Maryann Steinert-Foley & Diane Williams: The Realm of Possibility
2025-12-12 - 2026-02-01 | Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, Davis, CA, 95616, United States
Maryann Steinert-Foley & Diane Williams: The Realm of Possibility
Exhibit: December 12, 2025 – February 1, 2026
Reception: Friday, December 12, 6-9 PM (free)
In The Realm of Possibility, artists Diane Williams and Maryann Steinert-Foley explore the persistence, generosity, and unseen forces that sustain both nature and humanity. Williams’ layered mixed-media paintings incorporate roots, branches, and floral subjects. She builds and excavates her surfaces with paints, oil sticks, ink, pencil and collage, revealing traces like memory. Steinert-Foley’s sculptures give tactile, three-dimensional form to themes fundamental to the human endeavor. Her figurative works address the tension between religion and procreation, while her Boats (Vessels) carry people, goods, and culture across time and space.
A Conversation with the Artists
Saturday, January 10, 2-3:30 PM
$10 (Free for Students & Members)
Join us for a fun and stimulating talk with artists Diane Williams and Maryann Steinert-Foley, whose exhibit The Realm of Possibility is currently on display at the Pence. Director Natalie Nelson will facilitate the conversation on their respective processes, layers of meaning in the work, and the balance between art and life.
This exhibit is sponsored by Nancy Roe.
Images: Maryann Steinert-Foley, “My Choice Not Yours No. 3” (left); Diane Williams, “Drifting Sirens” (right)
