Hayley Gallery brings a new and exciting exhibit to the gallery on a monthly basis featuring a wide range of artists and mediums.  Artist opening receptions are FREE to attend (ages 12 and up please). RSVPs although not required are always encouraged. Call the gallery at 614-855-4856 to reserve your spot at any of our upcoming receptions

Marti Higgins/Chagrin Falls, OH - The universal and personal languages of color, repetition and shape are my inspiration to create. I hope to communicate with these languages feelings not easily found in the spoken word but in the visual. My artwork describes the seeming disorder yet perfect organization that is the eternal cycle in nature. Contrasts of simple and complicated lines in tree branches, a familiar scene continually changing with the seasons, shapes of large fields or studies of gathered leaves influence my compositions. I am observant of the effects of the passage of time. By finding the comfort in the chaos, my art touches on the human and my own need for visual excitement balanced with stable and grounding rhythms. My techniques include experimenting with the relativity of color or how colors influence each other by proximity. I expose color relationships by working in a layer and reveal method. Initial colors and shapes that are not obvious in a finished piece ground those yet to be applied peeking up in glimmers and slices. I include surprise colors which at first may seem incongruous but have a way of solidifying the composition. I create rhythm with elements which can comfort or invigorate. My artwork consists of impressionistic landscapes and abstractions. I am inspired by the sense of disorder, yet perfect organization found in the organic. The balance is always there.

John Hegener/New Albany, OH - “My work draws attention to how our environments can make us feel. My paintings are a dive beneath what we perceive.” John Hegener, an Ohio native, is an abstract painter working in acrylic and mixed media. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning in 1993 with a BFA in painting. A member of the Taos Abstract Artist Collective in Taos New Mexico, John recently returned to Ohio, rejoining the Hayley Gallery after almost twenty years. Since 2007, John’s work has been exhibited in Covington, KY, Morehead, KY, Santa Fe, NM, and most recently in Kenosha, WI.