Oh, this is realism, all right. It's the type of precise realism that underpins the most fantastic, evocative imagery – portions of our world in all its shadow-riddled glory – and it's seen here in a display of stunning new oil paintings by Tracey Harris, James Andrew Smith, Sara Scribner, and Shane Scribner.

Wally Workman Gallery: Realism

Helmut Barnett, one of the finest abstract artists to ever wield a brush in this city, returns to the elegant Workman Gallery with an exhibition of his most recent paintings. Do we recommend this show? What, are you kidding? Get your lucky ass down there, citizen, it'll make you glad you have eyes and pattern recognition skills.

Wally Workman Gallery: Revelations

The painter Sarah Ferguson's new exhibition is an artistic journey delving into the profound connection between life, death, and the mysteries beyond. Through a harmonious interplay of finespun colors, shifting planes, and symbolic use of gold, her intention is to inspire viewers to delve into the enigmatic realms of existence and contemplate the patterns and milestones that govern our collective journey.

Wally Workman Gallery: Continuum

Malcolm Bucknall’s absurdist surrealism brilliantly muddles Old Masters with tid-bits of cartoons, films, home photography, and many other fascinations to create his anthropomorphic creatures.

Wally Workman Gallery: The Other Thing Is

Malcolm Bucknall’s absurdist surrealism brilliantly muddles Old Masters with tidbits of cartoons, films, home photography, and many other fascinations to create his anthropomorphic creatures.

Sylvia Benitez captures ethereal landscapes in oils on canvas, bringing fields of color to haunt the more urbanized sectors of your mind with a memory of the forests and meadows and riverine tableaux you've encountered in dreams.

Wally Workman Gallery: Nocturnes and Promises

This new show at the excellent Workman gallery is presented in partnership with PrintAustin and showcases the works of Chloe Alexander, an Atlanta-based printmaker who uses various techniques to create multilayered, one-of-a-kind prints and drawings, inspired by the rich, high-contrast illustrations found in illuminated texts, graphic novels, and children’s fairy tales.

Wally Workman Gallery: Chloe Alexander

This is a solo exhibition – an extraordinary solo exhibition, we daresay – by Spanish artist Juan Luís Jardí, who uses a mix of magic realism with influences of Pop Art and surrealism to illustrate the contrast in our lives and the doubts we're faced with as humans.

Wally Workman Gallery: Tiempo Sostenido

As a glasses-wearer, my vision unobstructed by assistive frames reveals a world of shapes – formless, edgeless, but colorful wonders nonetheless. Take a glance at Jen Garrido’s work, and you’ll feel as though your glasses have fallen away, too. The artist’s process, as she puts it, is “a delicate balance of choice and process.” She gravitates toward shapes that “tangle, overlap, sit, lean and lay” as a vessel for personal narratives and internal dialogues. While first looks may reveal only color and texture, Garrido’s paintings invite projection – so project your meanings any Tuesday-Sunday before the show’s April 28 end date. – James Scott

Jen Garrido: Shapes That Listen

Summer seems a natural time for lightness, airiness. There’s a freedom the soul craves. Diana Greenberg’s latest exhibit, on display at Wally Workman, utterly fits those summer vibes. Inspired by nature, her art evokes the breeziness of a hammock in the sun, a picnic in a meadow, the possibilities of a bright sunny day. That’s perfectly complemented by the art’s pastel palette, pearly pinks and hazy yellows adding to the seasonal feeling. Welcome nostalgia and hope of longer days with Greenberg’s impressions of the world around us. – Cat McCarrey