Encaustic Demonstration at WheelHouse Art, LEX

Patricia Spills the Tea ☕

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☕ Patricia Spills the Tea ☕

Friday, May 15, 5:00 - 8:00pm: Lexington Gallery Hop

Saturday, May 16 at 1 PM: Join us for a special afternoon with featured artist PATRICIA BALDWIN SEGGEBRUCH as she “Spills the Tea” on her encaustic painting process.

This casual artist talk and demonstration invites guests into the fascinating world of encaustic painting — a centuries-old technique using heated beeswax and resin to create richly layered, luminous surfaces. Patricia will share insights into her artistic process, demonstrate how she builds texture and depth in her work, and discuss the inspiration and experimentation behind the pieces featured in her exhibition, Subtle.

Guests are invited to enjoy tea, light snacks, and an informal Q&A with the artist.

Whether you’re an art collector, practicing artist, or simply curious about encaustic painting, this is a wonderful opportunity to experience Patricia’s work in a deeper and more interactive way.

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch's solo exhibition, Subtle is on view

through May 30, 2026 at WheelHouse Art, LEX at 500 W. Short Street, Lexington, KY.

Also on view are collections by Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Robert Tharsing, and more.

Lexington Artist Patrick Smith Opening

at WheelHouse Art, LOU

PATRICK SMITH: Full Sized Bigger Work
Opening Reception & Birthday Celebration:
Friday, May 22, 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Conversation with the artist 7:00 PM

WheelHouse Art, LOU
2650 Frankfort Ave
Louisville, KY 40206

Also exhibiting: un-still, a new collection of work by Shawn Marshall

Exhibition on view May 22 – July 4, 2026

WheelHouse Art is pleased to present Full Sized Bigger Work, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Lexington-based artist Patrick Smith. Known for his striking realism and psychologically charged imagery, Smith creates intimate portraits that explore the human figure as both a physical and symbolic form.

Working in acrylic on paper, Smith renders his subjects with exceptional precision, capturing the textures of skin, tattoos, and adornment with equal sensitivity. His figures—often drawn from his personal circle—exist in moments that feel both deeply personal and universally resonant. Themes of identity, vulnerability, desire, and mortality run throughout the work, frequently accompanied by symbolic elements such as skulls, serpents, and ornamental motifs.

While undeniably contemporary in subject, Smith’s work is grounded in a long tradition of figurative art. From the idealized forms of ancient Greek sculpture to the anatomical rigor of Renaissance masters like Michelangelo, artists have long turned to the human body as a primary vehicle for meaning. Smith extends this lineage into the present, replacing mythological and religious figures with modern individuals whose bodies carry the visual language of contemporary life.

In this context, tattoos function as contemporary markers of identity, much like symbolic attributes in historical painting. The result is a body of work that bridges past and present—honoring the traditions of figurative art while reinterpreting them through a distinctly modern lens.

Full Sized Bigger Work invites viewers to reconsider the role of the human figure in contemporary art, offering a perspective that is at once technically rigorous, emotionally direct, and deeply rooted in art history.

Also exhibiting: un-still by Shawn Marshall

Above: SHAWN MARSHALL, The Allegory of Pests. Alternating layers of hand-cut collage and archival resin on panel, 30 inch diameter.

Shawn Marshall is a Kentucky-based mixed media artist with a background in architecture and design. She earned a Master of Architecture with a Minor in Fine Art from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. She is also a visual arts educator who earned Master of Art in Teaching from Bellarmine University.

Shawn Marshall's work has garnered both national and international recognition, with features in Curatory Art Magazine, Visionary Art Magazine, Create! Magazinee, Suboart Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine, and others. In the summers of 2024 and 2025, she completed residencies with the Jen Tough Gallery in Santa Fe, which culminated in a solo exhibition in November of 2024. She also exhibited with the Jen Tough Gallery at the 2026 LA Art in January. Marshall has also received multiple Artist Enrichment Grants from the Great Meadows Foundation, the most recent of which supported her travels to Venice, Italy, to attend the 2024 Biennale.

Currently on view at The Wine Room, LOU

In Good Company: Artists from the

St. Matthews Studios and Gallery

Group show featuring Lynn Dunbar, Teri Dryden, Jeanne Freibert, Julie Hohmann, Gretchen Treitz, and Page Penna presented by WheelHouse Art at The Wine Room at 2704 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206 through June 20, 2026.

In Good Company brings together a group of accomplished artists from St. Matthews Studios and Gallery, an eclectic collective of Louisville-based women whose practices span painting, collage, and mixed media. Each artist brings a distinct perspective—rooted in observation, memory, and material exploration—resulting in a dynamic presentation that reflects both individual voices and a shared commitment to creative inquiry.