Palette Art Gallery: Retrospective
ON DISPLAY
October 27 2023 -March 24 2024
RECEPTION
November 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Photo credit D. D. Lester Collection Christiansburg Palette Art Gallery, 1964-08-13
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 |