Opening Reception: July 31st from 5:00-7:00PM
Artist Talk at 4:00PM prior to the opening

Away I Must features paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works by Iowa artist Matt Pulford, inspired by periods of solitude spent during an artist residency in rural Nebraska. Immersed in the vast prairie landscape, Pulford explores the fleeting beauty of light, movement, sound, and distance through contemplative studies of land, sky, water, and wildlife. Ranging from whimsical to melancholic, the works reflect on longing, connection, beauty, loss, and the profound experience of being alone within the natural world.

The exhibition will be on view in the Newell Gallery from July 31 through September 12. Visitors are invited to join Pulford for an Artist Talk at 4:00PM on Friday, July 31st to learn more about his creative process and the inspirations behind the work