New Artwork by Steven Walker

Steven dropped off three new paintings this past weekend. He is madly getting ready for his November exhibit at the gallery. Here is a new painting from a series he is working on of the Fan alleyways and parking lots. You can see his other two paintings on the website.

"a fine power line" 12 x 24 oil

Eldridge Bagley's Gallery Talk

We are gearing up this week for Eldridge Bagley's gallery talk on Saturday, June 27th. His paintings document a way of life in Southside Virginia for this former tobacco farmer. Themes from this current exhibit, "A Road Taken", are drawing tobacco plants, searching a cemetery for a loved one's forgotten tombstone and (as depicted in the painting above) a wintry homecoming. Eldridge's paintings are not necessarily nostalgic or sentimental. This Saturday we will be able to hear Eldridge speak about his life and inspirations as an artist living in rural Virginia.

"A Road Taken" June 12 thru July 18, 2009

A little info about us

Welcome to the glave kocen gallery. We are located in the historic Fan district in Richmond, Virginia USA. The gallery gets it's name from the owners, husband and wife, jennifer glave and bj kocen. We joke that it is the hardest gallery name to pronounce... "gla-vay co-sin gal-la-ree"... we hear everything but we also answer to anything.

Our gallery is an extension of who we are. It is a casual, refreshing contemporary space for emerging and established artists throughout the United States. We invite everyone to stop in and experience our "different frame-of-mind." Art need not be unattainable! We promise you will feel comfortable from the first moment you walk into the glave kocen galllery, from the organic color we have chosen for the walls to the first hello you receive when you walk in the door. We invite you to stop by anytime.