Tracey St.Peter, All My Monkeys Are Cats
Schedule
Fri Mar 20 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
2305 E Broad St, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23223 | Richmond, VA
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Eric Schindler Gallery presents new paintings by Tracey St.Peter, "All My Monkeys Are Cats." Opening Reception, Friday, March 20th, 7-9pm. Exhibition runs through April 18th.Artist Statement:
Art is my purpose. I approach painting as a form of spiritual alchemy — an immersion into a liminal, dreamlike state where ego softens and something deeper can emerge. Through this process, I seek to bring forward love, beauty, and hope. I believe in the arts as an essential service to humanity, and this work is my offering.
This series (2024–2026) began with a question: What happens when predictable systems descend into chaos? I imagined wallpaper — a symbol of order, repetition, and domestic stability — losing its pattern as it becomes overtaken by disruptive forces. Mice emerged as central figures: omens, survivors, prey, escapees seeking freedom. They embody both vulnerability and persistence.
At the same time, I took six feral cats into my home — refugees and predators negotiating domestication. Their presence informed the emotional undercurrent of the work. My daily rituals — walking my dog at sunrise, tending my garden, caring for these animals — ground the paintings in lived experience. The domestic space becomes a site where order and instinct coexist in tension.
While my earlier work emphasized balance and symmetry, this body of paintings embraces instability. Patterns tangle and fracture. Compositions shift off-center. Harmony gives way to movement and disruption.
This is my first all-painting exhibition since 2007. Returning to the medium required humility and relearning. In that process, I rediscovered a more instinctual relationship to paint — like a feral artist reacquainting herself with her material.
"All My Monkeys Are Cats" is a meditation on chaos, care, survival, and the fragile structures we inhabit.
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