06/03/2026
The new month brings familiar friends back to the gallery!
“Shifting Light” is the Fifth annual joint exhibition by Manhattan-based Poughquag artist Kathleen Gefell and Brooklyn-based Scottish painter Catriona Herd at Live 4 Art Gallery, 20 Charles Colman Blvd, Pawling, New York, June 3 - 28, 2026
Official Opening & Artists’ Reception — Saturday, June 6, 2026, 4 - 8pm
Opening Hours during June — Wednesdays to Saturdays, 10.30am to 8.30pm, or by appointment. Sundays, 10.30am to 3pm, or by appointment.
This year, both artists exhibit paintings that illustrate their mastery of shifting light, a challenge that has consumed artists for centuries. Painting shifting light, particularly en plein air (outdoors), is one of the most demanding challenges in art. A scene can change dramatically in a short space of time. This creates difficulty in blending accurate observation with the urgent need for speed, as colors, shapes and shadows change. As the sun appears, disappears or moves, shadows shift and light levels change, altering the color temperature from warm to cool, or vice versa, in seconds.
Both Gefell and Herd travel extensively and work from sketches and scenes completed and collected in transit.
