PAST Exhibition:
Our Beloved Farms:
The Animals, the Land, the buildings and the people
August 15-September 13, 2020
 This painting was done from a photo taken by my father of the proud farmer at his farm in Georgia in 1936.
“The Farmer”
Oil
24x18
$750
Peggy Weed |  This painting was inspired by a trip down Route 81 as the fog was rolling into the Shenandoah Valley. I noticed how the fog hovered over the farmland like it was suspended in midair. The technique of creating an appearance of fog using encaustic wax had intrigued me. I am able to create a milky transparent medium with the beeswax that I apply to create the translucent appearance of fog.
Fog Rolls In
Encaustic
14 x 14
$480
Anne Stine |  I stood under the slate colored sky
All shades of grey surrounding me
Wondering when the ewes would lamb
Delighting in the fact, this will be the favorite part of my day
Framboise
Photography
8 x 10
$125
Dorothy Kray |
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 This painting of a farm near my home is the result of exploring an alkyd painting medium that stiffens oil paint and greatly speeds it’s drying. I used putty knives and large palette knives to apply the first layers of paint. I used a clean bristle brush to soften the hard edges left by the knives. I really like the soft dreamlike quality and abstraction that this technique offers and I am looking forward to using it again.
Airmont Farm
Oil on muslin panel
12 x 24
$650
Laura Hopkins |  Inspiration for this watercolor came from an intense love of abandoned architecture and architectural fragments.
With weekends devoted to cycling in Middleburg our group came across our own version of “Bramasole”.
Abandoned
Watercolor
25 x 34
$2,560
Maria Morga |  Peace in the Valley
Photography
24 x 36
$125
Sarah Huntington |
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 When I saw the abundance of color and big sunflowers I had to paint it.
Farmer’s Market
Acrylic on canvas board
14 x 17
$300
Amy Scala |  This image exists because I always carry a camera when I am traveling. I was not planning on photography that day. “American Flag Barn” is such a perfect and simple statement about why we love this great country. To me, “American Flag Barn” evokes thoughts of our freedom and the sacrifices made to insure that freedom.
American Flag Barn
Hamiltonban Township
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Photography
12.5 x 15
$225
Ron Salmon |  Farm and Field
Acrylic
24 x 24
$395
Deborah Schneider |
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 Peaceful fields with grazing cows are another favorite subject –
Summer Fields
Oil
11x14
$525
Peggy Weed |  Well Preserved No.2
Oil on canvas
17 x 29
$1,300
Alan Rubin
*Buy both Well Preserved
for $2,200 |  Well Preserved No.1
Oil on canvas
17 x 29
$1,300
Alan Rubin |
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 We’re Lost!
Acrylic
14 x 17
$400
Maribe Gardiner |  Quilted Rooster
Mixed Media
10 x 8
$135
Kasha Turner |  Love to paint small houses and gardens. Look to capture the love and dedication to their passion.
Blooming Hill Lavender Farm
Acrylic on canvas board
13.5 x 16.5
$325
Amy Scala |
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 This painting was inspired by two lovely dairy cows that live near my home. I usually don’t paint animals, but when I witnessed these ladies straining to reach the “greener grass” past their fence, it resonated with me my own feelings of containment during the period of pandemic isolation. The question comes to mind, “Is the grass really greener on the other side”? When you witness the same environment every day, it sure seems to be.
Contained
Encaustic
26 x 26
$1,000
Anne Stine |  As a photographer and painter in the Middleburg, Virginia area, the creative inspiration is rich and varied. From one quaint town to the next, from one season to another, and simply from one sunrise to sunset the landscape and its inhabitants are ever-changing.
Peaceful Soul
Photography
24 x 20
$250
Cheri Shervin |  The Red Barn
Oil
16 x 20
$400
Susan Sharpe |
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 Trappe Road
Oil
11 x 14
$625
Barbara Sharp |  Watering Hole
Oil
20 x 26
$500
Susan Sharpe |  Early autumn, early evening. My favorite time to find material.
