Visiting Galleries in Fredericksburg

A good start to the day of hooky from our chores, an excellent lunch at Rather Sweet.

Gaye, Thad Hanna & Kris on upper porch of InSight Gallery.

Visiting Galleries in Fredericksburg

Yesterday, I met two artist friends, Gaye Sekula and Kris Kelson, for a day in Fredericksburg. Unlike my past visits to this picturesque little town, this one was not about shopping. After a delicious lunch at Rather Sweet we first went to the Whistle Pik Gallery to see their impressive Christmas miniatures show.

Gaye & I agreed that our very favorite painting was this one: http://www.whistlepik.com/artistworks.php?artistID=6424# by Jeff Legg. Though the photo is good, you can't really tell how wonderfully the paint was handled. I wasn't all that impressed by his other paintings, but that one is a true gem. There were lots of other excellent paintings to linger over and study, and we stayed far longer than we'd intended.

There was another gallery that we had to be sure to visit before closing, so we headed to the other end of town to the new InSight Gallery. I'd been so impressed by Whistle Pik that I was totally unprepared to be absolutely blown away by the art at the InSight Gallery. And it turned out that their opening reception was last night. They represent a lot of excellent and well-known artists (Carolyn Anderson, Nancy Bush, Dan Gerhartz, Qiang Huang, C.W. Munday, among many others) and the reception was attended by a number of them. One of the artists that I was most impressed with is John Austin Hanna whose son is one of the owners of the gallery.
Thad Hanna (above, with Gaye and Kris) gave us the extended tour upstairs to see even more beautiful original art and also a room of excellent giclee prints. Everyone at both galleries was very welcoming and gracious, and the entire day was fun from start to finish.

http://www.insightgallery.com/index.php