Becca Kallem Exhibition at LO’s Waddell Gallery thru Nov. 8

October 17, 2024 / Music, Arts & Other Pretty Stuff

The Waddell Art Gallery on NOVA’s Loudoun Campus is excited to announce Becca Kallem’s solo exhibition Recent Paintings. The show, which opened Wednesday, October 16, will be on display until Friday, November 8. 

Kallem (b. 1980) is a Virginia-based artist and educator. Her recent work is inspired by nature and the beauty of imperfection. When she found a dead butterfly with a damaged wing, she painted an abstracted “portrait” of it. She then painted a series of moths and butterflies against invented backgrounds. Kallem is interested in the beauty and form of these creatures, as well as the theme of transformation that they often represent. The oil paintings are small-scale and intimate, and they combine observation, abstraction and imagination.

Flyer advertising new exhibit: At top, painting of white butterfly against background of blue sky and green leaves. At bottom of painting are, at left, NOVA logo in green and gold, and, at right, address of Waddell Art Gallery (21200 Campus Drive, Sterling, Virginia, 20164). Becca Kallem Recent Paintings October 16 through November 8, 2024 Reception: October 16, 4 to 6 p.m. Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. URL: https colon forward slash forward slash www dot nvcc dot edu forward slash loudoun forward slash artgallery forward slash Fine print at bottom of flyer: Pictured above: Forest Moth, oil on canvas, 2024

Submitted by:
Anna Freerksen, AN-Fine Arts, AFreerksen@nvcc.edu