Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening Spaces between, a solo exhibition of paintings and monotypes by Isabel Bigelow. The exhibition opens on Friday, September 5, 2025 with a public reception from 5 – 7 pm and runs through October 24, 2025.

Organized in collaboration with Isabel Bigelow’s family after her passing July 7, 2024, Spaces between exhibits a survey of the artist’s oil on panel paintings made between 1998 and 2017. This span of paintings demonstrates Isabel’s characteristic layered and sensitive surfaces that translate her daily observations into visual meditations. She was known for her attentive process: adding several coats of gesso and delicate layers of thinly applied oil paint that she gently burnished. The result was a smoothly finished painting that vibrates with the hum of nature’s energy. Shadows across the floor, leaves overhead and ripples on a lake surface are abstracted. Isabel’s buzzy surface treatment creates balance, giving equal weight to the foreground’s objects and the spaces between.

Isabel Bigelow’s relationship with Reynolds Gallery spans nearly three decades, beginning with her first solo exhibition in 1997. Spaces between marks her eighth solo presentation with the gallery and stands as a poignant tribute to an artist who shaped both the gallery’s identity and the Richmond arts community. Isabel’s work was not only widely collected, but deeply cherished, and her steadfast commitment to Reynolds Gallery played an instrumental role in the gallery’s success. Her friendship and support were a profound source of pride for Bev Reynolds. We are sincerely grateful to Isabel’s family for their help in organizing this exhibition and entrusting us with the privilege of sharing her legacy. It is an honor to present Spaces between and to once again witness the quiet beauty of the world seen through Isabel’s eyes.