Spring Mix

In a show juried by gallery owners, Carol and Tony Boyd-Heron, the Washington Society will exhibit 38 oil paintings by 19 different artists.  In all there were 77 submissions.  The WSLP has been in existence for over 100 years.  In 1913 two Washington, DC area artists chanced to meet in Rock Creek Park.  Their shared love of plein air painting sparked a friendship that grew into a club, the Ramblers, in 1917.  Exhibitions as far afield as Arizona and Wisconsin followed.

Through World War II the club’s members remained faithful to the aesthetic of representational landscape painting, making it now one of the oldest active art organizations in the region.  Now known as the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, this passionate and vibrant group of 40 juried members enjoy plein air painting together monthly, exhibiting and sharing information, but especially the camaraderie of kindred artistic souls.

“Spring Mix”, as the title suggests is a mixture of landscapes and still life paintings where flowers take center stage.  From the traditional spring bulbs like daffodils and tulips to early flowering perennials to shrubs like forsythia and redbud, there is a virtual A-Z of the floral world.  Throw in a couple of lily ponds, a field of poppies gently swaying in the breeze and several peaceful summer gardens,  and you have everything you need to remind you that winter is officially over.

There will be an opening reception from 5-7 pm on Saturday 6 April when the public is invited to meet some of the artists.  The Exhibition will continue until April 28.  The show may be previewed on the gallery website, www.peninsula-gallery.com.  The gallery is located in the shops at the Beacon, just across the canal bridge on Savannah Rd in Lewes and is open Tue thru Sat, 10-5 and Sun, 11-3.  Call 302-645-0551 for further information.