Photos From Art and Ale 2014

 

Paintings by Apryl Altman in foreground, Diana Dellos in background.  

Art and Ale 2014 has been a success!

With perfect weather, beautiful works of art from talented artists, Timothy Seaman’s intriguing music as soundtrack for the day, and a steady supply of delicious food and Alewerks award winning brews; the stage was set for something for all visitors to enjoy.

Jean Hess and Apryl Altman

David Lewis

Betsy Minney

Jason Hillegas

Jessica Lloyd

Janis Wood

Barb Hodson

Timothy Seaman

Bob Mandala

Pottery by Dennis Orton

Quilts by Barb Hodson

Pottery by John Watters

Miniatures by ML Brei

Dianne Spearman and Genevieve Brei manage a booth of work by several artists. Jewelry by Elizabeth McCoy

Paintings by David Lewis

Our artists, the reason to celebrate our festival, filled our clubhouse and grounds with their latest work.

Denis Orton

From paintings to pottery, quilts to jewelry and sculpture, we enjoyed the color, texture, form and feeling which art brings to our lives.

 

Barb Hodson

We have a strong community of artists in Williamsburg.  And many active in our Williamsburg arts community are also our neighbors, or our former neighbors, here in Kingspoint.  We are happy to have the opportunity to to meet and visit with them, and to view and purchase their current works, right here in our own Kingspoint Clubhouse.

 

Jean Hess has strong ties to our Kingspoint neighborhood.  Her work remains on permanent display in our clubhouse.

 

We also have a strong community of volunteers.  We appreciate the support of so many willing neighbors who helped make this event possible. 

Working together, we created a memorable and successful day. 

“Thank you!” to all of the friends, family, neighbors, and visitors who shared some part of the day with us.

Judy and Dee helped serve our dinner

ML Brei

Carrie serving lunch

Kids’ Zone

Grilled chicken was the star of our dinner

Kids’ Zone offered children the chance to create their own works of art

Our kitchen hummed with activity all day.

Young artists at work

Timothy Seaman visiting with volunteer Kim Storms.

Brian was our chief cook at the grills

These photos are courtesy of Yuko Molineux, Anne Allen, and Elizabeth McCoy.  As photos continue to come in, we will continue to post them to this site.

 

Jason Hillegas

Jason Hillegas

Chain Maille Jewelry

“Links and Lore”

“Offering  fashionable, modern jewelry which captures the historic patterns that have lasted thousands of years.”

Links & Lore Jewelers was created by our Master Maille-Smith, Jason Hillegas, who started weaving maille armor at the age of 14.

Maille armor is the metal mesh medieval knights wore under their shiny plates of armor. 

Throughout the 29 years that followed, Jason not only continued weaving maille, but he also dove into its history; studying its origins, how it was originally made, and teaching himself the dozens of chain maille patterns which  developed over the centuries.

While he was weaving a maille shirt for a friend, a lady approached and commented, “That would make some real pretty jewelry. Have you ever thought of making some?”

Hence the seed that was planted years ago has now grown into Links & Lore Jewelers.

Jason strives to stay true to the belief that each piece of jewelry is a link to the past or, if you will, a link of history.

Every design is a variation of one of the patterns from the maille armor that knights used to wear.   Of course a few patterns that are a bit more modern have found their way into the collection of designs. In those instances,  Jason believes  that they are just too nice of a pattern not to use them.

About Links & Lore Jewelers

There is much more to maille or “chain-mail” than just the pretty patterns you find in a crafting magazine. 

Maille is an art form that is well over 5,000 years old. We’re keeping it alive by taking the patterns that were once only used for weaving armor and turning them into jewelry and accessories for more modern applications.

So you are literally wearing a piece of history.

Jason@linksandlore.com

 

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Barb Hodson

Quilting

 

Barb Hodson is a novice quilter who enjoys using age-old quilting applications.

Her work embodies the beauty and nostalgia of traditional patchwork quilts .

Barb, who has been quilting since 2005, restores antique quilts and creates new quilts of her own design.

Barb appreciates the simplicity of expression found in the process of quilting.

 

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Diana Dellos

 

Acrylic & Mixed Media Paintings

 

“Art, music, and love. It’s what makes the world go ‘round for me.”

 

Diana Dellos, a native of Wyoming, has been a creative soul for as long as she can remember.  Having artists as parents, creativity was a normal part of everyday life.

In high school, she drew many charcoal portraits of children and in college, she filled her electives with art courses.

Her main focus over the last sixteen years has been raising her three children and keeping the family afloat, while moving several times across the country.

