ART WORKS

ART WORKS brings together an exceptional group of artists, including Pat McClelland, Jean Koeller, Scott Gibbs, Jeremy Long, Kevin Harris, Denise Geier, Tracy Longley-Cook, and David Leach. Each artist contributes a distinct creative voice, offering a rich variety of artistic perspectives, techniques, and expressions. Together, their work reflects the diversity and vitality of contemporary art while demonstrating the power of thoughtful curation to create meaningful connections between artists, artwork, and audiences. This exhibition celebrates their individual talents while highlighting the Dana L. Wiley Gallery’s commitment to presenting compelling artwork and connecting collectors with art that inspires, engages, and enriches their environments.

DENISE GEIER

Denise Geier is a visual artist from the Dayton area.  She graduated in 2022 from Wright State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude.  Though she likes to explore a variety of mediums and techniques, her focus is oil painting. Denise has been a part of the Dana L. Wiley Gallery for several years.  She has participated in the Art Matters, Group Exhibition in 2025, the Gateway Arts Council Spring Fling 2025, and received an Honorable mention at the Wassenberg Art Center June show 2025. She is currently working full time in her studio.

SCOTT GIBBS

A master painter and a Dayton, Ohio native, Scott Gibbs has been creating his works for many years. Scott is known for his “word” paintings in which he writes words all over the piece and works with paints until the words are no longer recognizable. These days, Scott has moved on to rely less on the linear quality of the letters, but in the forms of the negative spaces. Though the paintings look nothing like the earlier work, the initial concept is the foundation of all works.

KEVIN HARRIS

Kevin Harris is an Ohio based artist whose work combines drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and collage. Kevin is professor at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio and a graduate of Hampton University and the University of Cincinnati.

JEAN KOELLER

Jean is a native Ohioan and has spent most of her adult life working as a painter. Jean did her undergraduate in painting at Wright State University here in Ohio and her MFA in painting at Parsons School of Art and Design in New York City. Jean studied with Leland Bell, Paul Resika, and John Heliker. Jean also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture where she was most influenced by Milton Resnick.

DAVID LEACH

David Leach was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1946.  He received a B.A. from Bucknell University, and an M.F.A. from Ohio University.  He is an Emeritus Professor at Wright State University, having taught studio art there – primarily printmaking and drawing – from 1973 to 2003.  He served as Chair of the Department of Art and Art History from 1985 to 1989.  His drawings have been published in conjunction with poetry and prose on numerous occasions, including Wanderers and Other Poems by Gary Pacernick (Prasada Press, 1985.)  His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the Beinicke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, the Dayton Art Institute and the Cincinnati Museum of Art, among several other public and private collections. 

JEREMY LONG

Jeremy Long born 1971 in Chicago IL is an American painter. He studied with a number of leading American painters, including Gabriel Laderman, Stanley Lewis and Wilbur Niewald at The Kanas City Art Institute. Long made his first trip overseas in 1996 to paint from the landscape in Rome Italy for six months. After returning to the U.S. he was accepted into the Painting program at American University in Washington D.C. where he earned his MFA working closely with Stanley Lewis and visiting artist Glenn Goldberg. He has taught at Knox College, Ithaca College, Assumption College, The School of Art at Chautauqua Institution, and is currently an Associate Professor at Wright State University in Dayton OH. Long has exhibited widely throughout the U.S. and is a member of the Bowery Gallery in NYC.

TRACY LONGLEY-COOK

Tracy Longley-Cook is an Associate Professor of Photography at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.  Her interests as a visual artist, educator and curator are strongly influenced by themes relating to transformation, memory and perception, and place. Through the use of mixed media along with experimental and traditional techniques, Tracy incorporates a variety of working methods into her photography, prints and books. She has exhibited her work internationally, and some publications include The Book of Alternative Processes by Christopher James, and The Elements of Photography by Angela Faris-Belt. Curatorial projects include Emmet Gowin and his Contemporaries at the Dayton Art Institute, and The Fixed Shadow: Cameraless Images at the Wright State University Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries.

PAT MCCLELLAND