Piper J Gallery

Piper J Gallery We are a contemporary fine art gallery featuring original works by several of the premiere artists of the region.

This is also the working art studio of Piper Johnson.

Now open: Michael Kessler · UNDERSTORYSome paintings you take in from across the room. These you have to walk up to.Each...
07/04/2026

Now open: Michael Kessler · UNDERSTORY

Some paintings you take in from across the room. These you have to walk up to.

Each panel holds close to a hundred translucent layers of paper and acrylic — bark, light, the quiet of the forest floor, built up until the surface seems to hold its own weather. The longer you stand with one, the more of it surfaces.

On view through July 19 at Piper J Gallery in Truckee. Come spend some time with the work — we would love to walk you through Michael’s process.

10250 Donner Pass Road · Truckee, CA

03/16/2026

Here’s a glimpse of our featured artist 🩷
Originally from the mountains of Spain, she has spent years living and working in the Truckee–Tahoe area while documenting the lives of migrant women and service workers who are often invisible within tourist communities. Pt 2 coming soon✨

Tomorrow at Piper J Gallery we open Space Odyssey — a powerful new exhibition by internationally exhibited artist Paola ...
03/06/2026

Tomorrow at Piper J Gallery we open Space Odyssey — a powerful new exhibition by internationally exhibited artist Paola Bragado.

Lake Tahoe is often seen as pristine. Vast. Untouched.
But every landscape holds more than what is visible.

In Space Odyssey, Bragado explores migration, labor, belonging, and visibility within contemporary landscapes. For this body of work, she hand-sewed traditional Mexican garments and photographed migrant subjects wearing them while performing leisure activities rarely accessible to them — skiing, golfing, and standing within the iconic alpine terrain of Tahoe.

Each work exists between photography and textile. On the reverse side, intricate embroidery pierces through the image, revealing hidden narratives and histories — making visible what is often unseen.

These works will hang suspended in the gallery, allowing viewers to experience both sides of the story.

Join us tomorrow for the opening reception and artist talk.

Artist Reception
Saturday, March 7 | 4–7PM
During Truckee Art Walk

Artist Talk at 5PM

This timely exhibition invites reflection, conversation, and deeper looking. We hope you’ll join us.

📍 Piper J Gallery | Truckee, CA

02/27/2026

✨ Just in — art by ✨

The movement in these forms is unreal — soft, flowing lines that feel both earthy and refined at the same time.
If you love collecting pieces that feel intentional and totally unique, these are worth seeing.

02/07/2026

Tonight at Piper J Gallery ✨

We’re honored to present Susan Watson’s exhibition “After the Storm” — a deeply personal and powerful new collection born from resilience, reflection, and looking within.

Susan describes her work as non-objective — not abstracting something seen, but creating from a feeling, a memory, a moment, even music. These paintings come from the inside out… and you feel that the second you stand in front of them.

Join us today from 4–7pm during the Truckee Art Walk
🗣 Artist Talk at 5pm
📍 Piper J Gallery

Come meet Susan, hear about her journey and process, and experience this moving new body of work in person. There’s something incredibly special about hearing the story directly from the artist.

Art as healing. Art as humanity. Art after the storm.

02/04/2026

After the Storm 🤍
New works by Susan Watson
On view February 5 – March 5 at Piper J Gallery

This collection is deeply personal.

After a year of walking alongside her husband through cancer treatments… after life kept handing her lemons… Susan returned to the studio and created work that feels stronger, more grounded, and more powerful than ever.

She calls her paintings non-objective — not abstract — because she isn’t distorting an object or trying to represent something.
She’s painting from within.

From a feeling.
A memory.
A piece of music.
A passage in a book.

The result is work that doesn’t tell you what to see — it invites you to feel.

Susan and I go way back — we met in 1995 when I was a hairstylist and she was my client. We painted together in a women’s painting group in Incline Village. Watching her evolution as an artist — and as a woman — has been such a gift.

Join us Saturday, February 7th from 4–7pm during the Truckee Art Walk.
Artist Talk at 5pm.

Come meet Susan.
Come feel this collection in person.
It’s honest. It’s vulnerable. It’s powerful.

After the StormSusan WatsonFebruary 5 – March 5Piper J GallerySome collections are beautiful.Some are powerful.And some ...
02/02/2026

After the Storm
Susan Watson
February 5 – March 5
Piper J Gallery

Some collections are beautiful.
Some are powerful.
And some are born from fire.

“After the Storm” is poignantly titled after a year in which Susan’s husband battled cancer while life seemed to keep handing her lemons. What has emerged is a body of work that feels grounded, fearless, and deeply honest.

Susan describes her paintings as non-objective or non-representational — not abstracting an object, not trying to depict something seen. Her work comes from looking within rather than looking at.

A feeling.
A memory.
A moment.
Music playing in the background.
Even the emotion from a passage in a book.

There is strength in these canvases.
There is resilience.
And there is light.

Piper has known Susan since 1995 — long before either of them imagined full-time art careers. They painted together in a women’s painting group in Incline Village in the early 2000s. Over 30 years later, she’s not only honored to represent her work, Piper is truly grateful to call her a friend.

Join us for her artist reception:
Saturday, February 7 | 4–7pm
Artist Talk at 5pm during the Truckee Art Walk

Come meet Susan.
Come feel the work.
Come experience what comes after the storm.

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01/28/2026

We don’t usually enter political conversations. Our work lives in creativity, beauty, and connection. But art has always been more than decoration. Art is expression. Art is resistance. Art is humanity.

When silence becomes complicit in fear, dehumanization, and violence, we feel compelled to speak.

At Piper J Gallery, we stand in solidarity with immigrant families and communities being torn apart by intimidation, detention, and separation. No one should live in fear for simply existing or for wanting a better life. Our communities of color deserve dignity, safety, and compassion — not fear tactics.

Our gallery exists to celebrate diverse voices, lived experiences, and the power of creativity to connect us. We condemn practices that dehumanize and disproportionately harm families of color, and we ask our community to stay informed, speak up, support immigrant-led organizations, and look out for one another however you can.

Silence helps no one.
Humanity will always come first. 🕊️

01/19/2026

We have the blues. Surrounded by Lake Tahoe and the Sierra landscape, blue plays a powerful role in how we experience place—reflecting depth, stillness, and constant change. It’s a color that shows up again and again in our gallery, echoing the water, the sky, and the sense of calm that defines this region.💙

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10250 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, CA
96161

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Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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