Field Guide to North American Happiness: Paintings by Francis Zaander - Opening Night

Field Guide to North American Happiness: Paintings by Francis Zaander

Opening Reception: Friday, February 18, from 6-9PM
On view through April 9, 2022, gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 12 - 5PM

A landscape painter, artist Francis Zaander finds intrinsic connections between the natural and the man-made in paintings that combine a specificity of place with larger themes of belonging, spirituality, and reflection on where home is. His recent work follows a personal exploration of the American landscape, from the Midwest to the West Coast and back. His first solo-exhibition in Chicago, “Field Guide to North American Happiness” includes a selection of 25 paintings on paper and panel, many created on site in the Olympic Peninsula between 2018 and 2021. An opening reception will take place on Friday, February 18, from 6-9 P.M. The exhibition will be on view through April 9, 2022.



“Strait of Juan de Fuca, WA,” 36 x 72in., watercolor on paper - © Francis Zaander