by Joshua Williams | Mar 13, 2023
One of art’s special properties is its capacity for suggestion. Materials such as charcoal, earthen pigment, and binder, can be spread on pulped or sliced tree and then that embodied expression can be understood or felt with real (though not positivistic) meaning....
by Joshua Williams | Feb 8, 2023
As I passed by the enormous side window of Richmond’s ADA Gallery, three miniscule paintings, no more than 6 by 8 inches, managed to quicken my pace to the entrance. Cartoonish, yet painterly, with bold color and playful style, these three were just a foretaste of...
by Joshua Williams | Nov 14, 2022
In the moments before Jennifer Small’s artist talk for her exhibition Extra in the Ordinary, a friend mused to me, “This show is for folks who really like paintings.” I can certainly relate to that sentiment. After all, punchy color, roller-coaster levels...
