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 and paintings of New Orleans nightlife by Spencer Schulz .

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  July 6: Marne Meynig  August 3: WHITE LINEN NIGHT Will Smith, Jr. September 7: Camille Barnes  October 5: Elayne Kuehler  November  2: Carol Scott  Galloping   December 7: Thomas Lofton

APRIL 6  Steve Bourgeois  Nature’s Palette

Bourgeois can be seen around town painting en plein air. This technique imparts an immediacy to his paintings through the heightened contrast of light and shade and color values. He paints in a rapid loose manner to capture the elusive quality of the day. The same holds true for his figurative portraits, accomplished in an “impressionist” style.

A native Louisianian, he currently lives and maintains his studio in Gonzales. He studied at the Baton Rouge Fine Arts Academy and New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, as well as numerous workshops with some of the foremost artists in the country. He began his professional career in 1989, and takes great pride in his versatility. An accomplished portrait artist, he is equally skilled in urban studies, landscape, still life and figural painting, as well as large-scale murals.

As one critic sums up Bourgeois’ style of painting, “What magic! Loose, talking colors clearly describing the old hometown, not bothering to go into great detail about things. Select poets can also do this with just a few words.”