In a Wave

SOCO Gallery

SOCO Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of In a Wave, a two-person exhibition with new paintings and works on paper by artists Holly Coulis and Clare Grill. The gallery will host a public opening reception with the artists on Tuesday, November 12th from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. This will be Coulis’ second exhibition with SOCO Gallery and Grill’s first.


Coulis’ compositions reference traditional still life painting with her own abstracted twist. Thick lines and bright colors carefully define objects, providing viewers a glimpse into someone’s personal effects. Coulis’ lines lead the eye on a winding and unpredictable journey, filling them with movement and “giving them radiant, vibrational auras.” (Artsy, 2020)


Grill’s work is inspired by antique embroidery samplers, as well as highly decorated birth, baptismal, and marriage certificates from the 18th and 19th centuries. She creates drawings from these artifacts which provide her with a vocabulary of shapes, colors, and compositions all her own, from which she then freely borrows to make her paintings.