Breath.Craig Frederick’s Breath looks lighter than its materials. If it were a sea creature, it appears like it could be spiraling through the water. If it were in flight, it could seem like it was made of paper, corkscrewing through the air. It makes space for itself in the gallery, as if it’s just passing through, and we happen to be there when it stops for a minute.The piece is part of Kehler Liddell Gallery’s annual Deck the Walls show, running now through Dec. 24 and featuring art by Robert Bienstock, Amy Browning, Frank Bruckmann, Mary Burke, Bill Butcher, Penrhyn E. Cook, Rod Cook, Thomas Edwards, Brian Flinn, Chris Ferguson, Craig Frederick, Sean Gallagher, Matthew Garrett, Eddie Hall, Sean Kernan, Sheldon Krevit, Sven Martson, Margot Nimiroski, Hank Paper, Mark St. Mary, Gar Waterman, R.F. Wilton, Marjorie Wolfe, and Dganit Zauberman. “We have decked the walls for our annual holiday show and invite you and your crew to come to help us kick it off and shop local for amazing gifts,” the gallery’s website states. The show ​“features an eclectic mix of local art: photography, painting, pen and ink, mixed media, prints, and sculpture that completely deck the walls. You’ll find creative works of varying sizes and all price ranges. Commit to start or continue your art collection with one purchase per holiday.” The show features framed and unframed art, and is a chance to ​“support local, living artists and small businesses” — and to ​“see what the artists have been working on this year.”Peaceand Joy (l to r). The gallery’s photographers are out in force for this show, whether it’s Hank Paper’s vivid streetscapes, Penrhyn Cook’s elaborate and often whimsical miniatures, Marjorie Wolfe’s arresting minimalism, Sean Kernan’s striking image of a fighter in a Kampala boxing club, or Roy Money’s observances of patterns in nature. Chris Ferguson’s and Frank Bruckmann’s canvases of countrysides hoist the flag for representational painting. But the show is also notable for the array of abstract art, which showcases, in a sense, just how many moods can be conveyed with shape, color and texture. Amy Browning’s aptly titled Peace and Joy give off a warm aura of settled contentedness without being trite about it. It’s easy to imagine the paintings making any room a little brighter.Apart, Existence, and Realize (l to r). Dganit Zauberman’s canvases, meanwhile, crackle with hue and texture. Their three-dimensional elements can read as geological artifacts from some kinetic natural event, a volcanic explosion, a flood. In black and white, such textures might have a feeling of desolation. Her use of color brings them to life — perhaps an echo of that past activity, or an acknowledgement of an energy that goes on and on.Winters Rest.Mary Burke’s paintings exist somewhere between representation and abstraction. They work as abstractions because Burke makes clear in her technique that the pieces are made up of relatively few brushstrokes; you can see the work. Burke’s technique is so refined, however, that these handful of confident strokes quickly delineate a snowy landscape that can seem almost photographic. There’s no doubt of the skill Burke has — especially as these are watercolors, perhaps the most unforgiving form of painting — but the pieces are much more than a demonstration of mastery. They evoke a mood, capturing the beauty of a cold landscape, and inviting us out into it to look again. “Deck the Walls” runs at Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., through Dec. 24. Visit the gallery’s website for hours and more information.