pt. 2 Gallery is pleased to present Always Never, the first solo exhibition with the gallery by Oakland-based artist Linda Geary. Geary’s practice has long been rooted in collage, cutting, masking, and deliberate construction. Building up color, shape, and pattern through layered compositions, she develops paintings where structure and revision unfold together. In Always Never, this foundation remains, but the new works move into a quieter, more atmospheric register while retaining structural tension. The palette shifts toward muted, weathered tones. The compositions feel open, luminous, and spatially deep, while the underlying framework continues to assert itself.