WATERMARK

WATERMARK
MAY 13 – JUNE 19
Opening Reception, Saturday, May 16, 4–6 PM

ELIZABETH GEISLER
STEPHAN HOFFPAUIR
TROY HOUSE
ELENA ZOLOTNITSKY

Bringing together painting, photography, and watercolor, WATERMARK presents four artists whose works are connected less by subject matter than by a shared sensitivity to atmosphere, light, and the spaces we inhabit. Elizabeth Geisler, Stephan Hoffpauir, Troy House, and Elena Zolotnitsky each capture fleeting moments of stillness and reflection through distinctly personal approaches to image-making. Water moves quietly through the exhibition, sometimes directly, sometimes only as a presence felt through mood, color, or light. From shimmering surfaces and expansive coastlines to intimate interiors and everyday scenes, the works invite viewers to slow down and experience the quiet beauty and emotional resonance held within ordinary moments.

ELIZABETH GEISLER

Elizabeth Geisler is best known for contemporary paintings of water that bridge realism and abstraction. At close range, her surfaces appear loose and painterly, while from a distance they resolve into luminous impressions of moving water. Her work captures both the shifting activity of the surface and the subtle movement of reflected light.

For Geisler, water becomes both subject and metaphor, suggesting movement, rhythm, restoration, and change. Her paintings invite viewers into a contemplative experience where beauty emerges through fluidity, reflection, and the delicate interplay between perception and form. The exhibition includes five new paintings by the artist.

STEPHAN HOFFPAUIR

We are proud to present three new watercolor paintings by Stephan Hoffpauir, including the artist’s contemporary interpretation of a Dutch landscape, Windmill, in which a suburban parking lot is transformed through reflection, light, and atmosphere. Hoffpauir is known for meticulously rendered watercolor paintings that elevate familiar spaces into quietly uncanny and deeply observed images. His subjects often include distinctly American environments such as restaurant interiors, suburban storefronts, and commercial architecture. Reinterpreting traditions of Dutch and Spanish landscape painting through a contemporary lens, Hoffpauir reveals the unexpected beauty and psychological presence within everyday life.

TROY HOUSE

Included in the exhibition are three new large-scale archival pigment prints by Troy House, whose limited-edition photographs are widely recognized for their striking images of beaches and coastal destinations around the world, where people gather at the water’s edge. Rich in color, atmosphere, and detail, his photographs move beyond the postcard image to explore places where landscape, leisure, culture, and human presence intersect.

House’s fine art practice is rooted in patience, observation, and an intuitive sensitivity to light and timing. His photographs often feel both cinematic and deeply personal, capturing fleeting moments in which people become inseparable from the environments they inhabit. Whether expansive or intimate, the works evoke a sense of place that is at once immediate, nostalgic, and quietly timeless.

ELENA ZOLOTNITSKY

We are delighted to present a new interior still life painting of roses, Work in Progress, along with a suite of chair paintings from Elena Zolotnitsky’s Extinct series. A Russian American painter, Zolotnitsky creates emotionally charged representational works that blur the boundaries between observation and memory, and between realism and abstraction.

Her paintings are distinguished by richly layered surfaces and a deeply physical approach to paint, where gesture, color, and texture become inseparable from meaning itself. Whether depicting flowers, interiors, or chairs, Zolotnitsky transforms familiar subjects into evocative meditations on presence, absence, and the emotional weight carried by ordinary objects.