Gross McCleaf Gallery

What begins as a harbor, bouquet, or skyline slowly shifts into something less fixed in Christine Lafuente: In Visibility. Watch and listen to explore a new collection of oil paintings in the gallery. On view through May 30 at Gross McCleaf Gallery Fridays & Saturdays, 11-4 PM Or by Appointment Inquire: [email protected] @christinelafuente @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni @brynmawralums

One Painting - No. 6 Scott Noel “Britomart” Oil on linen 84 x 78 inches $15,000 At over seven feet tall, the figures in this painting meet the viewer at their own scale. Set within the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Cast Hall, Scott Noel developed the work among plaster casts and live models over time. The central figure came to be associated with ‘Britomart’, the androgynous warrior heroine from Edmund Spenser’s epic poem “The Faerie Queene”. Over nine months, passing students and models entered the work, their presence held in the seated figures and in the bouquet at the model’s feet. Available through the gallery. The Faerie Queene Image credit: Walter Crane (1845–1915), “In th’evening late old Glaucé thither led” (1895-97), print, ‘Spenser’s Faerie Queene’, ed TJ Wise, George Allen, London, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC. Wikimedia Commons. #ScottNoel @scottnoelart @pafalumni @pafacademy @grossmccleaf

One Painting - No. 5 Joseph Lozano “Winter (The Hermit)”, 2025 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches $8,500 This painting draws on a little-known monastic sect led by Johannes Kelpius, settling in the Wissahickon Valley in the late seventeenth century, seeking solitude, ritual, and spiritual clarity at the edge of the known world. Lozano uses that history to structure “Winter (The Hermit)”, organizing belief, doubt, and mysticism within a single, contemplative space. Available through the gallery. #grossmccleafgallery @grossmccleaf  @josephplozano @pafalumni @pafacademy

Save the date for… Mickayel Thurin: Shifting June 5 - July 11 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 6 at Gross McCleaf Gallery 123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia, PA Through painting, text, color, and layered materials, Mickayel Thurin creates deeply personal works that explore motherhood, spirituality, emotional processing, and self-realignment. Her paintings move between intimate reflection and collective experience, channeling emotional states through saturated color, expressive figures, and handwritten text. “My work discusses ideas about motherhood, spirituality, and consciousness as it intersects the bounds of dimensions and space time. Art is my way of processing experiences, translating raw feelings into visual form.” - Mickayel Thurin Featured: “Realignment”, 2026, Acrylic and decorative paper on stretched canvas, 40” x 30” @mickathurin @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni

Like cloud gazing itself, Nicole Michaud’s paintings never fully settle into a single image. “My work is concerned both with the external landscape, the spaces we live in, and the internal landscape, the space within ourselves.” - Nicole Michaud In Michaud’s paintings, landscapes, figures, and reflections hover somewhere between observation and imagination, revealed through layered fields of translucent oil color on mylar and canvas. Stanek Gallery presents Nicole Michaud: Cloud Gazing On view through May 30 at Gross McCleaf Gallery Featured: - Nicole Michaud, “Solstice”, Oil on linen, 22” x 50” Part of the Stanek Gallery | Outside the Box collaborative program. @nicolemichaudstudio @stanekgallery @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni

“I am drawn to views with a poetic relationship between human scale and far horizons.” Christine Lafuente’s seascapes hold onto shifting conditions of light, atmosphere, and distance. Forms emerge gradually through layered passages of oil color, hovering between recognition and abstraction as the eye moves across the surface. Christine Lafuente: In Visibility On view through May 30 at Gross McCleaf Gallery
123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia Fridays & Saturdays 11 - 4 pm
or by appointment Inquire: [email protected] | 215-665-8138 Featured: 1. “Across the Shore”, Oil on linen, 40” x 30” 2. “Mountains and Clouds, San Juan”, Oil on mounted linen, 12″ x 16 3. “Harbor in the Mist”, Oil on linen, 16″ x 20″ @christinelafuente @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni @brynmawralums

Brooklyn, translated through brushwork and light. Christine Lafuente, “Fog and Snow, Brooklyn Steeples”, Oil on mounted linen, 9″ x 12″ & “Winter Afternoon in Brooklyn” Oil on mounted canvas, 9″ x 12″ Christine Lafuente’s solo exhibition, “In Visibility” is on view through May 30. at Gross McCleaf Gallery 123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia Fridays & Saturdays, 11 - 4 pm Inquire: [email protected] | 215-665-8138 @christinelafuente @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni @brynmawralums

