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Celebrating Creativity in the Month of Love

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OUR FIRST OFFICIAL ARTS AND MAKERS ISSUE IS VERY SPECIAL TO US. One of our community missions is to highlight local artists from the culinary arts to musicians to fine arts, so to dedicate an issue to creativity is particularly exciting. Any community's culture is driven by the health of local business and the artistic "glue" that adds vibrancy to the mix. We are so blessed in this area to have great creativity and a population that embraces our local makers. We love art because it gives us a glimpse of someone’s heart, the part of them we don’t see on the surface. We are all drawn to art in different ways. We like to look at and listen to art that makes us feel something, art that resonates with us. Through art, we learn about ourselves. As you read about the local artists in our community and their stories of passion and

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INSIDE THE ISSUE FEBRUARY 2020

FEATURES 14 The Conche's Chocolatiers Make it Look Easy Patience & Skill Forge Luscious Creations

18 Oatlands' Greenhouse Studio Grows New Artists and Ideas Caleb Schutz and Walt Bartman Open the 200+-Year Old Plantation to Artists, Chefs and Educators

24 Four Women Forge "Near and Far" Art Show Nancy Deliso Pairs Wine with Art at 868 Estate Vineyards

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Good Times

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CULINARY CREATIONS

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MAKING CHOCOLATE LOOKS EASY, UNTIL YOU’VE TRIED IT. I did, thinking The Conche’s monthly chocolate making class would be a great backdrop for both Loudoun YMCA’s

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Marcia Klioze, to teach classes starting in mid-January. (A full schedule is available at http://www.goldfinchstudio.org/.) Four nine-week classes and four workshops for up to 300 students will rotate every quarter. In Walter’s view, “I guarantee this will be a forum where people will be able to grow creatively and intellectually.” Professionals who have “followed the rules” for most of their careers find that when they retire they need to

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think more creatively. “That’s what I’m trying to teach people here.”

PHOTOGRAPHY ADAM KING, NEIL

Caleb Schutz, who became the CEO of Oatlands Historic House

STEINBERG AND CALEB SCHUTZ

and Gardens a little over a year ago, shares Walter’s ability to imagine how the Greenhouse and other like-minded educational, cultural and even culinary cohorts can use Oatlands as a venue. What Caleb most appreciates about Walter and seeks in other partners is his ability to turn his painting and instruction into a successful business. Having experienced both for-profit and non-profit worlds, Caleb believes melding the two is key to the success of institutions like Oatlands in today’s world, where generational philanthropy (a.k.a. “old money”) is largely a thing of the past.

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Walter Bartman in the Greenhouse Studio

At Carriage House Art Shows Artists and Patrons Mingle and Share Ideas

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GIVING BACK (CONTINUED)

Oatlands' Carriage House Offers an Open Door to Collaborators

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When he served as international ambassador for IBM’s substantial foundation, the company was the most generous benefactor of non-profits in the nation. When he later established MCI’s foundation, he annually gave away around $20 million. Corporations should still invest in the kind of community they want their employees to enjoy, but they don’t always know how, so it now falls to non-profits to help to educate them, Caleb said. “Loudoun County is burdened by the fact that everyone wants to live here, but if the growth isn’t checked and managed -- if it doesn’t build the civic centers and the playhouses -- you won’t have the social life and culture people need. If you lose that as you’re growing, you can’t get it back.” From his perspective as a fundraiser, he says giving has become more of a “business transaction,” where non-profits need to simultaneously prove their worth as change agents and reward givers in ways they personally or professionally value. In Inside the Carriage House is Room for Art and Entertaining

response, Caleb has adopted a collaborative approach towards encouraging diverse artistic, educational and philanthropic organizations to experience Oatlands, hopefully in ways that help them appreciate it as a cultural and historical treasure. Bluntly, sustaining the property involves much more than making the 400-acre grounds available for point-to-point equestrian and cross-country races, or even the hands-on historical educational curriculum Oatlands has provided for thousands of students in the Loudoun County School system. Buildings are expensive, and Oatlands has more than 20, including the 200+-year-old manor home, Greenhouse and Carriage House, often used as both art gallery and venue for community parties and fundraisers. All are housed on property that has seen some of the most significant cultural and political changes in the history of the country. With this backdrop, Oatlands can be a platform for discussing social and economic change in ways that could positively impact

Walter Trains the Next Generation of Artists to Think Creatively

race relations in today’s society, says Caleb. He’d like to see Oatlands’ Garden Dependency restored to how it looked when slaves lived there. “Such a restoration could provide a focus for us to discuss the race issues that still divide us today.” Realistically, he estimates it should take $2.5 million annually to restore, preserve and run the estate as a living classroom and venue for community events. That’s far less than the $50 million it takes to maintain Mount Vernon, but more than three times the current annual budget. The main house needs a new roof, as it is currently a complex patchwork spanning four porches currently stitched together by decades of parsimony. Even mowing is pricey. Yet, in the face of the hardships overcome by Oatlands’ previous owners, who built the Corcoran Art Gallery and established the National Trust for Historic Preservation, perpetuating Oatlands’ legacy seems doable. Walter likes Caleb’s odds for success. “He’s respecting what I can do, so we work well together. We’ll make it happen. It will take time. We’ll figure this out too.”

