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Events 2026:
April 2026 Featured Artist: Jenny Abrams
Opening Reception Saturday, April 4, 2026, 4 - 6 PM
Artist's Statement
In this collection, the artist hopes to share the feeling of spring. In Virginia valleys, life surges forward from every corner. The sun’s warmth coaxes forth greens and blooms not seen for months, and gentle breezes carry the promise of summer. What could be better than a beautiful spring day?
In this collection, the artist hopes to share the feeling of spring. In Virginia valleys, life surges forward from every corner. The sun’s warmth coaxes forth greens and blooms not seen for months, and gentle breezes carry the promise of summer. What could be better than a beautiful spring day?
May 2026 Featured Artist: Jane Goodman
Opening Reception Saturday, May 9, 2026, 4 - 6 PM
Artist's Statement
I first traveled to Europe at age 14 to live with a French family on an academic trip. Thus began my lifelong love of travel—slow travel—settling into one location, becoming immersed in the culture for a month—learning customs and some language and soaking up my surroundings. Filling my memory card with images and sensory experiences.
Since retirement and prior to AirBnB, I would search for short term rentals. I settled for a month in Sicily, (Taormina), Rome, Florence, Lucca, Barga and Sperlonga. Slow travel enables one to enjoy the luxury of time and place. Frequenting a favorite café and making it a morning ritual, finding the best Aperitif, a favorite bookstore and bar…. The best views from familiar steps. And always, I brought along art supplies along on my walks…or found the nearest art supply store to purchase Italian paints and brushes.
I sketch and use watercolors to capture an immediate feeling of place and my response to the scene. Travel becomes an emotional journey to seek out my heritage. My entire family is from various parts of Italy, and I see the faces of my aunts and cousins and uncles in the faces I encounter. They are strangers to me but familiar as family. As are the sights, sounds, smells and gestures. I come from a long line of Italians folks. I’m proud to say so. Enjoy this little trip.
I first traveled to Europe at age 14 to live with a French family on an academic trip. Thus began my lifelong love of travel—slow travel—settling into one location, becoming immersed in the culture for a month—learning customs and some language and soaking up my surroundings. Filling my memory card with images and sensory experiences.
Since retirement and prior to AirBnB, I would search for short term rentals. I settled for a month in Sicily, (Taormina), Rome, Florence, Lucca, Barga and Sperlonga. Slow travel enables one to enjoy the luxury of time and place. Frequenting a favorite café and making it a morning ritual, finding the best Aperitif, a favorite bookstore and bar…. The best views from familiar steps. And always, I brought along art supplies along on my walks…or found the nearest art supply store to purchase Italian paints and brushes.
I sketch and use watercolors to capture an immediate feeling of place and my response to the scene. Travel becomes an emotional journey to seek out my heritage. My entire family is from various parts of Italy, and I see the faces of my aunts and cousins and uncles in the faces I encounter. They are strangers to me but familiar as family. As are the sights, sounds, smells and gestures. I come from a long line of Italians folks. I’m proud to say so. Enjoy this little trip.
In Gallery 22 (formerly the BSSS Gallery)
