Staff
Below’s a little intro to the cast of characters at The Gallery. You’ll want to watch this with the sound on 🔉 And yes, we do sell works on paper.
Inspired by our staff meetings sharing cheesecake around the breakroom table, WheelHouse Art commissioned gallery artist YOKO MOLOTOV to create illustrations of the staff collective set in the Golden Girls' kitchen. Through our ups and downs, our celebrations and defeats, cheesecake has seen us through. We talk about art, we console each other, we help each other, we advise each other...and then we talk about art again!
Thank you for being a friend [of WheelHouse Art].
Daniel Pfalzgraf, Owner and professional dot connector
Daniel Pfalzgraf earned a BFA in drawing and sculpture from Murray State University and an MBA from Indiana University Southeast. He has been working for art museums and galleries for over 20 years, including the Speed Art Museum and the Carnegie Center for Art and History where he was art curator. He is a former B. Deemer Gallery employee and recently purchased the gallery from its founder, Brenda Deemer, in 2021. Beyond art, his interests include wolves, soccer, skateboarding, and ice cream. In that order. Woof.
Ila Dezarn, Frame Master
Ila Dezarn has been with the gallery since 2002, after working in three other frame shops in Kentucky and Ohio. Ila received a BFA from Murray State University, and a MA from Indiana University. When she’s not making your framing dreams a reality, Ila be found on her alpaca farm or off celebrating all things Star Wars with her husband. When she’s sew-mounting or gold-leafing custom framed pieces, the faint sound of Darth Vader’s voice can be heard in the shop whispering, “the Force is strong with this one.”
Paul Reynolds, Swiss Army Knife
Paul Reynolds is originally from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, a small village in England. He has a BFA in Illustration from Cambridge and an MFA in Digital Art from School of Visual Arts, New York. He moved from Manhattan to the bright lights and big city of Louisville where he lives with his wife Margie and their two chihuahuas. Despite living in the United States for over 25 years, he still doesn’t like sweet iced tea, but we don’t hold it against him.
Gretchen Andres, Office Manager
Gretchen Andres is a prodigal employee of WheelHouse Art/B. Deemer Gallery and a familiar face to anyone who visited the gallery between 2013 - 2020. A veteran of the Louisville art scene, Gretchen has spent the better part of the past 30 years working in art galleries, museums, and frame shops in Louisville, Cincinnati, and San Francisco. She earned a BFA in Printmaking from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1992. She is, in fact, a native of Cincinnati, so she prefers chili on spaghetti and she calls sneakers "gym shoes."
Annabela Cockrell, Gallery Assistant
Annabela Cockrell earned a BFA in sculpture from Western Carolina University and a MFA from the University of Louisville. A talented artist, Annabela spends much of her free time working on one of her many metal and fiber works, drawings, or wearable art works.