Through these years, she was always doing something creative on the side: painting a world map mural in her boys’ bedroom and hibiscus flowers on her daughter’s walls, designing for Spellbinders Paper Arts Co., stenciling stair risers, redecorating their many homes, and lots of colorful painting on canvases.

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Apryl Altman

Watercolor Paintings

“Life is full of small segments that often go unnoticed, but have an impact on our emotions if we stop to see it.

Whether it is a breathtaking landscape, a child’s face or a sun struck prism, these are things that make my day!

As an artist I strive to bring those moments to paper with watercolor to enjoy again and again. “

Apryl Altman

 

Largely self taught, I began my adventure with watercolors in 1997 taking classes with Ann Murphy Armstrong.   After several workshops with numerous nationally known watercolor instructors such as Judy Betts, Gerald Brommer, Steve Rodgers, Betsy Dillard Stroud and Don Andrews, I joined the Barclay Sheaks Art Group.   Now known as the Williamsburg Studio Painters, I find myself working with Ann Armstrong, the group’s leader, once again.

Shows include:
New Town Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA guest artist, winter 2014
Art on the Square, Williamsburg, VA 2006 -2014 (honorable mention, painting and drawing 2013)
An Occasion for the Arts, Williamsburg, VA 2006 (featured artist-poster), 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013
This Century Art Gallery Member’s Show, Williamsburg, VA 2nd Place Award 2013
Virginia Watercolor Society 2012

I am represented at Prince George Art and Frame, Williamsburg, VA and The Venue, Bloomington, Indiana. I also occasionally participate in the Member’s Gallery at This Century Art Gallery.

 

aprylaltmanart.com

apryl-altman@cox.net

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Timothy Seaman

Solo Acoustic Dulcimer and Flutes

Timothy Seaman, musician, songwriter, teacher and naturalist,  has been a Williamsburg resident for more than 40 years.

An internationally known recording artist, he currently has 15 CD recordings in his discography.  He is known for his distinctive, compelling, and passionate instrumental music on hammered dulcimer and flute.

Tim’s music is a unique blend of styles.  He has developed his own techniques with the hammered dulcimer to weave melodies ranging from traditional folk tunes to well loved hymns. His recordings also include numerous original compositions.

Much of Tim’s music has a distinctive Virginia  theme.  He has composed music to express the unique qualities of our many National Parks and to capture the flavor of important periods of our history.

Timothy’s CDs include:  Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent (2006), Celtic Airs (2010), Virginia Wildlife (2004), Here On This Ridge (1997), and Gentle Breeze Beneath The Trees (2011).  His latest CD, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground (2012) includes 44 tunes from the mid- 1860s which were popular at the time of our War Between the States.

Tim’s CDs feature a number of familiar guest artists, including Ardie Boggs, Bill Gurley, Ann Robinson, and Phillip Skeens.

Timothy will perform throughout the day at our Kingspoint Art and Ale 2014, will offer his CDs for sale, and will be available to demonstrate his hammered dulcimer to interested music lovers.  Many neighbors still have fond memories of Timothy’s previous concert in  our Kingspoint Clubhouse  in February of 2012.

This is a very special opportunity for our community to meet  Timothy and enjoy his  music.  He will perform on the deck, overlooking beautiful College Creek, throughout the day.

 

http://timothyseaman.com/

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Janis Lee Wood

Paintings

Janis has been painting, exhibiting, and selling her works for forty years.  Her mediums are acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media.  She uses bold colors, impasto techniques and texture, and often takes a more impressionistic, or abstract approach when depicting portrait, landscape, and still life subjects.

She has exhibited in numerous art venues all over the country, most recently in Northern VA, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg, and her paintings hang in many private collections.  She loves interior and landscaping design, and will accept commissions to create paintings to suit your personal tastes and color schemes.  She also produces paintings that are water and weatherproofed and meant to be hung outdoors on patios or fences.

Janis worked for the federal government in the Washington, DC for more than twenty years.  Throughout this period, she continued to paint and exhibit in both Washington and Northern Virginia.  In 2002, after retiring from the Federal Government, she moved to Williamsburg, VA, where she continues to paint.   Born in Texas, she has also lived in California, Maine, Maryland, New York, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has traveled extensively both home and abroad.  This varied background provides her with a wide range of visual experiences that influence her paintings.

Many of Janis’ works are available in limited edition gallery wrapped canvas giclées.  They are hand embellished by the artist, and signed and numbered. She also offers open edition prints of her works on gallery quality paper that are mounted and matted using acid free materials.  She will also custom frame both originals and reproductions at a very reasonable cost in styles and colors to suit your decor.

For more information about Janis Wood and her paintings,

or to make an appointment for a consultation, please call 757-220-2217.

