Arts & Music Festival
Williamsburg, Virginia
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October 5th & 6th
Painting
August 1, 2019
Late on a Fall afternoon, while heading West on High St., the sunlight was casting long shadows across a retention pond generating a glow that prompted me to park my […]
August 1, 2019
My goal is to create works of art that reveal the beauty of the creation around us, opening the viewer to enter into an often unnoticed exploration of the uncommon […]
August 1, 2019
I respond to nature.. and often use my own garden as subject matter.. En plein air, I often paint formal gardens as well as their vistas. Our local James River […]
August 1, 2019
My inspiration comes from the Light and the way it effects everything. My motto is Go for the Glow.
August 1, 2019
My interest in architecture and history make Williamsburg inspiring. I admire the proportions and simplicity of little outbuildings hidden behind the “important” buildings. Lovely gardens provide great subject matter. Scenes […]
August 1, 2019
I try not to paint in too much detail but to interpret the scene that draws you into the painting to say “I’ve been there”. My paintings are rural landscapes […]
August 1, 2019
I like to describe my paintings as, ‚Äú color driven atmospheric abstractions‚Äù. All of my paintings are intuitive; having no concrete reference, but they evoke a familiar image. There seems […]
August 1, 2019
My subject matter originates and inspiration from real life and nature. I am living surround by Blue Ridge Mountain and New River. I develop my ideas to my watercolor paintings
August 1, 2019
Everyday I am inspired to paint what I see, as a continuous story of civilization. Moments in time of us.
August 1, 2019
My art is a way to communicate. I use color, energy, and movement to connect emotionally to the viewer. I often paint with a sense of nostalgia, both personally and […]
August 1, 2019
I have always loved to draw & at age 30 I decided I wanted to try painting. I find inspiration in every day objects. The way the light reflects upon […]
August 1, 2019
My inspiration is simply a great appreciation of art desire to paint while at the same time depicting historical events and locales in that passion for art.
August 1, 2019
My travels are a major inspiration in my work. There’s a huge world out there and I want to see as much of it as I can and convey what […]
August 1, 2019
My paintings are a one of a kind emotional reaction to the world around me. They are a visual biography of my life that goes back decades. I find interesting […]
August 1, 2019
I spend countless hours in the ocean with a 35mm camera in a water housing shooting waves for hours on end. Very few shots in this dynamically changing environment are […]
August 1, 2019
My work is inspired by original text, letters,and museum collections from the eighteenth century. From this I create original paintings the tell the stories of the people who founded our […]
August 1, 2019
I am in the business of putting peaceful energy out into the world…one painting at a time. Peace is the basis for why, what and how I paint. Seventeen years […]
August 1, 2019
I like to see something new every time I look at a painting. That‚Äôs why in each painting I create, I strive for beauty, yet hope the audience also finds […]
August 1, 2019
paint coastal marsh and waterfowl encountered along my travels on the Atlantic coast
August 1, 2019
The lush Virginia rural landscape is the inspiration for much of my paintins
August 1, 2019
My primary reason for painting is to educate the public in the history of America…to draw them into our past, where they may learn. An axiom of many historians is […]
August 1, 2019
Being self taught throughout the years, color, natural light, wildlife inspire me to create what I do adding personality
August 1, 2019
I use oil and canvas to paint nautical themes that I have lived near all my life.
August 1, 2019
I create paintings in intricate detail using watercolor, iridescent watercolor, and ink. All paintings are done on Shushuan paper or canvas.