Qualia Contemporary Art is pleased to present Inland Current, a solo exhibition by realist landscape painter Neil Griess. The show features acrylic, gouache, and pastel paintings derived from Griess’s home state of Nebraska, with an emphasis on the interaction between the natural world and the built environment. His pieces attend closely to oft-overlooked subject matter, such as stray grasses along a suburban creek or the raised lettering on a car. By dialing into — and lightly distorting — the visual information we see in our day-to-day lives, Griess re-contextualizes it into something beautiful, strange, and deeply precious. This catalog details certain locations in Omaha, Nebraska that inspire artist Neil Griess.
