Holly Johnson Gallery will present Geoff Hippenstiel: Murder Ballad, an exhibition of new paintings that exemplify abstraction and the full texture of the medium. Hippenstiel's first solo exhibition in Dallas, his tool of choice is the palette knife supplemented with the unlikely spray gun. He uses diverse materials such as enamel, wax, metallic and fluorescent artist's pigments, as well as industrial paints.  Lavish, viscous, dramatic, and vivid - the paint allows for an illusion of depth while affirming the importance of surface.

Following the opening reception, the exhibition will continue through May 10.