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design in the table’s top. Mr. Nowlin is from Charlottesville.
The judges awarded Stephen La Drew’s “Sideboard” second prize. I could not tell how they chose that over his “Wine Cabinet,” a wall hung piece of grace as well as utility.
Mr. La Drew’s use of exotic Brazilian woods makes his sideboard uniquely decorative.
The almost art nouveau style of this piece is in stark contrast to Craig Landrum’s “Penn. Spice Chest” which is of colonial design and could as easily be used as a silver chest or a jewelry box. The old fashioned touch of initials and a date on the cabinet’s interior face, together with the brass lock, key and hinges make it a treasure as much as it is a treasure box. Craig Landrum is from Flint Hill and Mr. La . Drew is from Middletown.
Fourth prize was awarded to Chris Stephens “Sunset,” a wooden basrelief scene of a house on a hill set in a beautifully painted frame. This “world in little” provokes nostalgia but isn’t sentimental.
Everywhere one looks there is something to engage your eye, including Gary Colson’s “Arbor Ball.” Mr. Colson lives in Culpeper. The fine craftsmanship employed in all the works by the five other artists, Jene Laman, of San Marcos, Texas, Susan Lightcap of Asheville, N.C., Wendy O. Pierce of Gainesville, Sandra Burton of Culpeper and B.J. Harlan of Linden, whose works I have not mentioned, will please a viewer as much as those I have commented on.
Wit and ingenious artistry are liberally on display at this joyous celebration of talent and inspiration.'
The exhibition lasts till August 25.
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