April Featured Artists – Lynne Lockhart & Kirk McBride

April means showing New Work by Lynne Lockhart and Kirk McBride. This is year 18 for this tradition. All year we watch what comes out of their studios but this gives us a time to put many of those paintings on our gallery walls. The past year has given Lynne and Kirk great scenery and even weather to paint. Lynne continues to find unsuspecting animals to capture while Kirk still finds beautiful sunrises and sunsets to show the beauty of our marshes and beaches. Take them away from the Eastern Shore and they come home with new studies or photographs as references for studio paintings. Check thier websites – Lynne Lockhart and Kirk McBride – to see their recent work. Check our Facebook page for albums of all of the paintings in the show.

Lynne Lockhart

Kirk McBride

Opening Reception & Wine Tasting for Helene English

Visit with Helene English, our featured artist for March. We will be tasting wines from France and Italy.

March Featured Artist – Helene English

March is a month that brings new color back to the gallery. Helene English is our featured artist. One series we have shown of her work was Ocean City paintings focused on Boardwalk icons. The themes of her paintings are everyday observations painted with intense color, bold composition and lots of imagination. She often captures human and animal experiences that are least expected. One of my favorite paintings is a pyramid of 14 happy dogs named Lots of Ruff, Ruff, Ruff. With our dogs in front of the painting It was a perfect backdrop for our annual holiday card.

January & February Featured Artists

Throughout January and February gallery walls will continue to show paintings by a number of our artists – Eva Carson, Scot Dolby, Lois Engberg, Lynne Lockhart, Kirk McBride, Linda Perry, Fred Sprock, Christie Taylor, Nancy West and Keith Whitelock. As always, we have Erick Sahler’s prints which now include his mini-legacy prints. We will be open on Saturdays from 11 to 4 but will be glad to open by appointment. Our next Opening Reception & Wine Tasting will be for the work of Helene English.

Opening Reception for Scot Dolby – November’s Featured Artist

Join us as we celebrate the 7th solo show of work by Scot Dolby. Everyother year since 2010 Scot has been our featured artist during November. . The one exception was 2022 with limited openings due to Covid. This year he will again help us celebrate the opeing of the gallery 21 years ago.

Opening Reception & Wine Tasting for Kenneth Browne

Kenneth Browne returns to Bishop’s Stock for his second show. A graduate of Snow Hill High School, Salisbury University and Pratt Institute, it is a pleasure to have his paintings with us for the month of August.

Opening Reception for Abbi Custis

Come experience the energy of multi-talented Abbi Custis. We will be showing her abstract paintings and mixed media projects but she will also bring along some of her “functional art.” With her busy life, we are pleased for her to pause to let the gallery show all she can create.

Opening Reception for C. Keith Whitelock

C. Keith Whitelock will be showing with us in June. His classic Chesapeake Bay Maritime paintings celebrate the work of the watermen and the beauty of the bay shoreline.  Visit with him during the opening reception.

Opening Reception for Jude Robinson

Join us as we welcome Jude Robinson and her colorful, contemporary paintings. A former resident of Snow Hill, Jude now lives in Charlotte and is an active member of the Guild of Charlotte Artists . She teaches individual collage and painting classes in her studio. Check her website or follow her on Instagram to she her work.

Opening Reception for Maureen Farrell & Karen Kinser

Our March show, titled Drawing from Within, features  Maureen Farrell and Karen Kinser. Come visit with the artists and find the inspiration behind their paintings.