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ral fibers.
Inherent in this sense of gleaning from the land is respect for the land and the artistic resources it provides. There is a desire for the finished basket to retain the organic quality of its components.
“It just feels good to be doing this out here, living among the grapevines and plants,” she states with a smile.
RAAC Calendar Exhibit
A group show at Mountain Railway Gallery in the Middle St. Gallery building, is a powerful reflection of contemporary rural artists. The images are drawn from a closeness to land, to light, to water to wood, to clay, to animals, to reed and vine. The people whose lives are shaped by small communities and the domination of the natural world are present in the show, too.
The original artwork featured in the 1984 Rappahannock Artists’ Calendar is included in the show.
The pulse of nature pulls the viewer into the exhibit - with Jeanne Drevas’ dramatic and wild basketry; June Jordan’s bird sculptures; light pouring from behind the mountains in Rex Slack’s painting of a backyard at dusk, Charlie Tompkin’s rush of waterfalls, and spontaneous paintings of a boy riding through a stormy background painted by Laurie Marshall with her son, Jeremy. Each piece in the show creates an exceptional sense of the craft and spiritual strength that seems to be characteristic of many artists in Rappahannock County.
The show is open Thursday-Sunday, until Nov. 19.
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