CMAY Gallery
Donnie Molls - Sketches: Life in Landscape
Dark Shadows - Kacherian, Bifulco, Williams, Ajami, Geary
On view till May 30
Senon Williams explains his unique framing process and the meaning behind using reclaimed materials in his work.
“When I see an old craftsman or California bungalow being demolished, I’ll stop and pick up pieces of old redwood… I feel like wood kind of holds memories of its time.”
Using salvaged wood gathered from across Los Angeles, Williams hand-builds frames from materials sourced from demolished homes and aging architecture throughout the city. The century-old redwood, marked by time, texture, and wear, becomes an extension of the work itself, carrying traces of place, memory, and lived experience.
DARK SHADOWS on view through May 30.

Donnie Molls - Sketches: Life in Landscape
Welcome To America, 2026
Mixed Media oil on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
On view till May 30

Donnie Molls - Sketches: Life in Landscape
Welcome To America, 2026
Mixed Media oil on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
On view till May 30
Sara Ajami reflects on memory, perception, and the emotional residue carried within everyday objects.
“I’m really interested in how we imprint on certain objects and how those objects imprint back on us… when you render them differently than what they look like, new emotions come through.”
Working from stills captured from video, Ajami selects fleeting frames and transforms them through painting into saturated, atmospheric compositions that shift the familiar into something psychologically charged. Influenced by film noir and Lynchian aesthetics, mundane objects become vessels for nostalgia, absence, intimacy, and suspended emotion.
DARK SHADOWS on view through May 30.

DARK SHADOWS
John Geary
Three Negative Sheep, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
70.5 x 59 in / 179.07 x 149.86 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
John Geary
Three Negative Sheep, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
70.5 x 59 in / 179.07 x 149.86 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
John Geary
Three Negative Sheep, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
70.5 x 59 in / 179.07 x 149.86 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
John Geary
Three Negative Sheep, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
70.5 x 59 in / 179.07 x 149.86 cm
On view till May 30

Please join us at CMAY Gallery for a closing event for
Donnie Molls: Sketches - Life in Landscape and DARK SHADOWS.
We will also be hosting a book signing for the limited edition catalogue for Donnie Molls - Sketches: Life in Landscape.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
3 – 5pm
5828 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Sketches: Life in Landscape, the second solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based artist Donnie Molls at CMAY Gallery.
The exhibition introduces a new body of mixed-media works on paper that the artist refers to as intimate, immediate studies of the California landscape drawn from his ongoing travels.
Working from archived photographic images captured across the varied terrains of California, Molls employs a range of transfer processes to translate these moments onto paper. More spontaneous and direct than his larger works, these sketches function as both independent artworks and a parallel record of the artist’s process.
On view till May 30
Ed Norwood presents two exhibitions currently on view at CMAY gallery: a solo exhibition by Donnie Molls titled “Sketches: Life in Landscape” and the group exhibition “Dark Shadows”, curated by Carl Berg, featuring works by John Geary, Gegam Kacherian, Senon Williams, Sara Ajami, and Francesca Bifulco.
The exhibitions run through May 30th.
CMAY Gallery is located at 5828 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles.
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Donnie Molls – Sketches: Life in Landscape
Rock Wall 2, 2026
Mixed Media acrylic on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
Rock Wall 1, 2026
Mixed Media oil on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
Artist on process:
“The line was a mistake, you know. Mistakes happen, and you leave them in. Then things become part of the piece; then it becomes the main part of the piece, like this simple mistake. When you leave things in, you try not to take them out as much.
So I’m trying to refrain from overdoing, over-painting, over-erasing, and leaving all the defects and flaws in, and then creating more defects and moments.” - Donnie Molls
On view till May 30

Donnie Molls – Sketches: Life in Landscape
Rock Wall 2, 2026
Mixed Media acrylic on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
Rock Wall 1, 2026
Mixed Media oil on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
Artist on process:
“The line was a mistake, you know. Mistakes happen, and you leave them in. Then things become part of the piece; then it becomes the main part of the piece, like this simple mistake. When you leave things in, you try not to take them out as much.
So I’m trying to refrain from overdoing, over-painting, over-erasing, and leaving all the defects and flaws in, and then creating more defects and moments.” - Donnie Molls
On view till May 30

Donnie Molls – Sketches: Life in Landscape
Rock Wall 2, 2026
Mixed Media acrylic on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
Rock Wall 1, 2026
Mixed Media oil on paper
19 x 16 in / 48.26 x 40.64 cm
Framed: 20.75 x 16.62 in / 52.7 x 42.2 cm
Artist on process:
“The line was a mistake, you know. Mistakes happen, and you leave them in. Then things become part of the piece; then it becomes the main part of the piece, like this simple mistake. When you leave things in, you try not to take them out as much.
So I’m trying to refrain from overdoing, over-painting, over-erasing, and leaving all the defects and flaws in, and then creating more defects and moments.” - Donnie Molls
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Gegam Kacherian
Water Wall, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Witness, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Seekers and Observers, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Gegam Kacherian
Water Wall, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Witness, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Seekers and Observers, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Gegam Kacherian
Water Wall, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Witness, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Seekers and Observers, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Gegam Kacherian
Water Wall, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Witness, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
Seekers and Observers, 2018
Acrylic and UV coated ink on Mylar
25 x 25 in / 63.5 x 63.5 cm
On view till May 30
Donnie Molls reflects on process, layering, and working from image to surface.
“The study is more about the process… this process I’m doing compared to my old process where I lay it down and then I go ahead and paint around it. I take out things. This is more painting beforehand and then laying on top of it.”
Molls’ Sketches: Life in Landscape introduces a new body of mixed-media works on paper drawn from photographic images captured across California’s varied terrains. Using transfer processes, he translates these moments onto paper, embracing fragmentation, texture, and immediacy.
Sketches: Life in Landscape on view through May 30.
DARK SHADOWS
Francesca Bifulco
We Are Water, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel set in burned wood artist frame
46 x 50 x 1 in / 116.82 x 127 x 2.54 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Francesca Bifulco
We Are Water, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel set in burned wood artist frame
46 x 50 x 1 in / 116.82 x 127 x 2.54 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Francesca Bifulco
We Are Water, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel set in burned wood artist frame
46 x 50 x 1 in / 116.82 x 127 x 2.54 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Senon Williams
Wicked Twist, 2024
Flashe and acrylic on canvas
24 x 16 x 1.25 in / 60.96 x 40.64 x 3.18 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Senon Williams
Wicked Twist, 2024
Flashe and acrylic on canvas
24 x 16 x 1.25 in / 60.96 x 40.64 x 3.18 cm
On view till May 30

DARK SHADOWS
Senon Williams
Wicked Twist, 2024
Flashe and acrylic on canvas
24 x 16 x 1.25 in / 60.96 x 40.64 x 3.18 cm
On view till May 30
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