitioning between one artist and the next. Trust me it’s not easy over there with so much going on with books, art, coffee, music, and street life (but to the dude who lifts cinderblocks for weights in the back alley, you are welcome to dinner at my house anytime, just chill on the yelling).

The newly-hung exhibit is a mother/daughter show from Elisabeth (Dolly) Hartman and Mary Hartman. In addition to the family connection, their artwork compliments each other well. Daughter Mary’s work would appeal to a younger generation with more ambitious abstraction that manipulates the figures of still-lifes and animals. She looks equally fascinated by pure mark-making as she is in representation. I can see her in drawing class spending equal time rendering a model, and half her time looking down at the paper and noticing what her medium (acrylic wash) is doing. My favorite piece of hers is the only one she did on canvas, titled Horse Study in Profile:

“Horse Study in Profile” by Mary Hartman (more…)