"Earlysville General Store" on Arts Rivanna Tour
"Earlysville General Store No. 3" Oil on board, 8 X 10" |
This work along with many others will be available Saturday, Sept. 13 on the Arts Rivanna Tour, Earlysville, VA. Would love to meet you there.
Huckstep's Store Oil Painting
Original 5" X 7" Oil on linen board, C. Twomey |
Working on a new series, starting with the iconic Huckstep's Garage and Store in Free Union, VA. Just to get there is a pleasure. I head west along Buck Mountain Road, which is on a high ridge overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains on either side. Rolling farmland, critters in the fields, the sun baking the grape vines - all of this leads to the charming and somewhat dissolving village of Free Union.
Having worked on computers since 1978 (Apple II), I've worked a lot with the Filter Gallery. I realize that it is influencing and helping to infuse my paintings with light that I control - light that can suggest a nostalgia, a dreaminess unlike anything else. This exploration is how I arrived at this view of Huckstep's - real, but not quite; a play on emotions and longing for the way things were.
One Person Show in Earlysville, Virginia
Hope you can come sometime between Oct. 13, 2012 until Jan. 1, 2013!!!
From TED
and ArtInPlace to a One Person Show: “Iconic Earlysville”
Earlysville,
VA (Oct. 3, 2012) Earlysville artist Catherine Twomey will be featured in a
one-person show at Suzanne Crane’s Mud Dauber Pottery at 4225 Earlysville Road in Earlysville. The Opening Reception will be Saturday, October 13, 2012 from
10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Since
arriving in the Charlottesville area over five years ago, Catherine has painted
the Piedmont en plein air (“in the open air”), primarily in oils and
watercolors. The upcoming exhibition, “Iconic Earlysville” includes the old
farms, buildings, trees and mountain views that make Earlysville such a
beautiful and distinctive place.
In the fall
of 2010, Catherine’s oil painting East Fall Blue Ridge won the Art In Place (http://www.artinplace.org/) mural award, and is currently on
display as a 12’ X 24’ mural on Barracks Road.
As a
medical illustrator, Catherine has carved a career that has garnered national
and international awards and accolades in the world of science and medicine.
In the fall
of 2011, the medical branch of the prestigious TED (Technology, Education and
Design) Conference selected and featured Catherine’s medical illustration work
for presentation at the TEDMED Conference in San Diego, which is touring
nationwide.
A horse
lover and equestrian, Twomey also received the prestigious First Place in Open Illustration award category for the “Da Vinci Horse: Biomechanical Piaffe”
illustration. The illustration was created for the September, 2007 cover of the
USDF Connection magazine, with prints in collections worldwide.
The
exhibition will run through January 1, 2013:
Mud Dauber
Pottery
4225
Earlysville Road
Earlysville
22936
http://www.artscraftspotteryandtiles.com
Studio/Suzanne
434-973-7943