Current Exhibitions
Gallery 600 Julia features talented Louisiana artists in curated monthly shows in the front room. With a superior and varied selection of artistic style and technique, the gallery always has an impressive and changing inventory of fine paintings. Art Walk is hosted by all the galleries in the Arts District in the evening on the first Saturday of each month. Gallery 600 Julia hosts the artist reception with refreshments on the First Saturday from 6:00pm – 8:00pm, unless otherwise noted.
The Gallery will be open from 9:30am – 4:00 pm and odd hours by appointment.
Please see Visiting Artists for the ultra realistic food art of Ralph Songy, the landscape paintings of Peg Usner and most recently, Tim Vaught.. Also two New Orleans passions, Food and Mardi Gras, each have a special CURRENT EXHIBITION page. (2 & 3)
ART WALK 2026: First Saturday 6:00-8:00 PM unless otherwise noted
2026: JAN 3 Peg Usner, Dreams and Water FEB 7 No Art Walk (Feb 17 Mardi Gras) Group Show: Hi Steppin’ MAR 7 Marne Meynig, Coastal Marshlands APR 4 Thomas Lofton, Time and Again MAY 2 Mickey Asche, Birding JUN 6 Elayne Kuehler Lovely Louisiana, Romantic Realism JULY 4 No Art Walk Group Show, The Summer Escape AUG 1 Carol Hallock SEPT 3 Carol Scott OCT 3 Steve Bourgeois NOV 7 Tim Vaught DEC 5 Camille Barnes
JUNE 6, 2026 Elayne Kuehler, Lovely Louisiana
IN HER OWN WORDS:
I am a Baton Rouge native and resident and also live in Mandeville, LA where I have a second studio. I have been a fine arts artist since 1980. I paint landscapes, still lives and portraits in oil. Sometimes I work on location doing plein air paintings.
I attended Southeastern University majoring art. My first job was working as a draftsman, detailing bridges for the state of Louisiana. I exhibit locally and nationally. I was juried into the Governor’s Mansion Competition where I showed two of my still lives. From there they showed at the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum and were featured on WAFB News. I am a member of American Women Artists, the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York, NY, National Oil and Acrylics Society, the Baton Rouge Art League, Associated Women in the Arts and the American Artists Professional League, Oil Painters of America, the International Guild of Realism, and Louisiana Art and Artists Guild.
I am known for being a romantic realist with a passion for capturing the beauty I see in life. I strive for the truthfulness of nature, her colors and designs by rendering them freehanded. My still lives are painted directly from life without the use of photography. Landscapes are started on location and finished in my studio with photos I have taken. Nature is the best teacher and her unbounded beauty can’t be topped.
My chosen medium is oil. I find endless still life composition in my own home and gardens. I am absolutely astounded with Louisiana landscapes, especially the ones that encompass the live oak. I find great inspiration indoors and out. Drawing the figure from life keep my drawing skills sharp, and sound compositions are attributed to studying the old masters, Vermeer, Corot, Chardin, Constable, Peter Paul Rubens, and William Trost Richards, among others.
I have painted for over thirty-eight years and have studied with several contemporary professional artists and also at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art. I also teach oil painting classes and workshops.
