The Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art gallery is currently exhibiting the work of painter Bruce Marsh in a project 10 years in the making, showcasing the evolution of Marsh’s style and eye. Entitled “Bruce Marsh: Now and Then,” and featuring a collection of landscapes painted over the last 10 years, this exhibit, curated by Mark Ormond, marks the final show organized under the gallery’s namesake and founder.

Ranging from the epic in scale to the pleasantly contained, Marsh’s landscapes reflect a careful contemplation of the world that surrounds, whether it be great billowing clouds, the waters of the Bahia Lakes or the wooded enclave. The careful interplay of light and color is masterful, particularly in Marsh’s detailed meditations on shifting waters. And the brushstrokes, unending and precise, invite the viewer to take a closer look not only at the work, but the world it depicts.

“The meaning I intend lies in the intense looking, which creates the work, and in your experience observing it,” said Marsh in a statement for the show. “I believe, and hope, that the paintings do not become invisible after frequent observation, but continually offer new readings and discoveries.”

Often detailing the verdant beauty of Florida and the stark majesty of Zion, Utah, Marsh’s singular decision to include the urban and suburban abutting the natural environment not only adds a sense of drama, but begs the question of how these two seemingly disparate worlds become one in the modern day.

“He’s an important landscape artist and a wonderful painter,” said Sheila Moore, now operating the Allyn Gallup gallery. “He’s introducing a new reality into the world of landscape painting, a more contemporary reality integrating the decay of the landscape.”

“Bruce Marsh: Now and Then” runs in the Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art gallery until Dec. 31.