Exhibition August 29 – September 4, 2026 I Gallery open Tues-Sat 11-6
Reception August 29, 4:00pm – 10:00pm with special musical guests
Central Jersey Safari performing their new album “Gettin’ Home from Tucson” (8-9pm)
DATA_WOLF Andrew Wilkinson’s ambient electronic music (6-7pm)
WPRB DJ Jon Solomon spinning records (4-6pm)
Special appearance by TCAT Art Cart
A one-week exhibit featuring new, large-format watercolor paintings by local artist Kate
Graves. Photographs taken by Caleb Ray Walker during his 2025 cross-country bicycle
trip of desert landscapes, dirt roads, and vast expanses are evocative and inspiring
jumping-off points for this series. Slow development while interpreting each landscape is
what makes each painting compelling. Where a photograph can crisply preserve a
fleeting moment, these paintings allude to invisible cycles of entropy because of the way
they are made. Layers of granulated pigment are built up and held in suspension by
water sourced directly from snow. As each layer settles, it brings unique combinations of
color and texture that reveal a hidden dimension of time to the work. In this way, each
painting is a time-travel device that transports the viewer into a realm between vision
and imagination.
The presence of music is imbued in these new works. Bruce Chatwin’s book “The
Songlines” reveals how Aboriginal people navigate through landscapes: by singing
them. Features important to wayfinding are part of the song. We are learning more
about how closely linked music is to memory, a direct line through time to different
places. Listening, and the very new technology of recording, music supports and
informs our efforts to find our way in the world.
A set of songs composed by Caleb during his expedition will be performed by local all-
star band Central Jersey Safari at the opening reception. A limited edition vinyl
recording, featuring Graves’ watercolor “Clouds” as the album cover art, will be
available for purchase. There is no cover fee for the performance, and donations will be
accepted for the musicians.
DATA_WOLF is the recording name of Andrew Wilkinson, a New Jersey-based
composer, producer, and visual artist working across ambient, drone, and
electroacoustic music for film, television, and screen. Built from analog synthesizers,
drum machines, and field recordings, his work is sample-free, stems-available, and
tailored for sync placement in thriller, true crime, horror atmosphere, sci-fi, and
documentary underscore.
His catalog spans the long-running Drones series alongside standalone releases —
AXIS, Shipwrecker, Beltane, The Holly King, and QWERTY, Was That You? — and
includes an original score for the podcast Folklore, Myths and Legends of Great Britain.
The work draws its connecting thread from composers like Vangelis and Angelo
Badalamenti: isolation, liminality, and suspended time rendered in slow-moving, textural
sound.
Website: https://www.datawolf.net/ | Instagram: @datawolf |
www.youtube.com/@datawolf
youtube.com/@CentralJerseySafari