Charles Schwall at Bruno David Gallery

Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Charles Schwall’s second solo exhibition with the gallery entitled "Source Confluence".



Schwall’s new paintings investigate his longstanding interest in curvilinear and organic formations found in nature that are connected to growth, water imagery, and the life sciences. The exhibition, "Source Confluence", explores the origins, metamorphosis, and rhythms of life forces through oil and gouache paintings. The works employ a vocabulary of soft colors distinguished by lightness and subtlety. His abstract imagery combines multiple forms to create forces of expansion and contraction that reveal processes in which organic life appears. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by Andrea Ferber accompanies the exhibit.


Schwall’s paintings have shown in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including New York, Kansas City, Chicago, Stockton CA, and Asuncion, Paraguay. Recently his work was included in thematic exhibitions that address color as a language and as an abstraction. Born in Denver, he currently works and lives in St. Louis, and is a teaching artist at The St. Michael School of Clayton. As an educator, Schwall studied the educational system in the municipality of Reggio-Emilia, Italy, and co-edited and co-authored the book, In the Spirit of the Studio: Learning from the Atelier of Reggio Emilia. He holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis.



Also showing at the gallery:
Bill Kohn: WOP Space
Mario Trejo: Front Room
Brett Williams: Media Room
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