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FOUR WOMEN HEADLINE "NEAR AND FAR" ART SHOW 868 ESTATE VINEYARD EXHIBIT FEATURES ARTISTS ANNE STINE, LEANNE FINK, UTE GIL & KIM T. RICHARDS “WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WE WANTED ART TO BE PART OF THE WINERY EXPERIENCE,” SAYS NANCY DELISO, A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE THREE FAMILIES

Ute's Colorful Menagerie

WHO FOUNDED 868 ESTATE VINEYARDS. (www.868EstateVineyards.com) The current “Near and Far” exhibit is the vision of Andrea Cybyk (http://AndreaCybyk.com), the vineyard’s art director. Her theme ties together the works of four women who know each other well, but who have very different approaches to painting. Andrea explains, “Ute’s work is almost hyper-near; you feel like you could reach right out and touch the fur of her animals. Kim’s first work on the wall was done on the property. Leanne’s paintings feature exotic places like Tokyo and Budapest. Anne’s paintings, while done locally, have a luminosity that gives them an otherworldly

UTE GIL

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Ute's Barn Owl Combines Realism and Abstraction

Born and raised in Germany, Ute Gil learned traditional folk and silk painting. She left at 22 for Spain to study Spanish and continued her work in pastels and oil. By 1990, she was in the United States moving throughout the Mid-Atlantic, coming to Virginia in 2002. As the kids grew, she had more time to paint, and has devoted herself to it full-time for the last five years. “I love painting animals, especially their humanness,” she says. All of her works portray happy emotions because that’s the quality in animals that draws them to her. She works often in Western Loudoun County where she can visit the local farms and catch some of her favorite subjects: pigs, foxes and a vast menagerie of birds. “In the barn owl, you’ll see he is very realistic, but over here in the darkness there is an abstract texture. I love the tension between painting what is realistic and what is abstract,” she explains, adding, “The absence of images engages your imagination.” Ute Gil

Although she participates in the Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour and local festivals, she otherwise is as elusive as her owl, so

ARTICLE MELINDA GIPSON

finding her in a show is rare. Most of her patrons are people she

PHOTOGRAPHY NEIL STEINBERG

already knows well. “What I love is knowing where my paintings end up and I see the smile on people’s faces. That’s what works for me.”

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KIM T. RICHARDS http://www.kimtrichards.com/

She both sells her artwork and teaches out of

The first thing that draws you to Kim T. Richards’ work

Loudoun Street Studios, which she shares with artists

is the brilliant, cobalt blue of her Sonoma, California

Libby Stevens, Carol Buswell and Bethany Widom.

Mission painting. “The sky in Northern California really

Kim plans to teach at Oatlands’ Greenhouse Studio

is that deep blue all the time,” Kim says. “It’s the one

this winter, and at Yellow Barn Studio in the Spring.

thing I miss about not living there. Every once in awhile

“I teach beginner acrylics, the basics of painting in

the sky here is that color and my husband says, ‘Look,

general and the specifics of working in acrylic. Acrylic

it’s San Francisco Blue outside.’”

is a great medium to start with because it’s not very

Color is what draws Kim to paint; she is a self-de-

intimidating. It’s just a water based medium and you

scribed “expressionistic acrylic painter who loves big

can jump right in and get a good result. You don’t like

bold color, lots of flowers, and painting outside.” Though

something, you just paint over it.”

CONTINUED >

she’s showing landscapes at 868, most of her work focuses on flowers. I’m always drawn to flowers because of the colors and the variation. You can look at a flower and see, yes, that’s a flower. When you really look at it, it’s fascinating how the petals fit together and how all

Mission San Francisco Solano

the colors vary and even the spaces in between the petals and the stem. I’m just fascinated by the variations.”

Kim T. Richards From 868 to San Francisco Skies

ACRYLIC IS A GREAT MEDIUM TO START WITH BECAUSE IT’S NOT VERY INTIMIDATING.” February 2020 | Leesburg Lifestyle

AR TIST ’ S PALE T TE (CONTINUED)

