....Tona Wilson’s gouache on paper works present a connected succession of happenings inspired by her recent trip to Cuba.

....Phyllis Gay Palmer’s stories are painted on stucco. Her frescoes depict playful scenes of ancient Rome and more contemporary scenes amidst the Hudson Valley.

....Self-taught artist Darshan Russell recreates scenes from life using photos from the Poughkeepsie Journal and family snapshots. Madelaine Albright wears a cheery smile in one of Russell’s paintings, and Miss Venezuela carries a dozen red roses in another.

....Richard Merkin, whose work can often be seen in the New Yorker magazine, paints us stories of real people; writers, adventurers, and his beloved baseball players.

....Red Hook artist Stevan Jennis has come up with an extraordinary method of combining narrations by collaging nostalgic ‘paint by numbers’ canvases into colossal works.

....New York City artist Victoria Wulff, who just received a coveted Guggenheim grant, will exhibit surreal paintings of imagined places.

....Several of Leslie Bender’s works from Carrie Haddad’s private collection will also be on display.

....A narrative works show would not be complete without a master storyteller like Edward Avedisian. The Hudson artist has been chronicling life in a small Hudson River town for the past twenty years. His large acrylic canvases challenge the viewers’ assumptions about race, aesthetics, and sexuality.

....Showing concurrently in the Upstairs Photography Gallery are the photo/constructions of Francois Deschamps.