https://www.willconnally.com/new-page daily 1.0 2019-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575051866969-2N2GNFLKJ3D6CG4CDU55/Stoma-web.jpg Home https://www.willconnally.com/elster-timeline daily 0.75 2019-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575051087552-DSW89RGRBOIRYYN7GHTV/Timeline-Chalkboard.jpg Elster Timeline https://www.willconnally.com/contact-3 daily 0.75 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575052197426-IJLUDW4R5T4K6JEQ9F7U/Conn-StudioPortrait.jpg Bio/CV - Will Connally is a photo-based artist whose practice encompasses fiction writing, set design, performance, and installation. In addition to drawing inspiration from personal narratives, his original work is influenced by folklore, literary sources, film noir, and amateur theater productions. Connally received his MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He was a resident at Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada, and was awarded a Professional Fellowship from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He has presented his work internationally, in exhibitions and lectures, and has artwork in the permanent collection of Cranbrook Art Museum. Recently, Connally continued the Lake Elster Series during a residency at Watershed Art Studios in Galway, Ireland and Arteles Creative Center in Finland. He is currently an Assistant Professor at VCUarts. CV Reynolds Gallery Artist Statement Contact: wjconnally@gmail.com The Real Historical Society of Lake Elster 1221 Briar Hill Rd. Contoocook, NH 03229 https://www.willconnally.com/lake-elster-1 daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/3f22fca7-236a-4ead-aa97-f2e58e23341a/SpoonWall-web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Spoon in the Wall”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/d277ec63-6eda-4b20-8d86-7e11bc6ff642/TornPortrait-web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Torn Portrait”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/c6c76274-7aab-400e-9b98-54e90a5a669e/DriftGlassArm-Web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Drift-Glass Arm”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/03947aa5-da0f-4f35-918d-158b30370db5/Blaise-web1500.jpg Lake Elster “Blessing of St. Blaise”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1631912456768-C2XCHEP51ZM1T8WCR1M8/Magpie Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Greta’s View of Elster (Magpie)”, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575068003903-O74DA3JGV7T6BDFVJ3P4/WCFlooded-web.jpg Lake Elster “Flooded”, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/9c425cc6-ec7a-487b-88b7-dc8231c256aa/JosephMaeve-web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Maeve and Joseph”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575150767071-GJLNG24KS3RFYCIHJHNG/Henri-Web+%281%29.jpg Lake Elster “Fur-Lined Coffin (Downriver)”, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575078731727-WQ8UZPILUAXTA0HIWI75/WC_Hazeleine.jpg Lake Elster “Hazeleine, 1669 (Cairn)”, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575078886799-92L683HPDNWGFZMBDPL4/WC_Fragments%28Jawbone%29.jpg Lake Elster “Fragments (Jawbone)”, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575068711611-A9V66SLYOLRJDMNAC93B/WC_Sylvia.jpg Lake Elster “Sylvia, After Hollis”, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575078387878-OYHMJZD1V17UING5Y68I/WC_Snowbirth.jpg Lake Elster “Snowbirth”, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575151182518-MNSWJK733YF60FIOW5O4/Connally-Hollis.jpg Lake Elster “Hollis’s Goggles”, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575148671029-QC7Q2BLPCIJ3UAZRO7DW/roofmeeting.jpg Lake Elster “First Meeting (Rooftop)”, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/70bfda58-3855-41b9-9e4d-c154b017c86e/Thicket_Web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Thicket”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1594920200876-CEBV11FLPH7819644E0P/Senechal-web.jpg Lake Elster “Fr. Seneschal Brulotte”, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/a019eaac-acf2-4bda-b9d0-e1fcc907d2b1/Connally_Wreath.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Wreath”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/fb95b261-422c-42c9-bef9-4e87a338835f/Relocated-web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Relocated”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1622656130992-4J3IE05Y1KJRZNFLP51E/WalkingStick-web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Walking Stick (Another Study)”, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1586537208655-WMUWQXGWPB92N7QARG4S/Firesafe Lake Elster “Firesafe”, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575079195892-C85U0P4QCVDJ5GVAISVY/WC-Stoma.jpg Lake Elster “Stoma”, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575147641621-AAR9UO1189Q0PJ1SVTD6/WC_Lark.jpg Lake Elster “Lark”, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575079056709-2XMZX9PFIQJAF3W8IZCT/WC_Failing%28Window%29.jpg Lake Elster “Marci and Rick’s Failing”, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575065858737-Z74TGKRUF3YWUE0MZMLZ/Will_Connally_02.jpg Lake Elster “One Week on the Job (Spatula)”, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575147381752-WPD91L8YP317JRPE2JOZ/Connally-Laszlo.jpg Lake Elster “L. Gorov, Alan’s Confidant”, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575148884069-QAJV5UY0FWJYCW0PAC0I/Connally-Passover.jpg Lake Elster “Passover”, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575079308981-E081Z9RJ8GQENVR6CKPR/Will_Connally_04.jpg Lake Elster “Alan’s Workbench”, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575151415592-GDUU7I3RDT3L0FXSO8SZ/Will_Connally_12.jpg Lake Elster “Grace”, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575148996171-5ON973EZC1WT4QEBM21A/tubstoppercake-web.jpg Lake Elster “And Now Rubber Tub-Stoppers”, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575151528120-6W3UDL1ARXH5N7A95EOM/Will_Connally_11.jpg Lake Elster “Chalk Threat (Mary-Cath. Barabbas)”, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/b806451b-2074-4dc9-b540-f4a84603216b/Effigy-web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Effigy in White Birch”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/e66872fe-8296-4936-adf2-667daf2ac0dc/BurningBirch-Web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Burning Birch”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/a5e4c422-c58e-484f-971f-685e3e32be52/Haleine%27sElm.