On Spring Gallery Night, William Campbell Gallery will present Kevin Tolman: "Recent Abstractions," a collection that embodies the artist’s characteristic approach to translating nature’s order and chaos in purely abstract visual terms.

Tolman’s nonrepresentational compositions echo his intimate relationship with the world around him - with the sights and sounds that give him pause and fill him with wonder. Just as he describes nature as “incomprehensible,” so too does Tolman seek to harness such transcendent awe in his abstract harmonies of visual elements that when complete, in the artist’s words, “sing their song.”

As a whole, Tolman’s artwork juxtaposes organic spontaneity with structural geometry to create a complex visual interplay that reflects his process of balancing creative, instinctual mark making with thoughtful, deliberate composition. Steeped in rich pigment, individual shapes, lines, marks, and drips abut and overlap, building in some places, eroding in others, and ultimately fusing together to reveal the evolution of layers as they transform into one cohesive discourse

The artist will be in attendance at the evening reception. The exhibition will remain on display through May 10.