The Presence in Paint

Ryan Campbell Garrett Art Advisory is pleased to announce The Presence in Paint, an exhibition held at a private residence in La Jolla. This marks the advisory’s second presentation in an ongoing series of projects across Southern California. In support of RCG Art Advisory’s mission, The Presence in Paint presents a diverse range of contemporary artists in a distinctive setting, offering new audiences across Southern California enhanced access and exposure.

The Presence in Paint features sixteen contemporary artists—Merrick Adams, Caroline Denervaud, Kristen Diederich, Maja Dlugolecki, Ryan Dobrowski, Sophia Flood, Rema Ghuloum, Kristen Giorgi, Glenn Goldberg, Anabel Juárez, Zoe Koke, Brian Lotti, Dashiell Manley, Hugo McCloud, Holly Osborne, and Rebecca Partridge, Tessa Greene O’Brien. These artists explore the evolving relationships between perception, memory, and the natural environment through various motifs and styles, including gestural abstraction, atmospheric landscapes, and imaginative figuration. The exhibition emphasizes a cumulative focus on light, texture, and spatial exploration, illustrating how painting can reflect and reveal both internal states and external worlds. Through an array of bold gestures, shifting color palettes, and sublime execution, the artworks brought together for this exhibition celebrate a spectrum of voices, showcasing the endless potential of paint as a medium.