Ruthie Windsor-Mann Studio
Welcome to the first newsletter for the studio. Due to restrictions on
my website, this will have to be a fairly basic one with no room for
bells and whistles, however if you would like to receive a more
advanced printed newsletter, please get in touch with me at:
[email protected]. 
The photograph below is of the studio corner in my studio/temporary
home. It''s been on a house tour in October ( Using Space Artistically
at Little Windbury
  ) and it was featured in the Fall 2013 issue of the
magazine Small Room Decorating .
Up to date information can be found on the website: Ruthie Windsor-Mann
Studio   and on the studio Facebook page
  (Please click Like). 


  
A Bird Oasis?
The studio location seems to be a mecca for birds. I have seen eagles
and hawks and swallows follow me on the lawn tractor. I have one
bluebird house nailed to my shed more for aesthetic reasons rather than
for practical ones. Birds of all species must have their own
reservation book for as soon as one family departs, another takes up
residence. Mockingbirds build nests in rose bushes and red bud trees.
Wrens, thrushes, and bluebirds take turns in the bluebird house, while
many attempt to build nests in ornamental birdhouses on the porch.
Painting the nests involves the use of brush and palette knife using
abstraction and detail work.


  
Wide Open
The studio is situated in an environment open to the elements unlike
the shaded environment of the North Carolina mountains, where skies
were only visible through leaves or branches. I''m on a knoll with
views of the sunrise and the sunset and on many days I''m alerted to
colors in the sky I''ve never before seen. Previously I thought those
sky colors were invented by humans through the use of paint or through
maneuvering dials on photographic equipment. Not so. They''re real.


  
Hay Series
Living in the middle of a hay field means that I''m surrounded by hay
bales twice a year. How magnificent it is to see the light hit the hay
bales in the early morning and late afternoon producing those long, low
shadows across the pasture. Painting the colorful and textured hay
bales with their shadows is accomplished using both brushwork and
palette knife work.


  
Where to find my work:

The Art Cellar Gallery   in Banner
Elk, NC

Middle Street Gallery   in
Sperryville, VA

Little Windbury (The Studio) Washington, VA
By appointment: [email protected]

Scheduled Events :

December 7 and 8 
Annual Holiday Open Studio
  
Annadale
Gordonsville, VA

May 2014 
Unveiling Impressions of Ruthie Windsor-Mann 
Middle Street Gallery, Sperryville, VA


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