WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MAY WITH FALL ART TOUR VENUES AND ARTISTS!
Rappahannock is in all it’s springtime finery in May, and the amazing fresh greens of new leaves brighten the mountains and valleys, adorned with spring flowers. Join the Fall Art Tour artists and galleries during this beautiful season with new art exhibitions to visit, show openings to enjoy, artists to meet, and more!
Here’s what’s happening this month:
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R.H. BALLARD GALLERY
Long-awaited new works from Virginia based artist, Jeannine Regan, have arrived at R.H. Ballard Gallery. After a smashing re-debut in the Gallery for the 2022 Fall Art Tour, Jeannine’s work has become one of their most asked about features. Utilizing the time-honored, and painstaking, methods of encaustic, Jeannine breathes new life into the medium. Her work explores the fleeting balance of nature and experience, existing somewhere in-between the liminal and subliminal that make up perception.
These new works showcase her aptitude for color and space, depicting meditative landscapes that evoke the viewer to journey along with the artist. With each viewing, one can find a new path and direction that guides their personal pilgrimage through her work. From her penchant for relief work, carving directly into the soft beeswax medium, to her subversive layers that create an uncommon field of depth for the viewer, her work challenges the limits of encaustic work and showcases a singular mastery of the medium.
R.H. Ballard Gallery
307 Main Street
Washington, VA 22747
540-675-1411
Hours: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, daily
PHYLLIS NORTHUP
Exhibition at Rappahannock Cellars
May 1, 2023 – May 31, 2023
Phyllis has a show up at Rappahannock Cellars in Huntly VA with Lori Wallace-lloyd, featuring a collection of Phyllis’ Shenandoah National Park paintings as well as paintings of other national parks and some botanical pieces. Lori is showing a collection of her exquisite florals done in watercolor, gouache and pastel.
Rappahannock Cellars
14437 Co Rd 635
Huntly, VA 22640
540-635-9398
Hours: Open Daily, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
TIM CARRINGTON
Tim is pleased to announce that he is now an artist-member at Middle Street Gallery in Washington, VA. Stop in to this local gallery to see work from all its 21 member-artists.
Middle Street Gallery
311 Gay Street, Lower Level
facing Main Street & across from R.H. Ballard Shop & Gallery
Washington, VA 22747
540-227-5066
Hours: Friday – Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
COTTAGE CURATOR
Online Exhibition: “Field Trip“
Cottage Curator
12018 Lee Highway
Sperryville, VA 22740
540-227-5100
Thursday – Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm and by appointment
Humans have always been inclined to record the beauty of the natural world around them. From paints in tubes to faster photo emulsions and shutter speeds, technical innovations have allowed artists to capture flora and fauna in remote areas. The legacy of these developments is ever present in the work of the artists included here. Take a journey into the field with our artists as they capture nature in paintings, photographs, ceramics, and sculpture.
GAY STREET GALLERY
A new exhibition featuring the paintings of resident artist Kevin H. Adams and first-time visiting artist Jack Albrittain as well as the glasswork of returning guest artist Diana Branscome.
Gay Street Gallery
337 Gay Street
Washington VA 22747
540-227-5100
Wednesday-Monday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, or by appointment 540-522-9688
A Virginia native, Diana Branscome apprenticed at a local glass studio before venturing out on her own. At her Charlottesville studio, Diana chiefly works with recycled and reclaimed glass, ranging from bottles to factory throwaways to scrap art glass. Diana’s latest work showcases forms and textures inspired by nature and especially by the contrasts of dark and light. Darkness can be associated with loss but also with repose and rest. Light can stand for feelings of fellowship and gratitude, but can hold unsettling surprises like clear air turbulence. A Yeats quote is a source of inspiration: “…with golden and silver light, the blue and the dim and the dark cloths of night and light and the half light…”
Kevin H. Adams, the Gallery’s resident artist, unveils new paintings from Virginia, Cape Cod, and his travels. Kevin is a member of New York City’s Salmagundi Club, the oldest association of artists in the U.S., and also of The Provincetown Art Association and Museum. His work is regularly on display in both venues. His focus when capturing the landscapes he witnesses is on the light and its impact on color as we see it.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS:
LINDA CROXSON & PHILIP WARD
“When Duality Does No Longer Obtain”
April 1 – May 31, 2023
Opening Reception: April 1, 2023 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dwell Fine Art & Craft
5047 Leeds Manor Road
Hume, VA 22639
Friday 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, and by appointment
Sperryville, VA based artists Linda Croxson & Philip Ward present a series of abstract paintings which are fiercely non-referential. In choosing to celebrate the complexities of color, surface and shape, they create immersive works of art that are fun and thought provoking.
To RSVP for Opening Reception, please email Dwell.
For more information, please visit Dwell Fine Art & Craft.
GAY STREET GALLERY
New exhibition featuring Frederick Williamson, Mike Howat and Kevin H. Adams
Gay Street Gallery
337 Gay Street
Washington VA 22747
540-227-5100
Wednesday-Monday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, or by appointment 540-522-9688
Frederick Williamson returns to Gay Street Gallery with a new collection of his striking wooden bowls and vessels. They are crafted from sections of fallen trees, most from within a 30-mile radius of his home in Crozet, Virginia. He has been a woodworker since 1971 and his creations have been displayed in galleries throughout the region.
Mike Howat, a New Hampshire-based painter, also returns to Gay Street Gallery, with a new collection of paintings exploring collective memory, urbanization, and Americana. Since earning his B.F.A. from New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2014, he has been actively engaged in the East Coast art scene, showing regularly at galleries throughout the area and also at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts.
Kevin H. Adams, the Gallery’s resident artist, unveils new paintings from Virginia, Cape Cod, and his travels. Kevin is a member of New York City’s Salmagundi Club, the oldest association of artists in the U.S., and also of The Provincetown Art Association and Museum. His work is regularly on display in both venues. His focus when capturing the landscapes he witnesses is on the light and its impact on color as we see it.
MIDDLE STREET GALLERY
Susan Raines, “Out and About in Black and White”
April 21, 2023 – May28, 2023
Middle Street Gallery
311 Gay Street, Lower Level, facing Main Street & across from Ballard’s
Washington, VA 22747
(540) 675-1313
Friday – Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
“Some were taken for publication in newspapers and magazines and others were taken for a calendar of Atlanta bars. Many of the photos are part of my ongoing personal series of portraits. All of the photographs were taken with film cameras, either 35 millimeter
cameras or a vintage Rolleiflex twin lens reflex. Black and white film was used and developed in my home dark room where the original prints were made. Most of the prints in this show are archival digital prints made on an Epson P600 printer.”
MIDDLE STREET GALLERY
Paulo Neuhaus
April 21, 2023 – May 28, 2023
Middle Street Gallery
311 Gay Street, Lower Level, facing Main Street & across from Ballard’s
Washington, VA 22747
(540) 675-1313
Friday – Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
PAM PITTINGER
“Art at the Mill”
April 22, 2023 – May 7, 2023
The Burwell-Morgan Mill
15 Tannery Lane
Millwood, Virginia 22646
540-837-1799
Saturdays, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sundays – Fridays, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Annual Art Gallery exhibition at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, an historic mill still in operation. During each show, around 300 artists display more than 1,000 pieces of art of all descriptions and media. Oil paintings are predominant, but other types of painting, mixed-media, sculpture, fine woodworking, and pottery round out the stunning diversity of the show. There is truly something for every taste, budget, and decor.
Art at the Mill has become one of the premier art shows in the mid-Atlantic region, attracting artists and buyers from more than a dozen states.
For more information, visit Art at the Mill.