

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Apophenia : A retrospective of Wesley Walker
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us at Ghost Gallery for a special retrospective show of the work of Wesley Walker with supporting art by Keith Allen and Arthur Evans.

Wesley Baine Walker was born in Lewisburg on March 29, 1936. He began drawing when he was five. At the age of thirteen, he was selected for admission to the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts where he studied art history and technique under the tutelage of renowned visual artist (and Morgantown native) Grace Martin Taylor. As he gravitated toward painting as his preferred form, Wesley’s work matured to reflect his fascination with the transformative process of imaginative exploration and revelation. Drawing inspiration from the work of Matta and the Spanish surrealists, his aesthetic sensibility also embedded the formative influence of Chesley Bonestell’s fantasy landscapes and the visionary universe of Walt Disney. In 1957 Wesley topped the rankings in the annual Allied Artists juried exhibition, initiating his association with another distinguished West Virginia artist and educator, Lucina Mabel Keane, under whose guidance he furthered his study of art and music during his undergraduate program at Morris Harvey College (now the University of Charleston). Opting to matriculate at West Virginia University, Wesley obtained a Master’s degree in Music History.

Throughout his subsequent career as an educator specializing in the needs of exceptional students, Wesley cultivated an expansive appreciation of the arts. He refined his technique as a classical pianist, deferentially learning from the masters. He studied the literary canon, but with an abiding appreciation for the avant garde. He mentored his students, and learned from their experience. And he continued to paint. 

Although Wesley Walker’s distinctive canvases (and occasional sculptures) have been displayed and sold at gallery events now long forgotten, the present exhibition – Apophenia – is the first showcase devoted primarily to his body of work as a visual artist. The term “apophenia” refers to the human tendency to discern patterns and connections in ostensibly random visual stimuli. The first example is always clouds.     
   
Years into retirement and now approaching his 90th birthday, Wesley currently lives in Mink Shoals where he reads voraciously and still practices at his concert grand Steinway. He has blockbuster dreams that he’ll tell you about when you visit. 

There’s your lesson. Now, have a good time.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/charleston/apophenia-a-retrospective-of-wesley-walker/200029516960615
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, music, exhibitions, entertainment, concerts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 57

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Charleston
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1599 Washington street East, Charleston wv 25311
- **lat**: 38.34054
- **long**: -81.61699
- **full address**: 1599 Washington street East, Charleston wv 25311, 1599 Washington St E, Charleston, WV 25311-2500, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
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