Artist Registry for
Rappahannock County

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Kevin H. Adams
Multiple solo and juried exhibitions each year. Gallery Representation in DC, NYC, and MD. Invites visits to studio by appointment. Lives in Washington, VA
info@kevinadams.com
Artist Website
540-316-9220
Michelle Almond
Creates functional and sculptural glass forms that evoke the fluidity of the glass itself.
michelle.almond@gmail.com
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Gary Anthes
Black and white and color photographs of nature and architecture.
anthesgary@gmail.com
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DeEtte Axelson
Axelson specializes in animal and human portraits. Most of her works are currently done with oil on canvas; however, she also enjoys working with watercolors as well.
gdaxelson@wildblue.net
Robert H. Ballard
Having exhibited on the east and west coast, Ballards paintings can be found in many public & corporate collections. Working with color and texture he creates singular images.
Robert@RHBallard.com
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Steve Berry
breeda@erols.com
E. Raymond Boc
I am always studying the changing quality of light and how it affects the world around me. I often photograph a location or landscape several times to capture the different emotions that that light can give to a scene.
rayboc@att.net
540-987-9706
Patti Brennan
Patti uses many stained glass techniques, such as silk screening, etching on flashed glass, kiln fusing and slumping, and traditional glass painting. She combines the use of these techniques to create the intricacy in her stained glass.
dedanann@dedanann.net
Artist Website
540-987-8615
James Conaway
Jim Conaway 's paintings draw upon the varied landscapes he has visited during his travels. His idealized landscapes create a unique dialogue between the imagined trees of his painted forests and the weighty material on which he is painting.
conawayjim@hotmail.com
Otto Conner
I prefer water media on paper in my painting endeavors, as this accomodates the collage process which I have a great fondness for. My subject matter is greatly inspired by nature, the land and skyscape of the non-manmade world.
Trish Crowe
Trish began TheStudio at Firnew Farm in 2003 and currently meets weekly with a circle of 45 artists that exhibit regularly in the Blue Ridge area; she also is a line artist at heart and a watercolorist by nature.
Susan Dienelt
At her studio, Juba Mountain Pottery, Susan Dienelt makes functional clay pottery for use in the home.
susan@jubamountainpottery.com
Artist Website
540-987-8041
Bonnie Dixon
Bonnie works in oil and pencil, from life and from photos, on a variety of surfaces including gourds and goose eggs.
Jeanne Drevas
Jeanne Drevas lives in her handmade house and works in two medium, pottery and hand collected natural materials.
carljeanne@hughes.net
Artist Website
540 987 3113
Paula Endo
Paula Sayoko Endo is a documentary and fine art photographer and teacher. She also creates pictures that represent her personal vision.
paulaendo@gmail.com
Hans Gerhard
Abstract paintings and sculpture made from found objects(iron and steel).
hwgerhard@yahoo.com
Artist Website
540-547-2447
Rosabel Goodman-Everard
I paint in acrylic/mixed media, make sculpture, drawings, screenprints and photos. My work is (mostly) figurative, with surrealistic and symbolic tendencies, and contemplates the unpredictable, the unseen undertow of our lives.
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Benita Rauda Gowen
A watercolorist who also explores form and color in abstract collages that use a variety of materials - bright fabrics from around the world, yarns, and multi-hued papers.
geoffgowen@comcast.net
540-675-2362
Nora Harrington
Most of my paintings are started outdoors and then examined and tweaked in the studio. To stand in the open air, looking- really looking- for hours is an experience beyond compare. Yet, it is in the studio that a painting creates a world of its own.
Nora@embarqmail.com
Artist Website
540-675-9984
Barbara Heile
My work is continuing to reflect my growth as a woman who paints pictures. Returning home to Rappahannock after a year in Germany I see my work changing from a focus on the landscape of Nature to the inner landscape of the Psyche.
Libet Henze
Early travels in Germany, Turkey and Ethiopia, a fascination with the handiwork of artisans of the past as well as a lifelong interest in the natural world have all influenced the artist's current work in ceramics.
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Nancy Keyser
Keyser's work ranges from panoramic landscapes of the Blue Ridge Mountains to intimate details of wildflowers and gardens. Her paintings communicate a love of nature and country life with a fluid, colorful style.
nancykeyser@mac.com
Peter Kramer
Peter Kramer has been designing and making furniture for more than 60 years. His award winning pieces appear in collections both large and small throughout the United States. His designs are eclectic and often feature unusual and highly figured woods.
peterhkramer@mac.com
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Eric Kvarnes
Eric Kvarnes has been blowing glass since 1973 and reached Master Glassblower status in 1998. Kvarnes started his glassblowing business in 1979 in Sperryville,VA where it is still located today.