An homage to all the little things. Featuring small-scale artworks throughout the gallery. Fridays & Saturdays, 11 - 4 pm Gross McCleaf Gallery 123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia Inquire: [email protected] | 215-665-8138 Works included: 1. Susan Moore, “Faccia 79”, Mixed media on panel, 5.75” x 5.75” 2. Nicole Michaud, “Touch”, Oil on mylar, 5” x 5” 3. Nasir Young, “The Future is Here”, Oil on panel, 4” x 4” 4. Thomas Paquette, “Wilderness Falls III”, Oil on panel, 7” x 5” 5. Nicole Parker, “Give Me A Place To Be”, Oil on mounted linen, 12” x 12” 6. Christine Lafuente, “Sunset Sky Toward NY Harbor”, Oil on linen mounted, 8” x 8” 7. Varvàra Fern, “Looking”, Resin, acrylic paint, 2” x 3” x 7.5” 8. Ann Lofquist, “North Branch, Foundry Hill” (MA), Oil on panel, 5.5” x 16” 9. Nasir Young, “Location Sample 02”, Oil on panel, 3” x 2” @nicolemichaudstudio @nasiryoungart @paquette.studio @parkernik @christinelafuente @varvara_fern_art @grossmccleaf @stanekgallery @pafacademy @pafalumni

Nicole Michaud discusses the memories that inspired her piece “Transience,” on display in Cloud Gazing at Gross McCleaf Gallery until May 30th. This piece is comprised of 20 mini oil paintings on mylar, each resembling a different location from Michaud’s childhood. Visit the show this weekend: 📍123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia Open Friday and Saturday from 10am - 5pm ✉️ Contact [email protected] for alternative visiting times 🔗 Full catalog link in bio #oilpainter #oilpainting #nostalgicart #artisttalk #gallerytour

“Painter’s Cabinet”, alongside the source. Christine Lafuente’s still life objects are kept close at hand, used and revisited, and translated through the language of paint. What appears fixed in the cabinet becomes fluid on the canvas, as color and perception reshape each form per painting. Christine Lafuente: In Visibility On view through May 30 at Gross McCleaf Gallery 123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia Fridays & Saturdays, 11–4 PM or by appointment Featured: “Painter’s Cabinet”, Oil on mounted linen, 12” x 12” Inquire: [email protected] @christinelafuente @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni @brynmawralums

Now on view: In Visibility May 1 - May 30 Join us today for the Opening Reception and meet artist Christine Lafuente Saturday, May 2, 1–4 PM Across still life, seascape, and cityscape, Christine Lafuente composes with shifting light and color, where perception feels fluid and memory reshapes what we see. Gross McCleaf Gallery 123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia Fridays & Saturdays, 11–4 PM or by appointment @christinelafuente @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni @brynmawralums

Get to know Christine Lafuente “I am composing with what I see despite its transient nature… at times, all I can glean from a visual experience are notes of light and color in space.” Gross McCleaf Gallery is delighted to present “In Visibility”, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Christine Lafuente. Known for her nuanced handling of oil color relationships and layered, reflective surfaces, Lafuente brings together still lifes, seascapes, and cityscapes in a body of work that explores how we see and remember. Christine Lafuente is a still life and landscape oil painter, known for her alla prima (in one sitting) wet-into-wet technique focusing on the interplay of color and light. After her Bryn Mawr College degree, she completed the CFA program from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and earned her MFA at Brooklyn College. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S. and internationally and has been the subject of 35 solo shows and numerous group shows. Through the course of her career, she has been the recipient of many grants, awards, and artist residencies including the Philadelphia Sketch Club Medal for Achievement in Visual Arts and two full fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center. Based in Brooklyn, N.Y., Lafuente also teaches painting workshops, paints during summers in Maine, and has painted in residence in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Venice, Italy. Christine Lafuente: In Visibility Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2, 1 – 4 PM On view May 1 – 30 at Gross McCleaf Gallery 123 Leverington Ave, Philadelphia, PA To read more, explore: Art Sync | Being with the Thing I See: Conversation with Christine Lafuente by Elizabeth Johnson, edited by Matthew Crain Link in bio. @christinelafuente @grossmccleaf @pafacademy @pafalumni @brynmawralums