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By SALLY WALKER
Rappahannock New* Contributing Writer
The much awaited Dan Lewis Watercolors Show opened at the Middle Street Gallery this past Sunday. The soothing collection of pastoral watercolors attractred an appreciative crowd, which purchased six of the 16 paintings.
This collection of Lewis’s recent work seems to elicit the living colors of the surrounding countryside, the kind of colors that make a viewer go “ah.” And while the subject matter is endearing, it’s the color that makes this show special. Just as the color of our surrounding countryside draws people to its beauty, so does this show have the same allure.
A resident of Rappahannock County for 16 years, Lewis has consistently and lovingly captured the flavor of rural landscapes and country vignettes, in oil and now in watercolor. The new body of work in this show is due to what Lewis called “a burst of new creative energy.”
Whether painting, encouraging young artists, or practicing foot reflexology, reiki and shiatsu massage, the soft-spoken Lewis has a reputation for helping others. He is the founder of the originial Middle Street Gallery and then the current Middle Street Gallery Artists’ Cooperative. Both his massage and art begin with the physical. The art aims to deliver something beyond the original.
Lewis says that his interest in the natural beauty of this area has led to recreating scenes and things that evoke emotion and feelings. Something as simple as a shed corner or farm bucket in a sunlit doorway brings the subject out of context, isolates it, and allows the
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