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. Also two New Orleans passions, food and Mardi Gras, each have a special EXHIBITION page. (2 & 3)

 ART WALK 2025:  First Saturday 6:00-8:00 PM unless otherwise noted

January 4: Linda Lesperance All Things New Orleans  February 1: Spencer Schulz  Electric Palette  March 8 Marne Meynig  Cajun Country  April 5: Stephanie Reed May 3 Carol Hallock June 7: Ralph Songy July 5 John Killeen August 2: White Linen Night: Carol Scott September 6: Chuck Broussard October 4: Don Reggio November 1: Diego Larguia December 6: Will Smith, Jr.

MARCH 8: 2025   Marne Meynig  Cajun Country

Now living in Sunset, Louisiana, Meynig grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast where he spent every summer at the beach, drawing and painting. Essentially self-taught, he has been inspired to paint his entire life by nearby landscape, birds and sunlight. An acrylic painter, his art has a freshness and immediacy, a light-handed translation of Southwest Louisiana landscape. I focus on the wildlife, marshes, swamps and the colorful people and towns. I try to capture the beauty of everyday life that is around me and share it through my art. His paintings are filled with harmonious rhythms and light.

Nature is painted in a distinctive style, which, on occasion, recalls the art of the Anderson Brothers, especially James “Mac” McConnell. Accompanying a stylization of form, they utilized recurrent motifs as decorative elements in the depiction of nature. Meynig similarly incorporates patterns, whether realistic, geometric or stylized, into many of his compositions. Lately, he has been exploring a brighter color palette, which gives his art an almost surreal veneer.