Palette Art Gallery: Retrospective

ON DISPLAY

October 27 2023 -March 24 2024

RECEPTION

November 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The Palette Art Gallery was, according to a founding member, an attempt “to see good art in every home in this county and state.” Operated by a group of local artists pledged to support the gallery through the sale of their work, it opened in 1961 and is thought to be one of the earliest art galleries in the county. The gallery was located in a modest building a few miles outside of Christiansburg and captured tourist traffic along U. S. 11 prior to the completion of Interstate 81. The Palette Art Gallery helped launch the professional careers of several commercially successful artists including noted painters Vance Miller and P. Buckley Moss. After operating for more than three decades, the gallery closed in 1996.

 

 

Artwork on Display:

Artist	Medium	Title
Vance Miller	Framed Print from Oil Painting	Burrus Hall and Virginia Tech Drill Field
Maude Claxton	Watercolor	Two Gray Cats with Red Geraniums
Maude Claxton	Oil	Ocean Scene
Barbara Capps	Oil on Canvas	Unicorn
Barbara Capps	Oil on Canvas	American Indian woman
Barbara Capps	Oil	Black, Gray, Red Flowers
Barbara Capps	Oil	Yellow Rose
Rosalie Jurisson	Watercolor	Autumn
Rosalie Jurisson	Watercolor	House Going to [Claytor] Lake
Rosalie Jurisson	Oil	Yellow Iris
Rosalie Jurisson	Oil	Winter Scene
Rosalie Jurisson	Oil	White Amaryllis
Virginia Simpkin	Watercolor	Little River at Elliston
Virginia Simpkins	Watercolor	Landscape with Two Trees and Fence
Virginia Simpkins	Watercolor	Still Life with Wine Bottle