Petite Paintings
Jo Gamel
May 1 - May 29, 2026
3 × 3 inch original oil paintings, each one tucked into a vivid yellow cake box, functioning as both a frame and a gift. Glossy, contained, and ready to be kept, collected, or gifted from heart to heart.
Made one per day over 100 days, these are glimmers of pleasure translated into paint, fleeting winks from the universe at an intimate scale. Each box carries its own petite world.
Collect one for yourself. Pick one up for someone else.
Start a set. Create a wall.
A little luxury with no occasion required.
Opening First Friday May 1st at the Jane Gallery in the annex gallery
Featured Artist
Jo Gamel
Jo Gamel lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned her BFA with high honors from Moore College of Art & Design, where she received the Emerging Leaders In The Arts scholarship and the Excellence in Painting Award, which fully funded her study abroad of Eastern Baroque architecture in St. Petersburg, Russia. Gamel has also received several honors, including the Women in Art Excellence Award from Artio Gallery in London, and First Place and Best in Show at the Art Is Cool contest. Gamel has exhibited her work internationally at institutions such as the Louvre (Paris, during Paris+ Art Basel), Chelsea Old Town Hall (London, during London Art Week), the European Museum of Modern Art (Barcelona), and twice at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens museum. She is an alumnus of the residency program Governor’s School of the Arts. Her work is held in private collections in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Ankara, Stockholm, and Gothenburg, and has been featured in Create! Magazine, Killer Magazine, and a full-color front page feature in the Salem Sunbeam newspaper.