Latest Works, Online Store Additions, and New Studio Location in Richmond, VA
Dear Friends and Art Lovers,
I sincerely hope wherever you are living that you have been able to stay safe and keep healthy during the terrible coronavirus pandemic that we have been enduring. Mercifully, it appears we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I suppose for some the forced sequestration at home has meant taking the time to spring clean and spruce up the home, redecorating the walls with new pieces of art, and we have been delighted to help. Thank you for your business and continued support! As an artist, staying at home has represented more time for me to be at the easel. Here are a few of my most recent paintings.
by Gulay Berryman | 16” x 20” - Original oil on canvas
Bodrum, located in Turkey on a peninsula which marks where the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas meet, was the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus in the 5th Century B.C. Its most famous native was the historian Herodotus and it is also where Alexander the Great stayed during his voyages of conquest. It has been very well-known to archaeologists for many years. In modern times, Bodrum’s scenic natural beauty and year-round mild weather began attracting Turkish artists, musicians, and writers who started settling and retiring there in the 1960-70s. As a result, it has a lively culture and has become a very popular resort town for foreign tourists as well as international movie stars and celebrities who can still enjoy ‘incognito’ status more easily than elsewhere in Europe! Most homes are built of limestone or concrete blocks with white-washed walls and the wooden doors and shutters are painted in a variety of pastel colors. There is lush, beautiful vegetation everywhere you look but especially marked are the flowering bougainvillea bushes that love the sunny, dry climate of the long summers.
There are often some very spectacular sunsets over the James River from in and around Richmond, Virginia. This one took place in late March as seen from the North Bank of the James while approaching the Stone Brewing Tap Room and looking across the river at Ancarrow’s Landing.
Williamsburg Art Gallery studio at Crossroads Art Center in Richmond, VA
If you should travel to Richmond, we invite you to stop by the Crossroads Art Center located at the intersection of West Broad Street and Staples Mill Road. Williamsburg Art Gallery now has its own studio space in Building 3 where I will exhibit more artwork including some by other artists and sculptors! During this time, Crossroads Art Center is currently open to the public and by appointment on Monday through Friday 10am–2pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm. We recommend you check their website for any updates on their visiting hours.
New Additions to our Online Store
Lastly, please keep checking our website! We have recently added quite a few new items and pages to explore on our online store, including Other Artists, Orientalist Art Reproductions, and Historical Sport & Military Prints. If you don’t see what you want, feel free to drop us an e-mail and tell us what you are looking for. We are always happy when we can help out an art collector!