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Ha’leine’s Elm (Current View)”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575148435945-AKYI6CTJ8Z8G20DWWD87/ViewFromWoods-web.jpg Lake Elster “Ha’leine’s View from the Woods”, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1611698577586-1JP27JZJGHJXKDBLNKPN/DrownedWealth-NewWeb.jpg Lake Elster “Drowned Wealth”, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1598650109341-Q23BNQ5J7Q9YV7M35ZW4/Figurehead Lake Elster “Figurehead”, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1631912582337-ENVCWYS8CJEQJUS241GG/GreenFlame-Web.jpg Lake Elster - Make it stand out “Green Flame”, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575148523961-PQVOO6Z5GVRIA90A5AEX/horseshoe-web.jpg Lake Elster “The Real Historical Society of Elster”, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575147483897-1BNCBBLUVU5I2WUS46VJ/WC_Maeve-webnew.jpg Lake Elster “Maeve”, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575078596911-5Q80AVM9F9GZDK6ILXJ5/WC_Remains.jpg Lake Elster “Remains of Vernon’s Factory”, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575067853951-1FD1DGY23RZIBODLQEGO/Will_Connally_09.jpg Lake Elster “Gorov’s Summit”, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575068479201-2V3CP5S1J6ON14IUZY7R/WC_Vernons.jpg Lake Elster “Vernon’s Break Room”, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575151690397-5XCQ36WZK3LHPL7VEMDL/Will_Connally_03.jpg Lake Elster “Sylvia”, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575151258907-6SQLHGL5I8TGIOD9EAS3/Will_Connally_07.jpg Lake Elster “Along the Edge of the Pool”, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575067665801-65D1VCQ0FQKY0Z9P7FBB/Rails-web.jpg Lake Elster “Night-Hitchin’ (Rails)”, 2015 https://www.willconnally.com/notes-and-sketches daily 0.75 2021-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1632772917216-ZQBBNMO1OO08QLZPG1ZJ/ElsterNotes-Web.jpg Notes and Sketches - 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Make it stand out “Signs and Spirits of Lake Elster”, Reynolds Gallery, June-August 2025, Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575239824304-BHCWU014SCRF9BBM8SNT/NotreDame-web.jpg Installations “Divining the Lake”, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575408598519-2FXDPMVVBN09VYRM58HY/NDinstall.jpg Installations Notre Dame (Installation View) , 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575240544266-FLKJ9X4PLM6F37CDVDN7/UVADOC4-web.jpg Installations UVA (Installation View), 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575740980841-WA7TUIC539L4FNT6AAED/chalkboard+install.jpg Installations “Interdisciplinarium”, Arlington Arts Center, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575241771401-4ZX5RV3SERMBGD16GGQQ/show-doc3.jpg Installations “Lake Elster”, Shockoe Artspace, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/64b800f3-5f53-46dc-8318-f957ca7c7f36/ReynoldsInstall03.jpg Installations - Make it stand out “Signs and Spirits of Lake Elster”, Reynolds Gallery, June-August 2025, Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575242615211-LOT6PNVCK7LE8QO179C6/Bolt-Lock-web.jpg Installations “Divining the Lake”, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575240413101-KSUQ5GJDL9KUQRTPF26A/UVADOC1.jpg Installations “Undercurrents of Lake Elster”, UVA, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575240618834-DZFMJFB658VBY0F5E71P/UVADOC3-web.jpg Installations UVA (Installation View), 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575740498841-4ZOFWUU339UYBQQZ0Y2R/GorovArm-new.jpg Installations Arlington Arts Center (Installation View), 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575241859373-RIBYAL4VVCZ9370YWA35/IMG_0225%2B%25281%2529.jpg Installations Shockoe Artspace (Installation View), 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/38e8dcb7-f51f-4c80-8585-68f80fbfbd1d/ReynoldsInstall01.jpg Installations - Make it stand out “Signs and Spirits of Lake Elster”, Reynolds Gallery, June-August 2025, Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575410214849-X3G7XMFHJBCPN4GNETI1/NDinstall2.jpg Installations “Divining the Lake”, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575240498620-6LMXKJAPDLEOT8MNT1VT/UVADOC5-web.jpg Installations UVA (Installation View), 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575240745087-9RVUE2WY0Z4RRVZZ6TQK/UVADOC2-web.jpg Installations UVA (Installation View), 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575741155200-FMEMEMMAJGL78UKBGL0C/IMG_1257.jpg Installations Arlington Arts Center (Installation View), 2017 https://www.willconnally.com/alan-welter daily 0.75 2019-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575226867826-Y3N0KX3U8A87L7DXUM3T/connally2012_12_hi.jpg Alan Welter “Alan’s Letters (Bicuspid Jar)”, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575227035042-KYI7EMFGGN8Z8KAN4XGT/connally2012_15_hi.jpg Alan Welter “Portrait of Pope John XXIII”, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575226975456-ESGINRMFAWI98JBUXLMY/connally2012_14_hi.jpg Alan Welter “Milk-bath and Uniform”, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575227113442-YPDU259LEBIRDTAIX5T9/connally2012_16_hi.jpg Alan Welter “Under the Workbench”, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575226925608-2HL4O2O736UOB4U04A4G/connally2012_13_hi.jpg Alan Welter “Workbench with Milk Stains”, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de138103fbbc6593adc3b66/1575227167972-TABGNQM0R9IMUJS1DGRZ/connally2012_17_hi.jpg Alan Welter “Marci’s Study”, 2011