Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
October 29, 2021
art, birds art, barns of rose hill, BORH, nancy polo, painting Leave a comment
Nancy Polo, a Clarke county artist, recently put on a solo show of her work at the Barns of Rose Hill. Lots of hard work paid off. Here are some bits from my visit.
The artist herself gave me a tour (lucky dog)
BORH
Nancy explains a new technique for light
I love how this lady’s crazy hair and the bird have something in common.
Great show.
This has nothing to do with anything
April 9, 2017
art art opening, bell ringer, bunny, em, nancy polo, painting, tin top Leave a comment
Turns out that visiting the Tin Top is a good enough reason to head into Winchester all by itself most anytime. But throw in an opening and some very interesting art by Nancy Polo, and you can make an evening of it.
We’ll leave it up to you to read up on bunny.
Tin Top co-owner Neil’s cool things
Study in Ivanka
Watching this one evolve on twitter was interesting. Bell Ringer is now part of the collection.
When in Winchester, try out Em.
Kitchen at Em
Tater Tot Waffles
April 4, 2016
art art, bitter liberals, civil war show, karen rosasco, manor house, painting, staunton, va, Virginia Leave a comment
On an art-filled weekend, we travelled down to Union, WV to play the Civil War show. A stop off on the way back home in Staunton led us to an artist coop where we found the Manor House painting.
Manor House by Karen Rosasco
Karen Rosasco taught art for years in an upstate NY high school. She now resides in Staunton, VA.
Karen explains how the piece was implemented
It always amazes me how artists handle their own work
This work has a glaze treatment by knife first, followed by acrylic. One of Karen’s tricks is to put the very darkest spot in the painting right next to the very lightest part to capture your visual attention. I like how the focal point is enhanced with the oval in the middle of the painting which seems to me like a photographic artifact.
In context of other work by Karen.
More modern work by Karen
The gallery also had a student space. One student paid attention to shadows with their work, which was very cool indeed.
coffee filters
January 26, 2016
art, photography art, beach, beach house, dogs, painting, photography, rachmaninov, snow, the stick, winslow, winslow mccagg Leave a comment
[imagine this posting accompanied by Rachmaninov’s etudes-tableaux op 39, no 2 in A minor, a winter fire in the kitchen, and some roses]
Dear Winslow,
You are correct. I’m pretty sure we should deliver this now.
Thank you.
Untitled but obvious by Winslow McCagg
Yes.
The dogs are on it!
Here they come Stick!
The front yard at the Stick
August 11, 2015
art april, April Claggett, art, art school, painting, the stick Leave a comment
April Claggett‘s art is well represented here at apothecaryshed, both on our walls and as a set of artifacts for the Bitter Liberals. April has been pouring more energy into her art now that both of her boys are either in college or through college. Empty nest or open sky, you decide!
April is planning to get an MFA in painting soon (starting this Fall) and we’re interested to see how her painting evolves. A recent show at the Dublin, NH Community center makes a great “before” study.
Lots of paintings in the “before” category
April Claggett paints history
The bathers troika
A slice of the bathers
Admiring April’s art
The shells were and the bowls were painted at the Stick
Each painting and set of paintings had lots of ‘splainin’.
The shells were and the bowls were painted at the Stick
April the observer observes the observers
zoom
zooming
zoomingest
We’ll pick up the stitch pre-art school, if not before.
November 10, 2014
art, nature anna, art, dairy barn gallery, maureen, middleburg, painting, photography, richard, sculpture, winslow Leave a comment
Sunday afternoon started out idyllic enough. The setting for the Dairy Barn Gallery outside of Middleburg is about as pretty as Virginia gets.
A collection of great artists and good friends, including: Maureen Limon, Winslow McCagg, Anna Billman and Richard Lew (with six others) brought the space to life.
Winslow McCagg
Anna Billman
Richard Lew
Maureen Limon
But then things took a turn for the macabre. First there was the prayer wheel made by the robot overlords and thrust back in time.
And then there was the bedroom/bathroom pair of spigots (credit to Charley Billman for the perfect naming scheme). Look left. Look right. Giggle.
Sometimes up and sometimes down (Anna Billman)
But in the end we were threatened by the horseradish root and beat a hasty retreat.
This could be you, male. (Anna Billman)
November 9, 2014
art Allen Kitselman, antonia walker, art, duvall gallery, painting, shenandoah, shenandoah moonlight, shenandoah river 2 Comments
After a two week delay, Antonia Walker‘s painting Shenandoah Moonlight finds a home. Special thanks to the Duvall Gallery in Millwood and to Allen Kitselman for his great eye.
Shenandoah Moonlight (Antonia Walker)
Shenandoah Moonlight (Antonia Walker)
Shenandoah Moonlight (Antonia Walker)
October 26, 2014
art antonia walker, art, duvall gallery, painting, shenandoah, shenandoah moonlight, shenandoah river Leave a comment
Our weekend was full of tough decisions, including which one of these two pictures to buy.
Shenandoah Moonlight
Arbor II w/ Vines
Both outstanding paintings by Antonia Walker. We went with the river.
Thanks to Duvall Gallery for featuring local art by very talented artists.
