No Apologies

No Apologies brings together the work of Brett De Palma, Stephen Lewis, and Gary Mayer—three painters whose longstanding dedication to their craft is evident in practices that diverge in subject and style but converge in their unapologetic embrace of painting as a primary mode of expression. In contrast to prevailing trends in contemporary art that foreground political or conceptual frameworks, the works on view assert the vitality of painting on its own terms: imaginative, sensual, and materially driven.

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Though each artist engages distinct visual languages, their shared commitment to the physical and expressive possibilities of paint unites the exhibition. Stephen Lewis works with traditional genres—landscape, still life, and the figure—rendered in a luminous palette with a sensitivity to color and light that borders on the ecstatic. Brett De Palma’s canvases, in contrast, pulse with irreverent energy: surreal, improvisational, and boldly composed, they traverse the territory between the absurd and the mythic. Gary Mayer moves fluidly between representation and invention, with lushly painted scenes that shift from evocative landscapes and figures to otherworldly terrains of the imagination.

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Together, these works offer a vibrant counterpoint to the often didactic concerns of contemporary art. No Apologies celebrates painting as a sensual, expressive, and autonomous pursuit—unapologetically so.