Description: Lily Pad Gallery was established in Rhode Island over 40 years ago. Enthusiastic collectors and supporters of Lily Pad Gallery, Alan Perlstein and Terry Hamann, acquired Lily Pad Gallery in Rhode Island - renaming this location Lily Pad East. In 2016, Perlstein and Hamann opened a sister gallery located in the heart of Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, which they named Lily Pad Gallery West. Recognizing that Milwaukee had been undergoing a renaissance with the rebuilding of downtown and the migration of inno
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June 27 – August 27, 2023 Back in 1851, Wisconsin adopted Forward as its motto to reflect the state’s continuous drive to be a national leader. Since Lily Pad | West first opened almost seven years ago, it too has strived to be a leader and bring great art to Milwaukee. As the gallery continues to grow…
The tradition of Tonalism has permeated American landscape painting for centuries. Championed by masters George Inness, Wolf Kahn, James McNeill Whistler, and Birge Harrison, the genre has been carried on by those who have studied their techniques and approaches, like contemporary painter John MacDonald (b. 1957). A student and mentee of Tonalist master Curt Hanson…