Tuesday, April 29, 2008

"Oatlands Plantation 2008 Gala"


"Morning Sun on Oatlands Mansion", Linda Volrath, 8" x 10", Oil on Linen

We attended the Oatlands Plantation spring 2008 black tie gala last weekend. The gala is a fund raising event to benefit this historic trust property in Leesburg, VA. Linda and I have been involved with them for about 10 years. We have had paintings in their annual art show every year and have always done well selling paintings. Linda donated this painting "Morning Sun on Oatlands Mansion" for the silent auction. Bidding was strong and the painting raised the most money of all the silent auction items, we would like to thank and congratulate the winning bidder. We would also like to thank Cynthia Bridgman for having us at her table. We enjoyed speaking to William C. Travis and his wife Sally, William's watercolor painting of Oatlands was used on the invitation and was donated for the live auction. His painting raised a substantial amount of money for Oatlands benefit. We would like to thank everyone involved at Oatlands for always being so kind to us, allowing us to paint on their property and giving us opportunities to be involved in their fund raising events. If you can visit Oatlands it is well worth the trip.

2 comments:

mike joos said...

i like the way you paint. specifically the way you use your brush strokes. its great

LL Volrath & SJ Parrish said...

Thanks, yes we like paintings to look like paintings not photographs. "It looks just like a photograph", is not a compliment to us. Artists are supposed to create art not slavishly copy what they see. If it looks just like a photo, then you might as well take a photo.