Art Watch: Cortwright Devereux

Bold new take on the still life & what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Painter Cortright Devereux will be exhibiting this Thursday June 5th from 4-8pm at Galer Estate Winery for a Pop up show from 5-9pm. Devereux’s work is primarily inspired by nature in the form of landscapes or natural still life. His still life abstractions are exuberant color filled...

Art Watch: Carol Apicella

Making Something out of Nothing By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Mosaic artist Carol Apicella will be exhibiting her wonderful mosaic mirrors and wall pieces this Thursday May 22nd at Galer Estate Winery from 4-8pm. After a career in banking and years of being a mother and active school volunteer, Carol discovered a passion for creating mosaic works. Carol says that it all began as a way to find...

Art Watch: Laura Lewis

Time-worn objects shaped into jewelry treasures new plus what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Jewelry artist Laura Lewis will be exhibiting her jewelry and hand blown glass pieces at Galer Estate Winery for this Thursday’s Pop up Art show May 1st from 4-8pm.  Every Laura Lewis jewelry piece is a combination of a found object fragment and her own artistry....

Ice Wine – delicious dessert wine made from iced grapes

By Catrina North, Columnist, The Times Ice wine has had somewhat of an accidental and brief history in the world of wine.  The use of frozen grapes in wine production was mentioned by Pliny the Elder in ancient Roman times, but it seems to have been mostly forgotten until late 18th century eastern Europe. Ice wine, or eiswein, is now becoming more prevalent in the wine world and it is being produced...

Galer Estate Winery honored again

Awarded 2 Double Gold Medals and designated as best wines in Pennsylvania The gang at Galer Estate celebrates even more honors for their Chester County grown wines. EAST MARLBOROUGH — Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery was recently awarded two “Double Gold – Best in Appellation” designations from Appellation America in Napa California.  Galer Estate 2010 Cabernet Franc and 2012 Pinot Gris were...

Art Watch: John Hannafin

An authentic creative voice By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week’s local art watch focuses on brightly colored neo-impressionist work of local popular artist John Hannafin. John grew up in West Chester in a bucolic setting of a centuries old stone home surrounded by green farmlands and historic properties. While he may be most nationally famous for his “Art Across America”...

The winery tasting room – what exactly is that?

Note to readers: this is the first installment of what we expect to be a monthly column on wine — focusing on Chester County wineries, their products and offering a little guidance about wines, how they’re made, sold and differences between varieties.  By Lele Galer and Alicia Lyons, Special to The Times Most wineries around the world have tasting rooms which are designed for you to try a...

Art Watch: Glasslight

By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week’s ArtWatch focuses on the beautiful hand blown glass work of Glasslight Studios in St. Peters Pennsylvania. Joel Bless found his passion for glass back in the 1970s when he was a student at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of American Craftsmen.  From the start, he was drawn to making lighting art , which won many awards and was exhibited...

Art Watch: Karen Delaney

Sparks fly with Delaney’s welded steel sculptures By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week’s local art watch celebrates the unique steel works of noted local sculptor Karen Delaney. For the past twenty years, Karen has been creating magnificent steel sculptures from here to Prague, and has also continued to teach and volunteer in the arts as well. She is “inspired by architecture...

Art Watch: Karen D’Allaird

Flower Power: Contemporary Realism in Chester County By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times The featured artist for this week’s Art Watch is contemporary realist painter Karen D’Allaird.  Many of you may know Karen D’Allaird as the founder and teacher of the wonderful Willowdale Art Academy for young students in Kennett Square (www.willowdaleartacademy.com). Karen founded the Art Academy...