NOVEMBER

ABOVE IS UNCLE PETE MAKING SURE WE GET ON OUR WAY.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE ADIRONDACKS THEN CHANGE TO CATSKILLS.

THE WEATHER WENT FROM CLOUDY TO RAIN TO SNOW SO OFF TO VA WE GO.

FROM MA TO VA

Opus Oaks is a 13 acre farm converted to an Art Center

NEXT STOP IS GALE AND MALCOLM’S AT OPUS OAKS IN BERRYVILLE VA AN ART PLACE. WE PARKED THE RV HERE AND VISITED THE REST OF

LINDA’S FAMILY BY CAR

INTO THE HEART OF FAMILY

MALCOLM’S STONE CARVING GEORGE WASHINGTON BRONZE

2012 NOVEMBER

OPUS OAKS

GALE TEACHING

OTHER TEACHERSAND ANOTHER TEACHING SPACE IN DOWNTOWN BERRYVILLE VA

INCITE ART CREATE COMMUNITY

ART CLASSES

1. FOR ALL AGES

2. DRAWING

3. PAINTING

4. SCULPTURE

5. WATER COLORS

6. GARGOYLES

7. CLAY

8. MIXED MEDIA

9. LEARNING TOGETHER

Parents and children learning together.

LEARN ABOUT

TOOLS

STUDY

SHADOW AND LIGHT

GALE

GALE AND LINDA MET IN COLLEGE AND HAVE BEEN BUDDIES/FAMILY EVER SINCE. WE STUDIED ART AT FERRUM COLLEGE’S BLUE RIDGE INSTITUTE IN SOUTHERN VA.

GALE IS THE TEACHING FORCE BEHIND OPUS OAKS. SHE ALSO RUNS THE SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. A TRUE MASTER OF THE ART OF LIFE, SHARING AND THE JOY OF CREATING.

MALCOLM

SCULPTURE AND STONE CARVER HAS WORKED ON THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. MALCOLM WORKS AT HIS HOME STUDIO AT THE FARM. TOGETHER THEY ARE CREATING AN ART PLACE FOR ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE. THEY HAVE STUDIOS FOR SCULPTING, STONE CARVING, WEAVING, POTTERY AS WELL AS THE ART CLASSES IN TOWN.

OPUS OAKS COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL ARTIST TO CREATE A

COMMUNITY ART WALL. ARTISTS OF ALL AGES CONTRIBUTED. ALL THE PEOPLE PORTRAYED ARE

LOCAL ARTISTS OF DRAMA, MUSIC, DANCE, FINE ART, PHOTOGRAPHY

AND QUILTING.

shot glass Gale Malcolm

DURING OUR VISIT WITH GALE AND MALCOLM, LINDA WENT WITH GALE TO HER CLASSES AND PHOTOGRAPHED HER AS SHE TAUGHT. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. THE SCHOOL IS COMMUNITY. I WITNESSED BEAUTIFUL ART BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

GARY SPENT TIME WITH MALCOLM AND DID PROJECTS AROUND THE HOUSE. HE CLEANED AND REPAIRED THE GUTTERS AND INSTALLED TWO WINDOWS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO.

THE WATER COLOR TO THE RIGHT

IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL THESE WOMEN

THIS PIECE WILL BE FINISHED

AND DONATED TO

A CHILDREN'S HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

INCITEART

CREATECOMMUNITY

GARY

COMPLETED WINDOW

THE FIRST WINDOW INSTALLED TO THE

RIGHT IS THE POTTERY STUDIO.

THE SECOND WINDOW TO THE LEFT IS IN THE

GLAZING ROOM

VIS IT ING THE SHENANDOAH RIVER WITH GALE AND GRANDKIDS WHILE GARY WORKS WITH MALCOLM

WE EACH PICKED A SPECIAL ROCK WE

THREW IT IN THE

RIVER AND SANG THANKFULLNESS