Art Watch: John Hannafin

Pre-holiday arts and craft shows start to pop up around the county, too By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week begins with a Pop up show at Galer Estate Winery featuring the vividly colorful and expressionistic paintings of popular local artist John Hannafin. The pictured downtown West Chester winter scene is a show stopper- what a perfect Christmas card! It has the warmth and nostalgia...

Art Watch: Dual Show, times two

A busy Fall Art Scene & the Influence of Mentors with ‘Uncommon Denominators’ and ‘Celestial Spheres!’ By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times The Fall line-up for Gallery shows is heating up with September’s First Friday openings for new shows this Friday, September 5th all over Chester County. New Fall Class schedules are also available now for sign-up at The Chester...

Art Watch: Laura Lewis

Time-worn objects shaped into jewelry treasures new plus what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Jewelry artist Laura Lewis will be exhibiting her jewelry and hand blown glass pieces at Galer Estate Winery for this Thursday’s Pop up Art show May 1st from 4-8pm.  Every Laura Lewis jewelry piece is a combination of a found object fragment and her own artistry....

Art Watch: John Hannafin

An authentic creative voice By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week’s local art watch focuses on brightly colored neo-impressionist work of local popular artist John Hannafin. John grew up in West Chester in a bucolic setting of a centuries old stone home surrounded by green farmlands and historic properties. While he may be most nationally famous for his “Art Across America”...