Steer and Hay
Watercolor
14 x22
$325
Danny Mulvena |
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 Harvey’s Rooster
Oil
8 x 8
$75
Susan Sharpe |  Feeding Shed
Oil
8 x 10
$185
Deborah Schneider |  Two Horses
Acrylic on canvas
30 x40
$850
Eric Lukas |
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 This barn was seen in the fall while on a hike in Old Rag, near Shenandoah Park. I was inspired by the scenery and the vibrant fall colors.
Old Rag Barn
Oil on linen
16 x 20
$366
Anne Marshall Block |  Rambler
Oil on canvas
60 x 36
$2,000
Kerry Waters |  Capturing the Mountain View, lavender field and sunset. So beautiful and peaceful.
Orchard View Lavender Farm
Acrylic on canvas board
11 x 13
$300
Amy Scala |
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 The cattle were not the intended subject. The subject was the restored Aeromotor farm windmill. While setting up my camera the cattle became interested in the intrusion to their pasture. After the first animal decided to check me out the rest came and stood in front of the camera. I decided that the unexpected “welcoming committee” would be a more interesting image than the original subject.
Red Limousin Cattle, Rosedale Farm
Frederick County, Virginia
Photography
12.5 x 15
$225
Ron Salmon |  Romney ewe and two nursing lambs; Two Spruce Farm; Berryville, Virginia. Lambs are usually on the move; running and jumping. These two lambs were no different until the mother ewe appeared. While nursing, their tails were still in motion.
Two Shakes
Two Spruce Farm
Clarke County, Virginia
Photography
12.5 x 15
$225
Ron Salmon |  One of my favorite subjects are pigs - especially tiny ones –
Mama Pig with Piglets
Oil
10x20
$600
Peggy Weed |
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 Pastoral
Oil on canvas
22 x 28
$1,250
Alan Rubin |  The Committee
Photography
14 x 26
$200
Gomer Pyles |  Rachel’s Barn
Photography
11 x 14
$190
Gomer Pyles |
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 The Gathering
Photography
11 x 14
$190
Gomer Pyles |  I often pass this field just outside the village or St Louis. The ever changing Mt Weather in the distance is the first thing I look for out my bedroom window each morning and the last thing I see when I take my final glance outside in the evening. Its appearance is constantly changing. I grew up helping neighbors put in hay and I always look forward to haying time and the beauty of the bales in the fields.
St. Louis Hayfields
Oil on canvas
17 x 21
$575
Laura Hopkins |  Such an elegant pose!
Filly
Oil
12 x 9
$450
Peggy Weed |
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 The simple magic of everyday life in the landscape of the Piedmont are sources of constant inspiration. I am drawn to the work of Albert Pinkham Ryder and Giorgio Morandi, both of whom I believe, and in different ways, appear to have lived and worked very close to the divine in the world around us.
Near Blantyre Road
Oil on canvas
9 x 12
$300
Joanne Kresic |  This foal was seen off Route 50 near the Shenandoah River. I was inspired by its relationship to its mother and the new beginnings it symbolizes.
Spring Foal
Oil on linen
10 x 20
$266
Anne Marshall Block |  As a photographer and painter in the Middleburg, Virginia area, the creative inspiration is rich and varied. From one quaint town to the next, from one season to another, and simply from one sunrise to sunset the landscape and its inhabitants are ever-changing.
The East Forty
Oil
24 x 36
$2,000
Cheri Shervin |
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 Farmers never seem to throw anything away.
Gate Collection
Watercolor
20 x 17
$500
Danny Mulvena
The painting is mounted permanently with varnish to a suitable backer. Usually 1/4 inch plywood or 5mil foam board depending on the size of the piece. After allowing to dry 2 to 3 coats of a water clear acrylic varnish are applied to the painting.
No glass is needed at this point, the painting is UV and moisture protected. |  National Sporting Library Polo Match, 2019
Oil on canvas
14.5 x 17.5
$575
Barbara Sharp |  When I saw these guys checking each other out I felt like I could read that roosters mind. "Who's gonna be the lucky girl tonight?" Typical male.
