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“I’m excited—and I’m nervous and frightened,” said Lelia Noyes Lucas of the exhibit of her watered ore that opens August 21 at the Middle Street Gallery in Washington.

She should be excited and a little nervous. After all, it’s only the second showing ever of her art. But she shouldn’t be frightened. The folks lucky enough to find their way to the gallery on Sunday afternoon will love what they see.

Under her brush, flowers bloom in a riot of red, orange, yellow and purple. Sunlight reflects from a country pond while a fisherman tosses his line from the dock. The hills and meadows of Virginia’s Piedmont roll up to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

And the rural scenes she creates are no more vibrant, alive and colorful than Mrs. Lucas herself. As much as admirers love her art, they love the artist more. She is an amazing woman.

There was still ice

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