By: Principle Gallery February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 featuredLeave a Comment

“Journeys” – Basham, Lashley, and VanDerHoek

Our first exhibition of the year opens today! Journeys featuring work by Jill Basham, Christine Lashley, and Kim VanDerHoek is officially open and will remain on view until Tuesday, March 16th. We will be open from 10 am until 8:30 pm this evening and two of the artists are planning to join us (weather permitting).…

By: Principle Gallery February 9, 2021 featured, Fine Art, Landscapes, Old Town, Principle Gallery, Visiting the GalleryLeave a Comment

Joseph McGurl’s Sight-size Method

Outdoor Painter wrote an article about McGurl’s use of the sight-size drawing method and we’ve put together a brief synopsis below accompanied by some available works by this masterful painter! You can click here to read the entire article! A little bit about Joseph McGurl Joseph grew up working with his father, James McGurl, who…

By: Principle Gallery February 2, 2021 Events, featured, Fine Art, Old Town, Principle GalleryLeave a Comment

Alexandria Boutique Warehouse Sale

The Alexandria Boutique Warehouse Sale is happening this weekend! Discounts will be available Saturday, February 6th and Sunday, February 7th only. In years prior, the Warehouse Sale took place in the The Westin Alexandria Hotel, but this year it will be spread out amongst store fronts, pop-up tents, and some discounts will be available online.…

By: Principle Gallery January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Events, featured, Fine Art1 Comment

15th International ARC Salon

Congratulations to all the ARC (Art Renewal Center) Salon Winners! Below you will find a list of Principle Gallery Artists recognized in the 2020-2021 ARC Salon. Robert Liberace – Best in Show & ARC Purchase Award Robert Liberace – Portraiture Finalist Robert Liberace – Portraiture Finalist Gavin Glakas – First Place Landscape Gavin Glakas –…

By: Principle Gallery January 6, 2021January 15, 2021 Events, featured, Fine Art, Old Town, Principle GalleryLeave a Comment

Cheers to 2021!

Welcome to our first blog of 2021! Today we’re going to share the exhibitions we have planned for this year! If you’d like to stay up to date on exhibition schedules, new arrivals, and additional announcements; click here to sign up for our newsletter. **click any of the artists names to be directed to their…

By: Principle Gallery December 29, 2020December 26, 2020 featured, Figurative, Fine Art, Principle Gallery, Visiting the GalleryLeave a Comment

Artist Feature: J Louis

American artist J Louis was born in 1992 and earned his BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. He currently lives and works in New York City. Louis is best known for his oil paintings of female figures, focusing on the exquisite strength and alluring complexity of women throughout saturated color, flattened…

By: Principle Gallery December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 featured, Figurative, Fine Art, Principle GalleryLeave a Comment

The Liberace Family

Image details (from left to right): Pelican in Indigo by Ava Liberace, Smile! by Celia Liberace, Carrot by Lina Liberace, and Illuminate by Robert Liberace. Most of you already know world renowned figure painter, Robert Liberace, but only some of you may know that Rob isn’t the only artist in the family. Within the Liberace…

By: Principle Gallery December 15, 2020December 11, 2020 featured, Fine Art, Old Town, Principle GalleryLeave a Comment

Double Artist Feature: Steven Walker & Jennifer McChristian

Steven Walker Steven Walker was born in Myrtle Beach, SC and raised in Richmond, VA; where he later attended Virginia Commonwealth University and earned his BFA. Afterwards, he earned his MFA from Marywood University where he met his wife and fellow artist, Evelyn. “ I didn’t come from a family of artists, I wasn’t top…

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Jeremy Mann’s “Epiphany”

By: Principle Gallery July 5, 2020July 7, 2020

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In April of 2020, amid the global pandemic shutdown, Jeremy Mann sent the following newsletter with an image of this new, now available, painting. Morning Shut-in buddies, Here’s hoping you’re finding the best way to handle your situation, because no matter who or what you are, we’re each and all affected by this. Even million…

Small Works 2020

By: Principle Gallery December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

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Our Annual Small Works Group Exhibition officially opened last Friday and features 140 works from over 30 different artists. The works range in size from 4 inches by 4 inches to 24 inches by 24 inches. They also range in subject matter; the exhibition features still life, figurative, landscape, and cityscape paintings. This variety makes…

Introducing Carlos Morago

By: Principle Gallery November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

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Carlos Morago was born in Madrid, Spain in 1954 and lives there today. He grew up visiting the Prado Museum, an institution filled with European masterworks from the 12th-21st centuries; amid those walls his art enthusiasm and knowledge flourished. “Beginning with the indisputable, unequalled Velázquez – who has been a reference point since childhood visits…

The Memory of Trees

By: Principle Gallery November 7, 2020November 7, 2020

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Gilbert Gorski’s Solo Exhibition: The Memory of Trees is still on display and it’s the last weekend to view the show in its entirety! We will begin de-installing the exhibition Wednesday, November 11th. However, the unsold pieces will remain at the gallery. If you’re unable to visit the gallery click here to view our digital…

National Portrait Gallery: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022

By: Principle Gallery October 20, 2020

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The National Portrait Gallery is now accepting entries for the sixth triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Artists are invited to submit portraits in any media for consideration in the competition. As with past editions, the competition seeks to broaden the definition of portraiture and highlight the genre’s relevance in society and contemporary art. Artworks may…

Gilbert Gorski: Pixelation & Pointillism

By: Principle Gallery October 17, 2020October 17, 2020

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Welcome back to Principle Art Talk! Today, we’re going to revisit a topic/technique that we’ve touched on before: Pointillism! We’ve written two previous blogs about the technique itself and how it appeared in art history; click here to view those two posts. Pointillism is a neo-impressionist painting technique. Each composition consists of tiny dots of…

Final View: Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek

By: Principle Gallery October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

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We are in the final week of From Above, Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek’s two-person exhibition! To close out this show, we’ve decided to share an interview with the artists. We provided Jill and Kim with a set of nine questions pertaining to their careers and creative processes. Please enjoy each interview below! Interview with…

A Collaborative Painting

By: Principle Gallery September 17, 2020

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By Jill Basham & Kim VanDerHoek What happens when two artists realize that they have a similar interest and compatible styles of painting? Kim and Jill decided to see what would happen if they attempted to combine their two styles into one painting. Having met one another originally through Plein Air Easton years back, the…

VanDerHoek and Basham

By: Principle Gallery September 15, 2020September 17, 2020

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“From Above” Two-person exhibition opening Friday, September 18th | 6:30-9pm What happens when we look at the familiar from an unexpected point of view? This is the question posed by Principle Gallery’s upcoming two-person exhibition called From Above, and the answer comes to us in the form of 40 entirely new paintings by artists Jill…

Technique Tuesday: Gilding

By: Principle Gallery August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

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What is it? Gilding is known as the application of extremely thin sheets of gold in a layer on a surface of wood, metal, glass, or various other objects for decorative purposes. Artists have also been known to use silver, palladium, and other metals for gilding surfaces as well. This technique is achieved by first…