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Linda Lawler
Representational portraiture, still life and landscape art in a tightly rendered manner, much like the Dutch Masters.
sha45rps@starpower.net
Artist Website   Additional Website
540-364-4043
Davette Leonard
The still life paintings of Davette Leonard combine a passion for the Renaissance tradition of acute observation of nature and exacting draftsmanship.
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Laura Massie
Laura Massie is 23 years old, grew up in Rappahannock County, and has art in her blood! She has studied with Becky Parrish (Orlean) and Laura Hussey (New York)
Barbara Matteo
With degrees from George Washington University in painting, art history, and museum education, the artists lifelong career as the Associate Curator of Education at the Corcoran Gallery of Art underscores her fascination with the American landscape
Nina Moore
Handmade paper. My images are abstract and inspired by the natural world around me. I like the sense of the seeing through water or air I can get by adding layers of pulp on my frame.
ninamoore@earthlink.net
Thomas Mullany
A graduate of the Corcoran school of Art, he has been exhibiting his work in Washington, DC, New York, and regionally for three decades. His unique brand of realism has both irony and exactitude concentrating on local images and universal themes.
Robert@RHBallard.com
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Rick Myers
Rick Myers is a self-taught artist who after graduating from architecture school and moving to Rappahannock County turned to painting to express the beauty and wonder found in the natural landscape.
Margot S. Neuhaus
Minimal sculpture, painting and photography. Shows in the US and abroad. In collections, including the Art Museum of the Americas and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
margot@margotneuhaus.com
Artist Website
540-987-8494
Nol Putnam
I design and execute hot-forged, site-specific iron work and sculpture, using iron, steel, brass and copper. I also have a portfolio of landscape and ironwork photography.
nolp@comcast.net
Artist Website
540-636-4545
Margaret Rogers
Margaret Rogers is an artist /printmaker in Sperryville Va. The themes in her work are nature and familiar rural scenes. Although she is mainly a printmaker, her work includes illustration, graphite and botanical drawings.
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Ren Ruffner
Ren Ruffner has primarily painted realism and "magical realism" since he began painting as an adult. His creative process entails a detailed pencil study, often augmented with fanciful components, such as costumed animals and flying, dreaming figures.
Sara Schneidman
Sara works in watercolor, clay and poetry and has a gallery in Culpeper where she also sells her rugs and cards.
contact@saraschneidman.com
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Jim Serbent
Jim Serbent's artwork falls into three categories: abstractions, photographic-based works, and video art; sometimes these divisions meld or blur.
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Gerald Smith
My work can be described as "freeform refined rustic". No sketches or preplanned ideas are followed. Each piece seems to evolve by way of the spirit sleeping in the wood.
Artist Website
540-987-8266
Megan Smith
Megan Smith attacks her art viscerally and physically, using her entire body to throw, drip, splatter, and drizzle acrylics on canvasses of various sizes (some as large as 18 feet), old dilapidated screendoors, abandoned window panes and mirrors.
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Nedra Smith
I love painting all subject matter: plein-air-landscape, figural, portrait and still life. My medium is oil and my style is representational with an emphasis on telling a story. My goal is to bring interest and energy to each canvas.
hughnedra@embarqmail.com
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Ruth Anna Stolk
Ruth Anna Stolk has developed a unique style of sketch and watercolor, using subjects on her Rappahannock farm and people and architecture observed in her extensive travels.
Merrill Strange
Hand painted ceramics and tiles.
mpstrange@msn.com
540-937-5858
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Linda Tarry
Mosaics created by using discarded and broken ceramics, glass, metal, and other "junk."
Patricia Underwood
A mixed media artist/printmaker who uses diverse materials to create rich and evocative works. Her art is exhibited/collected in the US and internationally. Represented by Middle St. Gallery, Washington, VA and the Parish Gallery, Washington, DC.
punderwd@rcn.com
Artist Website
540.937.6237
Brenda Van Ness
My work is not derived, but spontaneously created to interrupt or enhance the humdrum, ho-hum periods of everyday life. It has been said to lend a reverence to the domestic arts.
brendavanness@gmail.com
Geneva Welch
Welch is a nationally known artist, displaying watercolor, oil paintings, and dry point etchings of animals and country scenes. Her limited edition prints, hand-painted ornaments, and platters are also available.
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Patton Wilson
Patton Wilson, considered one of the finest American Realists in the region, has exhibited his meticulous still life and landscape paintings in galleries and museums throughout the country. He has been featured on the cover of American Artist magazine.
Robert@RHBallard.com
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Michael Wolniewicz
Michael Wolniewicz is a furniture designer and functional art creator with over 25 years of experience.
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The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community
PO Box 24, Washington, VA 22747-0024 • 540-675-3193 • E-mail info@raac.org
RAAC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization