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Thursday: Noon – 6pm
Friday: 2pm – 8pm
Saturday: Noon – 6pm
Sunday: Noon – 4pm
Lauren Harlowe
Just Beyond the View
February 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026
Opening Reception: February 27th, 6-8pm (free to attend)
Lauren Harlowe is an oil painter living and working in Madison, Wisconsin. Her work explores the hidden truths, fragility, and the delicate beauty of our world by depicting images of botanical silhouettes and dramatic landscapes. After growing up in Dallas, Texas, Harlowe attended Washington University in St. Louis, earning a BFA in painting and art history. She earned an MA in painting from Eastern Illinois University in 2009. Maintaining a painting studio in Chicago for 11 years, Harlowe also taught children around the Chicago area, including time spent in the education department at the Museum of Contemporary Art and on the faculty at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Since moving to Madison in 2015, Harlowe has grown her own business, teaching painting privately and maintaining a studio on her property on the west side of Madison where she lives with her husband and two daughters.
"Amidst the noise of modern life, I seek to distill moments of stillness and awe. My work is both an internal meditation and an external celebration - an invitation to pause, notice, and grow. Each painting is a quiet offering: a glimpse into the abundant, layered world we inhabit and the inner gardens we cultivate."
Learn more about Lauren HERE.
Gus Bradt
Into the Chromatic Vortex
April 16, 2026 - May 25 2026
MMoCA Gallery Night: May 8th, 5-9pm (free to attend)
Into the Chromatic Vortex invites viewers into a spinning field of color, movement, and energy. Each piece in this series feels like a moment caught in the middle of transformation—lines bend, patterns ripple, and vibrant hues twist toward an unseen center. Rather than offering stable ground, these paintings pull you forward, asking you to follow the flow of color deeper into the vortex.
Working with acrylics and airbrush, the artist builds layered surfaces where hard-edged geometry collides with soft gradients and atmospheric glow. The result is a tension between control and chaos: precise shapes anchor the compositions while shifting bands of color seem to vibrate and hover just above the surface. Stand close, and you’ll notice the subtle textures and edges; step back, and the whole image snaps into a powerful optical experience.
These works are not meant to be passive decoration. They change with the light and your mood—what feels electric and high-energy one day might read as meditative and hypnotic the next. In a living room, studio, or gallery, each piece becomes a focal point that quietly recharges the space, pulling the eye back again and again into its swirling center.
Into the Chromatic Vortex is ultimately an exploration of how color can bend perception. It invites you to linger, to get a little lost inside the movement, and to find your own meaning in the pull of the vortex.
Learn more about Gus HERE.
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