Field Notes
Linda Ellinwood and Joy Every
May 28th through July 3rd
Opening Reception
Saturday, May 30th, 1-4 pm
Artists Panel and short story reading with author, Joanne Furio
Saturday, June 13th , 2pm
Gearbox Gallery is pleased to present Field Notes, an exhibition of new work by Oakland-based artists, sculptor Linda Ellinwood and mixed-media artist Joy Every on view from May28 through July3, 2026. The title Field Notes reflects Ellinwood and Every’s approach to art making: attentive, provisional, and deeply rooted in looking. Like notes taken in the field, the works operate as records of experience other than conclusions. Familiar forms dissolve into abstraction as images are altered by time, perception, and the artists’ hands allowing space for ambiguity and personal reflection.
The Brothers 39”x15”x14” palm pods on found wood base
Linda Ellinwood
Ellinwood’s sculptures are created completely from found natural materials. Each one is unexpected, yet simple and evocative. It is evident that she has been working with these materials for many years, developing a vocabulary ,building up a library of materials, landscapes from which to cull; a lifetime of looking, noticing and delighting in natural forms. Ellinwood’s creations are elegant in their simplicity yet manage to elicit an emotional response: delight, humor, contemplation, disinterest. She has exhibited nationally, her work is included incollections throughout the United States. She lives and works in Oakland.
What’s Happening (2025) 30”x24” mixed media on paper
Joy Every
Joy Every presents a series of photography-based mixed media works that emerge from direct observation of the natural world. Beginning with photographic impressions of landscape, light, and atmosphere, her process unfolds through intuitive layering, abstraction, and mark making. These works do not document place, but instead trace what lingers in the space between representation and memory, where landscapes become internalized and reimagined. Through subtle shifts in color, texture, and light ,the work evokes horizons, skies, and terrain that feel at once recognizable and elusive—shaped as much by feeling as by geography.
“Joy Every’s latest mixed media works on paper continue her exploration of the natural world through an intimate, tactile lens. Embroidery introduces a measured, meditative pace, where each stitch becomes an act of reverence. The works feel simultaneously fragile and immersive, inviting a closer exploration.”-Lori Austin,Owner/Curator of Lori Austin Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
Joy Every has exhibited nationally, and internationally. Her work is included in public and private collections across the United States. including the Security and Exchange Commission and Embassy of Peru. She lives and works in Oakland ,California.
JOANNE FURIO
SATURDAY JUNE 13th 2pm
Reading by author Joanne Furio of her short story “The Tree”, then Joanne will interview artists Joy Every and Linda Ellinwood about their work and the exhibit
Joanne Furio is a writer of creative nonfiction, an award-winning journalist and a writing teacher. Her personal essays, author interviews and flash have been published in Believer, Catapult, Craft Literary, Juked, Panoply, Open: Journal of Arts and Letters and the Cumberland River Review, among other publications. At Berkeleyside, she covers books and writes feature stories. She was a contributing writer at San Francisco magazine for a decade and has written regularly forThe New York Times, Ms., New York magazine and Dwell. Joanne teaches writing through the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and Poets & Writers. She received an MFA in creative writing in 2016 from Saint Mary's College of California and is a member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto.
Take Me to the River 24"x30" mixed media on paper
Desert Sunset 22.25" x 24.5" mixed media on paper
Fractured Light 12"x9" mixed media on canvas
Milkweed 30"x 24" mixed media on paper
Spring Fever 30"x 24" mixed media on paper
Guardian, 20.5"x 10"x6" palm pod on found wood
Homage 17.5"x13"x14" palm fronds and driftwood
Release 38.5"x45"x18" driftwood and kelp
The Brothers 39"x15"x14" palm fronds and found wood base