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Galaray House Galaray House is an innovative and dynamic art gallery in the heart of Lexington, Massachusetts. Within the gallery is a modern espresso bar creating an

Our gallery is designed to bring art, culture, and community together in a fresh and approachable way.

Gretchen Warsen finds inspiration in the everyday things most of us don’t think twice about. A flower, a color combinati...
10/14/2026

Gretchen Warsen finds inspiration in the everyday things most of us don’t think twice about. A flower, a color combination, a shape in nature. In her hands, those small observations become something much more abstract.

What we love about her work is the balance between instinct and intention. Her paintings feel loose and spontaneous, but there’s a lot of thought in how the colors, lines, and layers come together. She builds up the surface, paints over earlier marks, and lets some things emerge while others disappear.

You might recognize a landscape or a botanical form, but nothing is spelled out. The paintings leave room for your own associations, and they tend to reveal more the longer you spend with them.

It’s a body of work that feels fresh, expressive, and full of life, without taking itself too seriously.

Explore Gretchen Warsen’s available work at Galaray House. Send us a DM and we’ll help you find the piece that speaks to you.

There is a moment, just before the day fully begins, when the world seems to be waking up around you.“Like the First Bir...
10/13/2026

There is a moment, just before the day fully begins, when the world seems to be waking up around you.

“Like the First Bird” by Gretchen Warsen captures the feeling of a landscape coming alive. In this painting we get a sensation of being outdoors when color, light, movement, foliage, and the suggestion of wildlife all seem to occupy the same moment.

Across a six-foot-wide canvas aqua, sage, yellow, and pink mingle with expressive lines and gestural marks. Branchlike forms and flashes of deeper blue and green hint at birds, foliage, and the shifting rhythms of the natural world without ever settling into a literal landscape.

Gretchen builds her paintings through layers, allowing new colors and forms to emerge while traces of earlier gestures remain. The result is a work that feels spontaneous yet carefully balanced, familiar yet open to interpretation.

That’s what we love about this painting. It doesn’t tell you exactly what to see. It gives you room to find your own meaning in it.

And in a home, that’s what makes a piece worth living with. Not just how it looks on your wall, but how it continues to reveal itself to you.

The title offers a gentle invitation to consider beginnings, movement, and the small moments that make us notice the world anew. Look from across the room and the painting unfolds as a sweeping field of color. Step closer and the individual marks begin to reveal their own unexpected character.

Like the First Bird brings a sense of openness, energy, and discovery to a space.

Could you see this one in your home?

10/12/2026

Life has a way of interrupting the plans we thought we had.

Paula Borsetti’s “We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Broadcast” began with a phone call carrying frightening news about a friend’s seriously ill son. She started painting from a place of worry and uncertainty. But as the family found hope and a new way forward, the painting changed, too.

A swan emerged, bringing a sense of grace, peace, and possibility. What began in darkness became something unexpectedly joyful.

We love that Paula Edwards Borsetti didn’t simply capture a moment in this painting. She captured a turning point and an ecosystem of emotion.

Because sometimes life doesn’t go back to the way it was before. We find a different way forward, a new perspective, a new meaning.

The story isn’t over. It’s just changing a bit.

The art we choose to live with can hold meaning long after the first impression. If this piece resonates with you, we’d love to help you experience it in person at Galaray House in Boston.

Paula Borsetti doesn’t seem interested in making a painting behave.Her work is full of interruptions, buried marks, unex...
10/10/2026

Paula Borsetti doesn’t seem interested in making a painting behave.

Her work is full of interruptions, buried marks, unexpected color, and shapes that almost become something recognizable before slipping away again. Look longer, and the layers start to reveal a kind of order. Not neat or predictable, but deeply human.

That’s part of what makes Paula’s work so compelling. She builds, scrapes, sands, draws, and paints her way through the canvas, allowing the process itself to become a record of experience.

Her “Fear of Flying” series came out of personal loss and the barriers that can keep us from moving forward. Rather than hide the struggle, Paula Edwards Borsetti lets it live on the surface. The result is work that holds tension and hope in the same frame.

In “Soar”, that tension begins to lift.

