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 art of Ralph Songy.
ART WALK SCHEDULE 2024 First Saturday, 6:00-8:00PM unless otherwise noted
January 6: Michey Asche Louisiana Menagerie February 3: Group Show: The Passing Parades featuring Linda Lesperance All Mardi Gras-themes art can be found as well under Current Exhibitions 3 for those who imagine Mardi Gras as a state of mind all year long in New Orleans
March 2: John Killeen From The Street April 6: Steve Bourgeois Nature’s Palette May 4: Carol Hallock A Pelican State of Mind June 1: Spencer Shultz Nightlights July 6: Carol Scott, Summertime Lacunae August 3: WHITE LINEN NIGHT Will Smith, Jr. Louisiana’s Easy Escape, Waterscapes of the Northshore September 7: Camille Barnes, Backroads and Bayous of Louisiana October 5: Elayne Kuehler, Fall for Louisiana November 2: Carol Scott Gallopers December 7: Thomas Lofton Louisiana Town and Country
OCTOBER 5 Elayne Kuehler Fall for Louisiana
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 style my art as “romantic realism” with a passion for capturing the beauty I see in life. I paint landscapes, still lifes 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 am on Facebook where I post my work as I finish them at Elayne Kuehler Fine Art. I have won many competitions locally and regionally. I exhibit locally and nationally. I was juried into the Governor’s Mansion Competition where I showed two of my still lifes. 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 strive for the truthfulness of nature, her colors, her designs by rendering them freehanded. My still lifes 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 but I love to work in pencil and enjoy gouache as well. 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 38 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.
