Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 8 · column 3 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
She has been with Braeland for a year, and says she appreciates being able to work at home. Her own paintings, which she has shown at the Middle Street Gallery, are more abstract than the Braeland work. She says that it has been good for her to be constantly painting, and she is glad she has the skill to copy details. For Braeland, she paints trays (including the two that go to Neiman Marcus), plaques, drawer knobs, flower pots, garden stakes and picture frames.
Lorraine Duisit does some of her painting in the studio and some at home, where she lives with her husband Tom Espinola and their two children. The items she paints on are different every week, she said, and they include flower pots, plaques, drawer knobs and pins. She said she loves the images because they remind her of her childhood in France. “It is a great job for me. I enjoy the actual process; it is real meditative,” she said. Ms. Duisit attended the Rhode Island School of Design and is an accomplished painter as well as musician and vocalist.
Michelle Powell is another one of the painters, and she also does some design work. She paints portraits as her own business.
Jonathan Achilles, another resident of Rappahannock, works full time at the studio as the office manager and also helps with various projects, such as doing the finishing work on some of the pieces, painting on acrylic or polyurethane. He describes the Braeland work as “a spinoff of American and French provincial folk art.”
Bob Lucking began working for Braeland in March and does a lot of the carpentry work at his shop in Sperryville. He makes dovecote cabi
97.8%