Considering a piece for your collection? Come see Paula Borsetti’s “Fear of Flying – Soar” in person at Galaray House in Boston’s SoWa Arts District. Sometimes, the work that stays with you long after you’ve left the gallery is the one worth bringing home.

DM us for details.

A love song, with no lyrics. 💚Paula Borsetti’s “Love Song” is a tangle of color, shapes, and marks that somehow feels bo...
10/09/2026

A love song, with no lyrics. 💚

Paula Borsetti’s “Love Song” is a tangle of color, shapes, and marks that somehow feels both playful and completely at ease. Look a little longer and you’ll find something new. A flower, a figure, a bit of lettering, a shape you can’t quite name.

It’s the kind of painting that doesn’t need to match the furniture to earn its place on the wall.

Come see Love Song at Galaray House in Boston’s SoWa Arts District.

Would you live with this one?

How Second Studio works.Apply. Get matched. Show up. Follow through.That’s it.1. ApplyIt takes less than 10 minutes. We ...
10/07/2026

How Second Studio works.

Apply. Get matched. Show up. Follow through.

That’s it.

1. Apply
It takes less than 10 minutes. We read every application and respond within two weeks.

2. Get matched
We’ll place you in a small cohort of artists at a similar stage in their careers.

3. Meet monthly
For 90 minutes, you’ll check in on your commitments, work through real challenges, and leave with a clear plan for what’s next.

4. Do the work
Not just in the studio, but around it. The emails. The outreach. The applications. The website updates. The things that move a career forward but are easy to put off.

The difference is that you’re no longer doing it alone.

Your cohort knows what you’re working toward. They’ll celebrate your progress, challenge your excuses, and help keep you accountable to the goals you set.

Because careers aren’t built in a single breakthrough moment.

They’re built one commitment at a time.

Apply through the link in our bio.

Our differences are exactly why we work so well together. And the two things we always agree on? Our love of art and Cap...
10/06/2026

Our differences are exactly why we work so well together. And the two things we always agree on? Our love of art and Capri Italian Steakhouse.

Artists spend years learning how to make great work.Very few are taught how to build a sustainable career around it.That...
10/05/2026

Artists spend years learning how to make great work.

Very few are taught how to build a sustainable career around it.

That’s why the team behind Galaray House created Second Studio.

A community for artists who want more than inspiration. A place to learn from working artists, ask better questions, share opportunities, get honest feedback, and build meaningful connections with people who understand the challenges of making a living from your work.

Inside Second Studio, you’ll find live conversations, workshops, resources, accountability, and a growing network of artists committed to moving their careers forward.

No gatekeeping.
No algorithms.
No pretending to have it all figured out.

Just artists helping artists navigate the business side of being an artist.

If you’re serious about growing your practice, we’d love to have you with us.

Join the waitlist at joinsecondstudio.com, first sessions start November 1. Follow along Second Studio.

09/29/2026

What if art could hold onto the things we never want to lose?

Brittney Carbone’s work explores memory, place, and permanence.

From aerial views of beloved coastlines and hometowns to preserved botanicals and richly layered mixed-media works, each piece begins with something deeply personal. A place that shaped you. A moment worth remembering. A story worth carrying forward.

Her body of work asks a timeless question. What remains after everything else fades? Through layers of casting compound, dried flowers, moss, pigments, and epoxy, Brittney creates works that feel both ancient and contemporary, intimate and universal.

Whether it’s a meaningful location, a treasured memory, or a connection that endures across time, her work transforms the personal into something lasting.

Explore available works and commissions at Galaray House.

09/28/2026

We recently worked with Brittney Carbone and a collector to create a piece inspired by the colors, movement, and memories of the ocean.

Built layer by layer in resin, the finished work captures something a photograph never could. That feeling of being there experiencing the waves.

That’s what makes commissioned artwork so special.

It’s personal. It’s collaborative. And no one else in the world will know the piece quite like you.

PS- Warm Waves I is still available.

DM us to learn more about commissions or to purchase Warm Waves I.

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450 Harrison Avenue #37/39
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02118

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Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm
Friday 8am - 3pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm
Sunday 8am - 3pm

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