Gillian Theobald’s paintings are absolutely, deliciously tropical. They remind me of the most fantastically patterned fabric that makes up the 1970s dress of my dreams. I’d like to drape myself in her images and forms. She creates abstract-ish landscapes that build “a meditative, slow space using families of color playing off each other,” like a call-and-response. In her first solo show at studio e, Theobald—who was a finalist for the 2017 Neddy Award—will be exhibiting new paintings, drawings, and bas-relief collages made of found paper and paint. by Jas Keimig