Category Archives: Painting

Pandora’s Box – Alessandra Rici

Copyright 2020 Alessandra Ricci Artist’s Statement Pandora’s Box, the mythological and vindictive gift from Zeus that Pandora opened out of curiosity. From the box broke out all evils known to humanity, including sickness, toil, rage, and suffering. Pandora managed to … Continue reading

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Hope – Bettina Brunner

Bio: Bettina Brunner is an abstract artist from Reston, Virginia who explores the ambivalence of our times in her work. Her day job is in international health, where part of her work is to increase the role of private health … Continue reading

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Accotink Creek Danbury Forest – Norma Lasher

Oil on Canvas 24×20 Bio: Norma Lasher is an artist from Sterling, VA.  Her painting career began in 1960 in oils. She is currently a resident in charge of hanging paintings in Falcons Landing, a Retirement Community in Sterling.  This … Continue reading

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Seascape – Gail Axtell-Erwin

Bio: Lyrical realist painter, Gail Axtell-Erwin also creates jeweled collages & “Clockworks” and has been an Artist-member of the Reston Art Gallery for more than 20 years. Donation Appeal: Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web … Continue reading

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In Full Bloom – Rosemary Gallick

Bio: Rosemary Gallick is a Professor of Art and Art History at Northern Virginia Community College where she has taught since 1996. She holds a B.A. from the State University of New York in Art and an M.F.A. from Pratt … Continue reading

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The Freedom of Icarus — Antonella Manganelli

Artist’s Statement: The first painting is of Plato’s cave, where shadows are compared to our pale perception of reality. The second painting depicts Icarus as a fluctuating shape without human features flying freely to the sun, illuminating the grandeur of … Continue reading

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Elk — Leo Deege

Bio: Leo Deege is an artist from Vienna, Virginia.  He has painted mostly plein air landscapes and portraits from life, while studying with Nelson Shank in Philadelphia and artists from the Alexandria Art League. He also taught painting for seven … Continue reading

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Sea Sparkle – Pat Macintyre

Artist’s Statement: Pat Macintyre’s sea painting, “Sea Sparkle,” is non-representational, more the gesture of the sea. It captures the loose flowing waves as they touch the shore. Bio: Artist Pat Macintyre, owner/director of Reston Art Gallery at Lake Anne in … Continue reading

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Starry I-Scream – Lynne Grossman

Listen to my muted lips feed me stardust sun-days Scoop generously Smothering pickled-spear doubts Crumble lemon cookies beckoning from my brain’s clouded freeze-her Sprinkle celestial sugar into my choked mocha cough-fee Cast aside daily grinds   Brew ideas to fruition … Continue reading

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Black Lives Matter

Ragisms – Gregory Uba Artist’s Statement: The art came out of my experience during the Rodney King Riot.  I prefer the term riot to rebellion because it feels more authentic to the passion and anger and violence. I rode my … Continue reading

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