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Las Artistas
As seen in Wrightsville Beach Magazine | May 2023 | Formed by a Love of Painting
"After three years meeting in San Miguel de Allende and two in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the group, which calls itself Las Artistas, will paint in Wilmington in May for the first time at Gallery Verrazzano inside the massive theArtWorks facility.
Some of the artists will be in a beach rental and others will stay in the homes of a couple generous art patrons. “It is a great, unusual group of women from all over,” says Peggy Vineyard, a Las Artistas charter member. “But we gel together, helping each other, talking art and laughing a lot at dinner.”
The artists all paint large. Their abstract works are meant to be focal points in homes or offices. Pieces can be several feet in length and height.
To paint in the same location, the artists each need a large space with partitions from 8 to 12 feet wide. They will paint on either side of sturdy backdrops that are typically on rollers or wheels that can be anchored.
“We are thrilled with this space we’ve rented from Jim and Betsy Knowles [owners of theArtWorks]. The lighting is perfect, and it is the largest venue we’ve rented thus far,” Vineyard says. “With more room to paint, we can have more canvases on the board and do a series. We all do our own thing, but we comment and encourage each other.”...
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