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Photography by the husband and wife team of HENRY EASTWOOD and FRANCIE SCHROEDER greeted the viewers as they entered the gallery. In their black and white shots of venerable Anna Wood, sunset in a mountain hollow and the front porch gang at the Etlan Store, they gave a glimpse of Rappahannock’s soul.
CINDY MAHAN carried on the rural theme with her photography, shots of the faces of old country stores and young country boys. Mahan’s interesting experiments with development techniques give her black and white images the patina of age, an old fashioned look in keeping with the historic bent of Rappahannock and the town of Washington.
Dramatic lighting - the shadows as the sun sets on a neighborhood in the West Virginia mountains, the contrast of lamp and street light in the dark of a railroad crossing - dominate REX SLACK’S haunting oil paintings.
Virginia’s countryside is still home to wild things; hidden comers of wilderness still exist. That side of the rural experience was reflected in CHARLIE TOMPKINS’ photography.
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