Leanne's Painting of Tokyo Lights Up the Night

LEANNE FINK

Leanne Fink with her Painting of Budapest

http://leannefinkart.com/ When her daughter sent her a photo of a local neighborhood in Tokyo, Leanne Fink was “so struck by the candy colors and lights on the walkway from the street lamps that I had to paint it.” The same was true of the street in Budapest that is included in her current show. “While it’s still riddled with the ravages of WWII, there is still such a gritty beauty about the place.” The one word that motivates her is beauty: “I am driven by beauty. I feel that there is so much to inspire me that is surrounding me that my need to express that beauty is what drives me to paint.” Leanne comes to the canvas after two careers, one in advertising and one in chiropractic patient care. Reunited with what was a childhood passion to paint, she now feels “like I’m burning daylight.” She’s not feeling rushed, exactly, just that there is so much to see and paint that she will produce probably 15 to 20 major works in a year. Recently returned from a trip to Jordan to visit her daughter, she was captivated by the desert. “The spirit of the desert with its muted tones and stark contrasts were speaking to me and

I FEEL THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY IN MY SURROUNDINGS. THIS IS WHAT INSPIRES ME AND DRIVES ME TO PAINT.”

a love of the desert just latched onto me.” She’s already titled her upcoming series, “The Cradle of Life.” This year’s Loudoun Sketch Club President, you can often find her working on Tuesdays with club members. This month, she also will appear in the Art of the Piedmont Art Auction and Reception on Feb. 21, from which half of the proceeds will benefit Middleburg Montessori School. (https://www.facebook.com/ artofthepiedmont/.)

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THE WORK THAT I DO AND THE ART THAT I MAKE ALL COMES FROM WHERE I FEEL I CAN SERVE GOD.”

Stine Mixes Beeswax With Pigment to Create Vibrant Colors

Anne Stine

"Skyline Vista" Encaustic Mixed Media on 36"x48" Birch Panel

ANNE STINE

https://annestinepainting.com/ “The work that I do and the art that I make all comes from where I

damar resin (tree sap) and pigment.” Anne makes her own paint,

feel I can serve God. It’s through prayer that I discern where I should

which is kept molten on a heated palette and applied to a wood

go next ... and even what subject matter I should pursue.” She feels led

surface, then re-heated with a torch to fuse the paint into a uni-

to “be a light on a pedestal and to paint the skies,” and to be a beacon

form, enamel-like finish. It’s a process invented by the ancient

of encouragement for other artists. Blessed with the gift of adminis-

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Of our cover painting, she says, “I paint seasonally, so I did that in

artists turn their passion for art into a business, and was a founder of

January working with a winter palate. It excited me to see how the light

the Purcellville Art Gallery that opened last summer. Her blog encour-

works with snow. I had a friend who had just moved to Front Royal and

ages people that “it’s never too late to follow your dream.”

built a cabin. She sent me a photograph and the scene captured my

As for why her works seem to glow, some of that quality comes

heart because the footprints in the snow represented companionship

from Anne’s mastery of a painterly style in applying encaustic

in the midst of a cold, blustery day.” You can also catch her work at

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d’oeuvres or Dessert. Though all the food is

Galore & More, SOLD OUT. And, yes, we

donated, leading restaurants and catering

said fundraiser. At around 1,000 attendees,

companies

they just couldn’t fit any more people into

portions of everything from marzipan to filet

Lansdowne Resort and Spa’s grand ballroom.

mignon to win votes from patrons and judges.

Once you’ve attended, it’s easy to see

With more than four hours to complete the

why the party is such a draw, apart from the

circuit of treats, and plenty of champagne to

great benefit the community derives from

wash it down, it’s an epic indulgence.

FUNDRAISER,

generously

bring

significant

donations. Funding ensures that the YMCA’s

This year’s entrants will be judged on

pre-school, after-school and summer camp

best taste and presentation in either sweet

programs are accessible to all Loudoun

or savory categories by Marcus Repp, exec-

residents, regardless of their ability to pay.

utive chef of Lansdowne; Jason Reaves,

Kasia Bochenek, YMCA Loudoun’s business

executive pastry chef at Salamander Resort

director says, “What I love about this event

& Spa; Erik Foxx-Nettnin, head chef of

is to see our community coming together as

Magnolias at the Mill and Daniela Williams,

a united force. Big businesses, small busi-

Lead Chef and owner of Cucinamore.

nesses and individuals pull together and gen-

Food presenters must register by February

erously donate to this event and the YMCA

10 to participate, and should contact Kasia

cause. Our joint power becomes unlimited!”

The food is great too. Thirty of the area’s top chefs and confectioners compete to out-do

Kasia.Bochenek@ymcadc.org.

information on the event is available at LoudounChocolates.com.

ARTICLE MELINDA GIPSON | PHOTOGRAPHY KASIA BOCHENEK

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The Leesburg Gourmet Has You Covered for Valentine's Day WHEN MIKE CARROLL RETIRED IN OCTOBER 2019 AFTER 3

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DECADES AS THE LEESBURG VINTNER ON THE CORNER OF

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LOUDOUN AND KING STREET IN HISTORIC LEESBURG, DAVID

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MERCADO ANSWERED THE CALL OF MANY CUSTOMERS WHO

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The Loudoun Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors cordially invites you!

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