Yard Birds
Watercolor
19 x 24
$575
Danny Mulvena |
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 Which Way
Photography
14.5 x 24.5
$225
Sherri Holdridge |  Rice is typically grown in hot climates under intense direct sunlight. In this painting, I wanted to capture rice fields in a cooler mood. The colors are subdued and the grid pattern of rice fields become softly blurred under the soothing shadows cast in the moonlight.
Rice Paddies in the Pale Moonlight
Acrylic/Mixed Media
21 x 27
$395
Chito Padilla |  The Herd in Black and White
Photography
12.5 x 16.5
$140
Sherri Holdridge |
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 Iowa is a place of fertile soil, traditional values and simple pleasure. It is my adopted home.
Many see only endless fields of corn but the honest beauty of its plainness can also inspire.
This is “Field of Dreams”, my contemplative rendition of endless cornfields that is now familiar landscape to me. Its title is borrowed from the movie released in 1989 filmed in (Dyersville) Iowa.
Field of Dreams
Acrylic
21 x 27
$395
Chito Padilla |  I took inspiration from the round bales of hay and straw that accentuate the landscape in the countryside. The rolling circular shapes suggest movement that makes an otherwise unwieldy form achieve a certain grace of motion.
Straw Bale Farm
Acrylic/mixed media
21 x 27
$395
Chito Padilla |  Awe Shucks!
Watercolor
12 x 18
$145
Heather Gradison |
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 Delaplane Cornfields and Silo
Watercolor
13 x 19
$125
Heather Gradison |  Shirts and Slip and Sycamore Tree, Paris Virginia
Photography
12 x 12
$125
Sarah Huntington |  Shirts on Line
Photograph on canvas
24 x 36
$225
Sarah Huntington |
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 This field with sheep reminded me of a long ago trip to Ireland.
Sheep in Field with Stone Wall
Oil
10 x 20
$600
Peggy Weed |  Wren
Pastel
11 x 14
$185
Kasha Turner |  Last September I had some paintings in the Bluemont, Virginia Annual Fair. I drove out with my sisters and one of the last stops was just across the road from the fair. I took several shots of the lovely and peaceful farmland but I actually painted this painting from a photo my sister took that day. I decided to leave out the black cows in the distance that were grazing on their dinner!
Bluemont Pasture
Oil on canvas
15.5 x 20
$399
Doris Jenkins |
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 My sister, Colleen Hess, took the photo of this red barn in Lovettsville, VA. I loved the complementary red and green in this photo. I enjoyed using the palette knife in the foreground and on the painted over stone or stucco on the side of the barn. The lovely vines growing up the side of the barn were so eye catching against the stark white.
“Red Barn” Lovettsville, VA
Oil on canvas
10 x 12
$350
Doris Jenkins |  To sit in the grass, and watch you bounce in the shadow of light, is a heaven I can only imagine
Sparrow
Photography
10 x10
$125
Dorothy Kray |  Chipmunk Running
Watercolor
11 x 14
$95
Kasha Turner |
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 Up on a Hill
Photography
16 x 22
$170
Sherri Holdridge |  I love doing these small paintings on clear primed linen. I kept chickens for several years until the foxes and raccoons made it too difficult. These little “portraits” allow me to enjoy their beauty again.
Sketch of a Grey Hen
Oil
6.5 x 6.5
$175
Laura Hopkins |  This barn was seen in a mountainous area in early fall. I was inspired to paint it by the valley and mountains behind it which silhouette the building.
Barn #1
Oil on linen
12 x 24
$366
Anne Marshall Block |
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 As a photographer and painter in the Middleburg, Virginia area, the creative inspiration is rich and varied. From one quaint town to the next, from one season to another, and simply from one sunrise to sunset the landscape and its inhabitants are ever-changing.
Happy Hereford
Mixed Media
24 x 18
$1,000
Cheri Shervin |
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