This Still life began when a friend brought over her Teletubby and the two arranged a still life to study. The playful subject transforms a traditional...

Homesick for Another World explores the experience of anxiety and the feeling of longing for somewhere beyond the present. Through oil and gold lacquer, Lily Formato...

Never Alone explores the desire for freedom found in the outdoors. Through expressive linework and layered oil and ink, Lily Formato reflects on the connection between...

Mount Rogers Sunset by Anika Whittier captures the warmth and atmosphere of sunset across the Southwest Virginia landscape. Painted in oil, the work reflects Anika’s connection...

Emma Crowley is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the playful, the surreal, and the unexpected through painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Inspired by nature, folklore, and the small...

Original painting. Artist: Katharine Oltrogge Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2025

Original painting. Artist: Katharine Oltrogge Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2024

The upstairs of the artist's childhood home in Wytheville, painted from memory. Part of the body of work that became Bemused, which draws throughout on the...

Felting is violent work. The wool is driven into raw canvas with a barbed needle, thousands of times, until the fibers lock into the weave and...

Reflects on the people who have passed through and inhabited a particular place. The work considers the traces people leave behind, exploring presence, memory, and the...

Reflects a deeply personal experience of self-discovery in the natural world. Set against the landscape of the Falls of Dismal, the work explores the connection between...

Explores the feeling of being alone in the fog. Through oil on canvas, Lily Formato captures the quiet isolation and uncertainty of moving through a landscape...

Bonfire explores fantasy and the imagined experiences that occupy the artist’s mind. Combining oil and chalk pastel, Lily Formato creates a dreamlike work rooted in personal...

Inspired by a friend’s experience, bringing playful imagery into a small-scale oil painting. Through Formato’s distinctive perspective, the work transforms a personal story into a curious...

The Black Lodge explores Lily Formato’s fears and feelings of loathing through an intensely layered composition. Using ink and oil on canvas, Formato translates these internal...

Sacrifice explores the process of understanding and confronting death. Through Lily Formato’s layered, stream-of-consciousness approach, the work considers grief, loss, and the emotions that emerge when...

Rose Period III is a deeply personal work exploring the artist’s relationship with her mother’s addictions and American religion. Through layered imagery, expressive linework, and an...

Rose Period II reflects Lily Formato’s relationship with her hometown of Wytheville, Virginia. Through layered ink, oil, expressive marks, and vivid imagery, the work transforms a...

Original painting. Artist: Lily Formato Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2026

Barn at the Shot Tower by Anika Whittier captures the character of a familiar Southwest Virginia landscape through one of the region’s enduring rural structures. Painted...