1. NOVEMBER
FROM MA TO VA
ABOVE IS UNCLE PETE MAKING SURE
WE GET ON OUR WAY.
WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE
ADIRONDACKS THEN CHANGE TO
CATSKILLS.
THE WEATHER WENT FROM CLOUDY TO RAIN TO SNOW SO OFF TO VA WE GO.

2. 2012
NOVEMBER
I N TO TH E H EA RT OF FA MILY
NEXT STOP IS GALE AND MALCOLM’S
AT OPUS OAKS IN BERRYVILLE VA
AN ART PLACE. WE PARKED THE RV
HERE AND VISITED THE REST OF
LINDA’S FAMILY BY CAR
Opus Oaks is a 13 acre farm converted to an Art Center
MALCOLM’S STONE CARVING GEORGE WASHINGTON BRONZE

3. AND ANOTHER TEACHING
OTHER TEACHERS
SPACE IN DOWNTOWN
BERRYVILLE VA
O P U S OA K S
G
EACHIN
GA L E T

4. INCIT E A RT C RE AT E CO M M U NIT Y
ART CLASSES
1. FOR ALL AGES
2. DRAWING
3. PAINTING
4. SCULPTURE
5. WATER COLORS
6. GARGOYLES
7. CLAY
8. MIXED MEDIA
9. LEARNING TOGETHER

5. Parents and children learning together.
LEARN ABOUT
TO O L S
S TU DY
SHADOW AND LIG HT

6. OPUS OAKS COLLABORATED WITH
LOCAL ARTIST TO CREATE A GALE
COMMUNITY ART WALL. ARTISTS shot
glass
OF ALL AGES CONTRIBUTED. ALL Gale
Malcolm
THE PEOPLE PORTRAYED ARE GALE AND LINDA MET IN COLLEGE
LOCAL ARTISTS OF DRAMA, MUSIC, AND HAVE BEEN BUDDIES/FAMILY
EVER SINCE. WE STUDIED ART AT
DANCE, FINE ART, PHOTOGRAPHY
FERRUM COLLEGE’S BLUE RIDGE
AND QUILTING. INSTITUTE IN SOUTHERN VA.
GALE IS THE TEACHING FORCE
BEHIND OPUS OAKS. SHE ALSO
RUNS THE SCHOOL AND SUMMER
PROGRAMS. A TRUE MASTER OF
THE ART OF LIFE, SHARING AND
THE JOY OF CREATING.
MALCOLM
SCULPTURE AND STONE CARVER
HAS WORKED ON THE NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL. MALCOLM WORKS AT
HIS HOME STUDIO AT THE FARM.
TOGETHER THEY ARE CREATING
AN ART PLACE FOR ARTISTS IN
RESIDENCE. THEY HAVE STUDIOS
FOR SCULPTING, STONE CARVING,
WEAVING, POTTERY AS WELL AS
THE ART CLASSES IN TOWN.

7. THE WATER
COLOR TO
INCITE
THE RIGHT
ART
IS A
CREATE
COLLECTIVE
COMMUNITY
EFFORT OF
ALL THESE
WOMEN
THIS PIECE
WILL BE
FINISHED
AND
DONATED TO
A
CHILDREN'S
HOME FOR
CHRISTMAS
DURING OUR VISIT
WITH GALE AND MALCOLM, LINDA WENT WITH
GALE TO HER CLASSES AND PHOTOGRAPHED
HER AS SHE TAUGHT. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN.
THE SCHOOL IS COMMUNITY. I WITNESSED
BEAUTIFUL ART BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
GARY SPENT TIME WITH MALCOLM AND DID
PROJECTS AROUND THE HOUSE. HE CLEANED
AND REPAIRED THE GUTTERS AND INSTALLED
TWO WINDOWS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO.

8. GARY
THE FIRST WINDOW
INSTALLED TO THE
RIGHT IS THE
POTTERY STUDIO.
THE SECOND WINDOW
TO THE LEFT IS IN THE
GLAZING ROOM
COMPLETED WINDOW

9. V I S I T I N G T H E S H E N A N D OA H R I V E R W I T H G A L E A N D
G R A N D K I D S W H I L E G A RY WO R K S W I T H M A L C O L M
WE EACH
PICKED A
SPECIAL
ROCK
WE
THREW
IT IN
THE
RIVER
AND
SANG
THANK
FULL
NESS