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Jeff Bailey Gallery is pleased to present Michael Berryhill: Shrine Time, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper.

Experiencing a Michael Berryhill painting is like taking a small journey, yet with no beginning or end point. Color, line and pattern move back and forth, up and down. The line of the brush can easily be followed, but may turn back on itself, advancing in a different direction, or trailing off.

Each work evokes a sense of place, and may suggest a stage set, repository or reliquary. Figures seem to lurk among these forms, …