CHAMPAGNE AND CHOCOLATES HOLIDAY RECEPTION - Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Please join us on Saturday, December 4, 2010 * 6:30 - 8:30 PM at Arts at Canal Place Gallery.

See what is new from the studios of three local artists:

Dottie Winner

Linda Cover Holler

Echo & Wild Jewelry ~ Jeanne Gibbons

This event is open to the public, please share with your friends!

Hope to see you there!!

Show runs from December 1st to January 5th



JEANNIE GIBBONS - Principal designer for Echo & Wild Jewelry. She believes things that are handmade with love and intention deeply affect our lives. By choosing to wear them on our bodies, we honor both our history and our personal story while we support artistic endevour in a practical, daily way. Her goal is to design and create life-affirming, thought-provoking jewelry. "What speaks to me is the mythology behind the symbols. I love the stories that weave their way into our lives." In order for you to continue to enjoy them, she will include a story card with each piece of jewelry. She hopes you find jewelry in her collection, that will inspire you, as it has inspired her.

DOTTIE WINNER - Has worked almost exclusively in watercolor over the past twenty years. She paints primarily from photographs she has taken to capture special, spontaneous moments in everyday life that depict people, places and events that touch the heart. Dottie’s paintings of flowers reflect her love of color, light and the beauty ever present in nature. Her hope is that others will take time not only to “smell the roses” but also to look more closely at the magnificence of the Creator’s grand design.

LINDA COVER HOLLER - Taught art at both Fort Hill and Allegany High Schools for a total of 26 ½ years. This was after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She also got her Masters of Art Education from Frostburg State University. “Painting was my last choice of venues in the art field until I took some instructional learning lessons in the field of watercolor from a fantastic teacher named Grace Scherer. What a life changing experience that was for me! After Grace moved away from Cumberland, I and five other struggling artists continued our learning experiences by painting together every Saturday for the past 20 years. We had such fun, worked so hard, and learned so much from each other. I truly fell in love with watercolors. This period of time has provided the most valuable artistic learning and growing experiences of my life. I found what it took to become a real artist. I love color and detail and different patterns and textures, and itty, bitty ditties in my work. I elected to do mostly animals for this show so that you can see how I have so much fun attending to these details. I have kept a record of photos of my artwork. These are kept in two books, which will be available at this show. I hope you will take the time to peruse my other paintings in these two books of my accomplishments that I have loved doing!” She does many commissions. If you are interested in your own personal watercolor painting, call her at 301-722-4381 to set up an appointment.