Gustave Carson, Emily Shepard, Elizabeth Sher: Sensing Place
August 29 @ 12:00 pm - October 4 @ 5:00 pm
Free
Gustave Carlson, Elizabeth Sher, and Emily Shepard each trace the contours of place — not just where we live, but how we feel, remember, and imagine it. Their work reveals place as shelter and question — a map of memory and a mirror of change. Carlson’s layered paintings of cottages conjure architecture, home, light and shadow, weaving nostalgia with the quiet rhythms of neighborhood. Sher’s On the Block series channels her unease about climate change, piecing together collaged “blocks” of repurposed paint chips and painted panels that echo the fragility of home and the earth. Shepard turns inward, crafting intimate landscapes of awareness through marks and threads — lines that map, connect, and hold. Together, their works invite viewers to sense place as a layered experience of body, memory, and imagination.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 30, 3 – 5 pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: September 5, October 3, 5 – 9 pm
Image Left to Right: Emily Shepard, detail Aqueous Logic, 2025, Mixed Media on panel, 12″ x 12”, Elizabeth Sher, detail Fire on the Block, 2025, Mixed Media on Canvas, 16″ x 20″ x 2”, Gustave Carlson, detail Beach Cottage, Truro MA, 2025, Acrylic and Graphite on wood panel, 16” x 16”, all photos courtesy of the artists
