Come visit with Nancy West and C. Keith Whitelock to hear about what inspires their painting. Nancy is showing her sumi-e ink paintings and Keitth is water colors. Other artists with work being shown are Kenneth Browne, Lynne Lockhart, Kirk McBride, Jim Rehak, Fred Sprock and Christie Taylor. This is a mix of recent plein air and studio paintings.
Opening Reception & Wine Tasting – Featured Artists Nancy West & C. Keith Whitelock
September Featured Artists – Nancy West & C. Keith Whitelock
Featuring Nancy West’s sumi-e paintings illustrates the diversity in her work. Nancy is a plein air and studio artist who works in oil, watercolor, ink and pastel. She uses mixed media and has recently ventured into using gouache. Her subject matter seldom varies from the world around her, be it at home or while traveling. Almost every subject has been on her easel – landscapes, wildlife, still life, children, figures and sumi-e.
C. Keith Whitelock’s Chesapeake Bay marine paintings are easily recognized by his attention to detail in his Images of working boats, derelict boats and the surrounding shorelines and marshes. Working in watercolors, oils, and occasionally acrylics, he tries to present a realistic image of a rapidly disappearing lifestyle. To get the right feeling and accuracy, Keith builds small models and crews on the retired skipjack, Ida May, which will be racing, in the Deal Island Labor Day Skipjack race.
Other artists with work being shown are Lois Engberg, Kenneth Browne, Amanda Lind, Lynne Lockhart, Kirk McBride, Jim Rehak, Fred Sprock and Christie Taylor. This is a mix of recent plein air and studio paintings.
Nancy West
C. Keith Whitelock
First Friday – Opening Reception & Wine Tasting with 7 Gallery Artists
First Friday July 2 – Featuring Work by Raymond Ewing and Fred Sprock
Opening Reception for March Artists
Featured Artists in March – Cashman, Eiseman, Rehak, Sprock & West
March gives an opportunity to see what gallery artists have been doing during the winter. This is also a great month to introduce the work of area artists who have not shown with us before. John Eiseman was a Paint Snow Hill participant who showed several paintings with us but he is recently retired and is now devoting his time doing studio and plein air work. He will show his representational landscapes. Kate Cashman was classically trained at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and spent 20 years in interior design when she decided she wanted to have more time for painting and teaching. Kate’s paintings celebrate nature visually with vivid colors and bold interpretations of the world around her. It was very pleasing to discover she teaches at the Red Doors Community Center near Berlin for adults and children as young as 5 in workshops and series of classes.
To expand the mix of work Nancy Richards West, a regular exhibitor, recently explored figurative images with traditional “sumi-e” painting using a metallic palette. Nancy will show work that illustrates how talented she is with this ink and brush technique. Fred Sprock will show several paintings that gave him artistic satisfaction in trying new techniques and Jim Rehak will share several of his newest work. The opening reception is Friday, March 6, with wines from the Margaret River region in Western Australia.
Mark Friday, April 3 for the opening of New Work by Lynne Lockhart and Kirk McBride.
Opening Reception for Christie Taylor & Fred Sprock
September Featured Artists – Christie Taylor & Fred Sprock
BeeWee Head, County Mayo
by Christie TaylorPlaying with Scissors 2
by Christie TaylorShallow Water
by Fred SprockTuscan Way
by Fred Sprock
Christie Taylor and Fred Sprock, natives of North Carolina, discovered the Eastern Shore through friends. In 2012 the marshes overlooking Chincoteague Bay drew them to a new home which provides inspiration for both of their artistic talents. At that time Christie was still the managing partner of a Charlotte consulting firm specializing in promoting original art in the workplace. After setting her retirement for 2018, Christie wanted to expand her artistic experiences as a Fellow at Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. In 2017 and returning in 2018 she spent 5 weeks each visit being drawn by the Irish landscape which parallels her fascination with Eastern Shore marshes. Her work in the show reflects how the rocky coast of Ireland serves as a vehicle to explore her interest in line and shape. Christie calls this Rock Scissors on Paper.
After Fred retired from a marketing career he studied with artists he admired accepting the challenge to become an artist, not just a painter. His move to Maryland gave him a renewed focus on having his work become a personal statement about his artistic exploration. His imagery, either a landscape with simple structures or an element in a natural setting, is painted with translucent quality diffusing light so the subjects and setting work together. His subjects are based on his attraction to simple architecture, nature’s simplicity and simple bucolic settings. Inspiration comes from exploring the Eastern Shore and the many places he travels.
Opening Reception – New Work by Gallery Artists
March Feature – New Work by Gallery Artists
March is a month that makes the change of season a reality. Daylight Savings Time returns March 11 and the Vernal Equinox on March 20 lets us welcome Spring. At Bishop’s Stock our March show reveals what gallery artists have created during winter hibernation. Themes in their new work range from unique still life subjects to interesting travel destinations. The landscape shown below, Bunatrahir Bay Study, is by Christie Taylor done during her 5 week fellowship in Ballycastle, Mayo County, Ireland. Other artists – Petra Bernstein, Scot Dolby, Lois Engberg, Linda Epstein, Jim Rehak, Fred Sprock, Nancy Richards West – will be showing with Lynne Lockhart and Kirk McBride offering a sneak peak of their April show. Erick Sahler will be here for the opening with his work. Rule #1 (No Ketchup) is a new take on Thrashers French Fries.