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Elizabeth

 Custom Jewelry With Stones and Pearls

My love of beautiful crystals, stones, and pearls began many years ago. 

Most of the stones in my collection are specimen items, just as they came from the Earth.  But I also love wearing jewelry made from beautiful stones, and so began collecting unusual pieces bit by bit.

I love collecting hand made pieces, because commercially available jewelry tends to cut, facet, and polish stones down to tiny bits one can barely see.

I saw a need for beautiful pieces of jewelry, made with natural stones, at affordable prices.  I had some design ideas I wanted to create, and so I began making necklaces, bracelets, and earrings with semi-precious stones and pearls  in 2007.

I firmly believe that every piece I make already has an intended owner, who will eventually find it, fall in love with it, and make it their own.

Often a buyer will commission a particular piece for themselves or for a loved one, using stones they love, and I am always happy to make a custom piece to order.

I love working with all forms of quartz, including rutilated quartz, tourmalinated quartz, citrine, amethyst, rose quartz, smoky quartz, and clear quartz.  I also work with garnets, lapis lazuli, turquoise, tourmaline, carnelian, agates, and freshwater pearls.

Crystals and gemstones are full of light.  They hold a special fascination and beauty.

It is such joy to work with them.

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Jessica Lloyd

 

Photographs From Nature

Founded on the belief that all things in life are borrowed, Worth A Shot Gallery seeks to capture the natural impermanence of life, one photo at a time.

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Worth A Shot is dedicated to supporting animal rescue and rehabilitation programs.

The profits from all Worth A Shot Gallery book sales are currently being dedicated to Save the Chimps in Fort Pierce, Fl.  Please help us give back to the animals who have given us so much.

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Worth A Shot Gallery currently has two books in print:  Embracing Impermanence: Worth A Shot Gallery’s Rules to Live By, and Attitude is Everything.

Both are lighthearted photographic collections reminding us all that whatever it is, it will change.  W.A.S. Gallery books make great gifts for that hard to buy for teacher, babysitter, or friend!   All proceeds from W.A.S. Gallery book sales are donated to animal rescue and rehabilitation programs.

 

     For more information please visit our website: www.WorthAShotGallery.com  or find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WorthAShotGallery

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Bob Mandala

Wire Tree Sculptures and Wire/Gemstone Pendants

http://www.bobmandala.com

My entrance into the art world did not begin with art classes or the love of sculptures.  It began when I saw a wire tree in a gallery in Portland, ME, and was captivated by the work.  While I was excited about the work, the price tag was off-putting and I wondered to myself (and to my wife), “I wonder if I can do that?” and my journey began.

When I returned home to Williamsburg, I visited one of my favorite art meccas, ACE Hardware, purchased what I thought I needed, brought it all home and immediately started my new project.  Well, I immediately realized that my skills needed considerable honing.  While a picture of the wire tree was firmly cemented in my mind’s eye, communication to my hands seemed to be a bit, well, severely misinterpreted.  My first attempt was tragic but my enthusiasm was not dampened.

I visited another well-known art institution, The Internet, and found others who produced varying styles of trees made of wire, some with beads, others with elaborate bases, and still others that had a distinctive Eastern flair.  I studied them, but determined that I would have to develop my own style using materials that I would discover along the way.  Through many experiments and missteps, I came upon a style much like I use today – simplicity.

The four primary tree designs are Oak, Willow, Aspen, and Windblown..  I primarily use 20gauge “dead-soft” copper or silver plated wire in shades of gold, silver, bronze, copper, and multi-toned.  The bases have evolved from clay and wood to slate and natural stones. I use two methods, wrapping and/or twisting to achieve the trunk and branch affects.  The trees are 100% wire; no other materials are used for strength or form.  It takes between 40-60 yards of wire per tree, depending on the style and size, and between 8-14 hours of work over a period of two-three days.  The trunks are embedded into the base by way of a personally drilled hole into the medium at a depth to provide substantial support, anchored with a metal piece inside the hole and finally cemented to avoid any possible loosening, under normal circumstances.

My pendants are gemstones wrapped with the same wire used on trees. 

Styles are still evolving, but simplicity is my goal – letting the gemstone quality be the main focus with wire as an accent.

My journey into art has been an exciting experience, not only for the personal accomplishment of actually creating pieces that might be appealing to others, but more importantly, I have made new friends whose work I admire and I have a significantly elevated appreciation for the creative process.  Now when I see a painting, a drawing, a photograph, a sculpture, handcrafted jewelry, or other work of art, I better understand the journey that an artist must have taken to get to the place to create.  I understand now that the journey is not a quick trip, takes many detours along the way, and is a very valuable part of our culture.

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