I grew up in a flat prairie town in South Dakota, where the austerity and angularity of my surroundings imbued me with a longing for the exotic and strange, even as the endless horizon, expansive skies and lakes and sloughs of my native land made an indelible impression on my psyche. I left the prairie to attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where I was the recipient of…

Ecce Gallery is excited to present a series of new pastels & paintings by local artist and NDSU Assistant Professor Andrew Stark. This will the artist’s 7th solo show with the gallery. Exhibition runs: July 18 – August 18 Artist Reception: Thursday, July 25, 7 – 9pm

Portrait of a Landscape | New Paintings Opening Reception: Thursday, June 13, 6 – 8pm Exhibit runs: June 13 – July 14, 2019 Ecce Gallery is thrilled to welcome a new series of paintings by regionally-recognized artist Jay Pfeifer. This will be the artist’s sixth solo exhibition with the gallery. The art of Jay Pfeifer is defined more by his material and his long familiarity with them than by any…

My paintings used to feature many blue skies, hopeful landscapes and other hints of a world atpeace. Lately my work is full of complicated, and often anxious, landscapes, animals and people. The more recent paintings are either too crowded or too lonely. I struggle to find a happy medium as I paint a world where nature, man and technology struggle to co-exist. And now the blue skies are often teaming…