The Envision Arts Gallery would like congratulate Nancy Tilson-Mallett and Denae Adwell on the success of their recent exhibitions.

Please join us on March 29th from 4-7PM to celebrate the closings of Art & Science Intertwined: A Physician/Artist’s Visual Journey and Dancing Colors.

Enjoy light refreshments, art activities, and meet Nancy Tilson-Mallett, the artist behind Art & Science Intertwined.

Art & Science Intertwined: A Physician/Artist’s Visual Journey

As a retired academic physician, Nancy Tilson-Mallett brings her expertise in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care into her vibrant artwork, which predominantly features silk paintings or complex cloth adorned with embroidery, felting, and beading.
At the heart of this exhibition is her personal encounter with glaucoma, diagnosed at age 45. Fascinated by the technical images of her retina and optic nerve, she translates these diagnostic studies into a series of unique and visually stunning interpretations on canvas. The exhibition showcases her deep connection with the microscopic and biological aspects revealed in medical imagery.

Her use of diverse techniques, such as embroidery and beading, adds a tactile dimension to her artwork, inviting viewers to engage with the intricate details of her creative process. Art & Science Intertwined: A Physician/Artist’s Visual Journey is an invitation to witness the harmonious convergence of medicine and art, challenging traditional boundaries.

Dancing Colors

Denae Adwell was raised in Valley Center, Kansas where she graduated from Valley Center High School in 2019. After graduation, Denae attended the Dunlap Transition Campus @ Chisholm, a school designed to help differently abled students transition from high school to young adulthood.

As a young girl, Denae was diagnosed with having a brain tumor, leading to aggressive treatments at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri. The treatment ultimately caused a rare form of visual impairment, leaving her with double vision and no depth perception. Denae joined Envision Arts 12 years ago where she continues to grow and thrive as an artist.

Dancing Colors features a collection of vibrantly painted canvases and ceramic house-like forms that explore the intricate relationships between colors, materials, textures, and of course, play. Using a variety of tools and techniques, Denae captures the essence of experimental expression in all its visual and tactile beauty. Each painting conversing with its neighbor in a seemingly choreographed dance of bending and overlapping arcs of color that will delight the senses and inspire the audience to move and explore her world through each work of art.

Denae is now 22 years old and has had her work featured in the Aloft Hotel of Northeast Wichita and City Arts. Denae’s most significant exhibit was her tactile replica of, I AM A MAN by Hank Willis Thomas. Using tactile materials such as black velvet and tactile glittered paper that were cut on the Cricut machine and adhered to white boards. The work was made in collaboration with the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University as part of the award-winning community project, Ulrich + Artist + You Billboard Project and featured in Tactile Replications at Mark Arts in Wichita, Kansas.

Final Friday, March 29th
4:00 - 7:00 PM
801 E. Douglas Ave, Suite 106
Wichita, Kansas 67202