luminous lookout

dawn black, kathryn hunter, kelli scott kelley

the gallery will be open during regular business hours (Tu - Su, 12pm - 6pm). social distancing and masks are required for ALL VISITORS TO THE GALLERY.

virtual reception: wednesday, september 22 at 6:30pm on facebook live and youtube.

Luminous Lookout is a group of three Southern Louisiana based artists, including: Dawn Black, Kathryn Hunter, and Kelli Scott Kelley. Using representational imagery, their work visualizes narratives to inspire social dialogue and critique. Teetering moral ambiguities, existential repetitions, and anthropomorphic allegories are shared threads woven throughout all the artists’ work.

Each artist employs unique materials and processes to create their work. Using a variety of collected source material, Black examines tentative systems of power and identity through watercolor on paper to visualize sociological narratives. Hunter’s mixed media work is populated by stitched, paper-cut, and relief printed anthropomorphic figures, which evoke fables and reflect on our connection to the natural and cultural environment. Kelley’s enigmatic narratives are painted on antique domestic linens, referencing traditional women’s handicrafts, while engaging in an ecologically conscious art making practice. The delicate feminine cloths also serve to juxtapose the fantastical imagery. 

The Luminous Lookout artists’ haunting, curious images address the current fragility of our time, and provokes critical thought about our place in the world. websites: luminouslookout.com,  www.dawnblack.com,  www.kathrynhunterfineart.com, www.kelliscottkelley.com.

Dawn Black, born in Louisiana, her work has been included in exhibitions the world over; from Kunstoffice (Berlin, Germany) and the Curator's Office in Washington, D.C. to the University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.), the Jonathan Ferrera Gallery (New Orleans, La.) and Gallery 119 (Chicago, Ill.). Her work is also included in various private collections including the Zacharius collection and has been reviewed by Art in America, the Washington Post and Art Papers Magazine.

Kathryn Hunter grew up in Decatur, Alabama surrounded by good north Alabama storytellers and she was captured by the mountains of the west in young adulthood. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Montana State University and a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking at Louisiana State University. Currently, Hunter operates a custom design and letterpress printing business called Blackbird Letterpress in Baton Rouge. Her fine art work is represented by LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kelli Scott Kelley’s work is comprised of mixed -media narrative paintings, drawings and objects. She received an MFA from University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Her work as been exhibited both nationally and internationally at museums and galleries, including solo exhibitions at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Bradbury Art Museum, The Masur Museum of Art, Micholson Museum of Art, and the LSU Museum of Art. Kelley authored a book featuring her narrative artwork entitled Accalia and the Swamp Monster in 2014, published by LSU Press. She received an ATLAS (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) grant for the project. Kelley’s work is featured in the permanent collections of the Hall Art Foundation, LSU Museum of Art, Tyler Museum of Art, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Special Collections, and the Eugenia Summer Gallery. Kelley’s work is represented in New Orleans by Spillman Blackwell Fine Art, and she is a long-time artist member at Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art. Kelley is a Professor of Painting in the School of Art at LSU.

All works from these artists are on view, free of charge, during normal gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) from September 8 - 30, 2021. 

works on view

Dawn Black

works on view

Kathryn Hunter

works on view

Kelli Scott Kelley