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, Pedestrian Pleasures,Scenes from local meanders May 3 Carol Hallock Swamp and Circumstance in May 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.
MAY 3 2025 Carol Hallock Swamp and Circumstance in May
With her seemingly effortless brand of “loose realism”, Northshore artist and environmentalist CAROL HALLOCK paints close to her Bayou Lacombe home. Her show brings the varied moods of Louisiana’s lowlands. From a rare vantage point on her pontoon boat, she captures the all the subtle nuances of color and light. Her plein-air studies have encouraged this artistic vision, (They) have allowed me to paint what I actually SEE not what a camera sees. We do not naturally see all of the detail that a camera does.
With an authentic palette of blues, greens and grays, the fluid brushstrokes create movement and the heavy impasto adds texture. Many of her canvases are large-scaled so the viewer is immersed in a bayou or marsh environment. Her art not only records the beautiful environment, but expresses a mood. A true sense of peace flows from her artwork. She has produced books of her work as well as “how to” professionally developed videos entitled The Art of Loose Painting, which are shown on over 110 TV stations across the nation. Her work has won many awards and also graces the cover of magazines and is reviewed in numerous press releases and periodicals. Hallock does commissioned and studio work as well as finding time to teach in the art community.
