Second Street Gallery is pleased to present Summer’s Cauldron, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Aaron Eichorst, on view in the Dové Gallery from June 3 - July 23, 2022.

Browse available work from the exhibition through our online store HERE.

Watch our recent artist talk with Aaron Eichorst on IGTV HERE.

Aaron Eichorst’s Summer’s Cauldron reveals the surprising results of his inimitable aesthetic. Capturing extraordinary creatures, flourishing flora, and engaging figures who inhabit a vivid world, Eichorst masterfully reflects on the experiences of basking in nature's most fiery season while praising its innate, captivating charm. Spellbound by nature’s beauty, the artist seeks to convey a feeling of wonder and awe for its intricacies—the iridescent feathers of a tree swallow, the bold patterns of a butterfly wing, a rhododendron in full bloom. 

Aaron Eichorst is a Charlottesville-based painter creating complex compositions inspired by the ornamental style known as Grotesque. Originally from central Illinois, Eichorst moved to Virginia in 1990 to attend Eastern Mennonite University. Eichorst’s experience includes working at the non-profit art gallery, Washington Project for the Arts, and People for the American Way’s arts advocacy project in our national capital. In 1998, Eichorst moved to Charlottesville, VA and began teaching Art in the public schools. He is an associate member of McGuffey Art Center as well as a former board member of Second Street Gallery. Eichorst currently serves the Charlottesville City School division as Coordinator of Fine & Performing Arts, which includes administering the Reflections Regional Summer Governor’s School program. Eichorst is an avid gardener (mostly natives) and lives in Belmont with his husband of 29 years. His unique artworks are focused on honing his skills, pushing personal or symbolic ideas, and balancing color and form.