Wayne Paige

Barbara Heile studied painting and received degrees (BA76 and MFA82) at American University in Washington, D.C. during a time when the faculty was still grounded and sensitive to the tradition of painting as embodied by artists who worked in a visual and refined expressive process.

She works primarily in oil and cold wax and began exploring acrylics in 2022.

Any medium that affords her a visual and painterly way into relationship with what she is feeling - and open to seeing - is her path.

Her approach is truly Aquarian in nature. Her work is original and she is open to the new; honoring of tradition she is not held by it. In earlier years the landscape had her full attention. This gave way to her interest in the abstract surface for its own sake, as expressive paint. The inner landscape of her felt sense is at present her main subject where new shapes come into painted form.

The paintings express joy and freedom and a depth of stillness through the healing qualities of color and light.

The directness and spontaneity of her approach, often using her hand directly to move the paint, can be felt in the surface and in the free interplay of color. She sees her way of painting as a path of expressive contemplation and is grateful for this way of loving the world as a visual artist.

Barbara has been actively showing in group and one person shows since the early 1980‘s and is a familiar face among artists in Rappahannock County. She enjoyed three years teaching Drawing and Painting at Lord Fairfax Community College in Warrenton, VA. Until its closing in 2015, she kept an active and open studio at River District Arts in Sperryville Her daily studio work now takes place at home.

Her natural call to painting supports her wish to share the experience of the mystery we all live in as human beings. A lifelong meditation practice supports the silent depth you can experience in even her smallest paintings. Her paintings have found homes around the world.

Being the mother of three independent and creative sons, raised in Rappahannock County, is by far her most rewarding life experience.

Barbara keeps an active diary of her work in progress on Instagram @bheileart ~~~thank you for looking! ~~~

WAYNE PAIGE

“Conflict, dreams and humor are woven into my art portraying encroachment of the natural world by a new age of techno-colonialism. Over the years, my sources of inspiration have taken many paths beginning with my childhood in Chicago and fascination with 1950’s sci-fi comics, movie posters, and time spent at a local amusement park. Later, I became intrigued with and influenced by the art of Jean Dubuffet, M.C. Escher and the Chicago Imagist school.”

Wayne Paige has been exhibiting his art since 1972 and currently shares his time between Middleburg and Washington, DC. With 24 solo exhibitions to his credit, Paige has exhibited his artwork in galleries and museums locally and nationally, including the Corcoran Museum, The Anderson Gallery, and the American University Art Museum at The Katzen Arts Center. His art received recognition by local and national publications, including Art in America and The Washington Post. Paige also received several awards including First Prize in The Fairfax Art Council awards, First Prize in The George Washington University Alumni Competition and a Special Recognition award from The Virginia Commission of the Arts.

For further information see waynepaige.com

"Flowing From Above"

"The One That Got Away"

"A Need To Be Oblivious" $425

"Sanctuary" $325

"Where Are They Going?"

"The Nurture Of It"

"The Fall"

"A Recent Encounter"

"Don't Fence Me In"

"Let It Go"

"Disappeared"