Gallery 322

▪️ 𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙞𝙧 Dispatches from the Field №1: Tom Ritchie says, "The event known as 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗜𝘁! 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 is both a challenge and fun. And, I always experiment and go into such events with a plan A and a plan B. This year, it was Plan B. Find a house on Church Road behind the old fire station and do a painting of a house. I did that the first day, despite temperatures nearing 100 degrees. And, Up on Church Road, is in the exhibition. The second part of Plan B was to paint on the grounds of the Patapsco Female Institute. Luckily the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company was finishing up preparations for the summer production of Cymbeline. As long as they were on site, the gates were open. I arrived the second day with a large panel, set up and started to paint. Soon thereafter I was told I would have two hours to do the painting because a Parks and Rec crew were to arrive for some work and the gates would be locked once they left. I was working with a palette knife and that tool saved me. A lot of paint applied with one swipe. The second painting is titled: Patapsco Female Institute on land gifted by the Ellicott Brothers. I finished the painting with minutes to spare.. And, have since learned a lot about the history of PEI, Ellicott City and the brothers. Both paintings will hang in the new gallery of the Howard County Arts building, the old courthouse, Capitoline, until the end of July."

Visit us this weekend and see what all of the GALLERY 322 artists have been creating. Gallery 322 is open Friday 4-7PM, Saturday & Sunday from Noon-5PM.

▼ Tom Ritchie 𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙞𝙧 in action

Howard County Arts Council