Art Watch: David Katz’s bold and beautiful flying chairs

Plus RockDraw, Fantasy & Abstract, & painting in Longwood By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Oil painter David Katz will be showing his big, bold and beautiful artwork at Galer Estate Winery Pop up show Thursday July 17th.  David works on very large handmade canvases and paints whatever interesting series of images pop into his head. He starts with a large gessoed canvas and then positions...

Galer names Mitchell as new winemaker

Virginia Smith Mitchell Named as third-ever winemaker at award-winning Chester County winery EAST MARLBOROUGH — Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery announced this week that it has has hired a new Winemaker, Virginia Smith Mitchell, to continue the management of their award-winning wines. She joins Galer with an extensive and diverse history in the wine making industry. Mitchell was the Assistant...

Art Watch: Kirsten Fischler

Tiffany inspired color transformations of reclaimed wood By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Kirsten Fischler is painter with a very unique style of art.  Kirsten collects recycled wood building materials, cuts them up, paints them and then reconfigures the elements into a singular work of art. Often the pictorial elements are simply rectangular cuts of a piece of plywood- but what a piece of...

Art Watch: Susan Heaver

Local jewelry artist turns found materials into unearthed treasures By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Local jewelry artist Susan Heaver is drawn to the natural beauty in found materials that she cuts, carves and twists into unique works of wearable art.  Not many people can look at a junked piece of copper gutter material and envision bracelets cuffs; but Susan Heaver has a vision, and is inspired...

Art Watch: Diane Micklin

A passion for color and texture leads to abstraction plus what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Abstract painter Diane Micklin will be exhibiting this Thursday April 3 at Galer Estate Winery in Kennett Square for a Pop up show from 4-8pm.  Diane combines her love of Chester County landscape with a passion for color and texture. Her acrylic painted images range...

Art Watch: Painting on collage combines old and new

Plus: what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Painter Jasmine Alleger will be exhibiting this Thursday March 20th  at Galer Estate Winery for a Pop up show from 5-9pm.  Alleger combines found materials and photographs with painted objects of everyday subject matter. She writes that “the juxtaposition of collaged material with painted objects is a way to...

Art Watch: Shake off winter by taking in some art

Although Spring may be slow in coming, the Spring art scene is blooming By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times With all the snow and ice of the past weeks, it will be nice to start visiting the local galleries again, going to events and warming up to great food, wine and local art. The end of winter is a perfect time to get inspired to be creative, and it is always great when art combines to raise...

Art Watch: Art for the Holidays

By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times There are some wonderful holiday arts and artisan shows in our area in the coming weeks. Though you may prefer to invest in a large new work of art for your home from a local gallery (a really great idea!), this is a unique time of year to find the more portable and affordable works of art available at holiday shows. Zvezdana Scott of Kennett’s new Mala...