COSMOS Gallery

COSMOS Gallery is located at 20 Pleasant Street in downtown Gloucester.

During exhibitions the gallery is open on Friday–Sunday from 12 - 5pm and by appointment.
To contact the gallery, please email
info@capeanncosmos.com.

Urban Contours: Paintings by Donna Caselden

MAY 23 – JUNE 8, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, May 23, 5–7pm

PRIVATE PREVIEW
Friday, May 23, 4–5pm

SPECIAL EVENT
Cosmos for Cosmos Taste Test: Saturday, June 7, 3–5pm


Urban Contours: Paintings by Donna Caselden is the first exhibition showcasing the award-winning experimental artist’s new series of fictional cityscapes.

The show will include over eighteen works that highlight Caselden’s diverse techniques and mediums. Taking a stylized approach to city skylines, the artist makes urban cityscapes look like rich mosaics of form, shape, color, and contour. 

About the Artist

Donna Caselden is an award-winning experimental artist known for her diverse painting techniques and mediums. Her style is considered contemporary, ranging from impressionistic to abstract. Caselden’s work has been positively reviewed by a number of publications including USA Today and New England Home, and has been displayed in museums, galleries, universities and private collections throughout the country, including the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. Caselden is a member of the DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum’s Corporate Art Program and has gallery representation at Gallery on Jarves/The Seal on Cape Cod, and at The Christopher Hill Gallery and Casa Design, both in Napa Valley, CA. The artist employs a studio at SoWa in the design district of Boston.

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Work shown below is available through COSMOS Gallery. To make an appointment outside of gallery hours or for any questions, please contact: info@capeanncosmos.com.


Geometrix, 2022
Mixed media on canvas, 48”x36”
$3,900

The Gateway, 2025
Oil on canvas, 36”x36”
$3,900

Alphabet City, 2022
Acrylic on copper, 36”x36”
$3,900

View from the East, 2024
Oil and gold leaf on canvas, 33”x51”
$3,900

Colorblock City, 2023
Mixed media on canvas, 40”x40”
$4,100

Northbound View, 2024
Oil on canvas, 30”x30”
$2,700

My City by the Sea, 2024
Oil on canvas, 30”x40”
$3,600

SimCity, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 41x31 (framed)
$3,600

Inspired by Pisa, 2025
Oil on canvas, 36”x36”
$3,900

The Fort, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 25”x25” (framed) - $1,800

My City in Technicolor, 2023
Oil on canvas, 31”x31” (framed)
$2,700

City Nights, 2021
Oil on canvas, 31”x25” (framed)
SOLD

Welcome Freshmen, 2023
Oil on canvas, 20”x10”
$400

The White House, 2019
Oil on canvas, 42”x18”
$900

Kingdom Come/Dubrovnik, 2025
Acrylic and latex on canvas, 40”x20” (diptych)
$2,400

Da Favella, 2023
Oil on canvas, 30”x24”
$1,900

 

Bridging the Gap, 2025
Acrylic on paper, 12”x12”
$350

Luca, 2025
Acrylic on paper, 12”x12”
$350

Certaldo, 2025
Acrylic on paper, 12”x12”
$350

Aperol Spritzing, 2025
Acrylic on paper, 12”x12”
$350

Urban Contours, 2025
Encaustic and oil on board, 3 panels, 5”x14” each
$200 ea. / $500 all 3

 

Donna Caselden: Select Juried Exhibitions


2021
Marking Lives Covid 19, Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
The Corporate Program, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Self Preservation, Unbound Visual Arts, Boston, MA
Winter Juried Show #1 & 2, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Cold, NAWA Online Gallery, New York, NY
A Taste of Cape Ann, Charles Fine Arts Gallery, Gloucester, MA 2019
2019 Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA

2020
New Futures, Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA
The Big Screen, New York, NY
Modern Love, Fort Points Art Community Assemblage Art Space, Boston, MA
S/HE, Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA

2019
Fact is Fiction’s Inspiration, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
Master Artist Level Group Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
A Taste of Cape Ann, Charles Fine Arts Gallery, Gloucester, MA
2019 Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA

2018
Unexpected #10, Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport, MA
Natural Force, Simmons College Trustman Gallery, Boston, MA
Artcetera2018, Boston, MA

2013-17
World of Wearable Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA 2017
Fresh, Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Gloucester, MA 2017
ManneqArt, Baltimore, MD 2016
Cape Ann Museum Guest Lecturer, Gloucester, MA 2015
Celebrate Wearable Art (2013, 2015, 2017), Gloucester, MA