Louis Thayer Hills Memorial Exhibition and Art Sale
Friday, June 5th @ 5:00pm
At the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts - 926 East Center Street
Interested in obtaining art from a Wisconsin-based artist? The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts will be hosting a memorial exhibition and art sale for Louis Thayer Hills. His work from various periods, and in a variety of styles and media will be displayed and for sale at the Jazz Gallery. A reception will be hosted on Friday, June 5th, from 5-8pm, and the sale will continue on Saturday, June 6th, 12-5pm.
Louis Thayer Hills (1935-2019) was an American artist who made Southeastern Wisconsin his home for the larger part of his career. His passion was painting, printmaking and later experimenting with all kinds of mediums and materials in his work. Louis was a gentleman farmer with a studio on his property near Burlington. He was a prodigious artist who was less concerned with selling during his lifetime, but more interested in creating and expression.
His early works in the 1950’s were in oil and their palette was dark and brooding. As the decades progressed, his palette lightened and his media expanded to include printmaking, drawings, acrylic and some forays into textiles and sculpture. He even collaged various materials such as maps, burlap and other commercial packaging into his later canvases.
Please join us for this art exhibition and sale pop-up event. Art work is priced to sell (larger paintings, works on paper, prints and sketchbooks). 50% of sales goes to support the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts.
Date: June 5
Time: 5-8pm