"Mary Creighton and Brandon Hennessey"

"Mary Creighton and Brandon Hennessey, Featured Artists" 6:00pm-8:00pm, "Art after Dark"  This Friday, July 19, the Tappahannock Art Gallery will present the work of Mary Creighton and Brandon Hennessey, who will be the featured artists at the Farmer's Market on Saturday, July 20. Mary, who has been a local educator will show some of her fine glass painting skills. Brandon, who is a 2D mixed media artist, has recently been focusing on portraitures.  Bring your friends and relatives to downtown Prince Street to meet our guest artists and preview their work while you are treated to your favorite wines and tasty morsels.  For additional information call Frank Rixey at 445-5131.

Music by Tina Marie for the July market

Tina Marie provides the musical entertainment for the July market. She grew up in North Carolina and has been submersed in music her entire life. Her first instrument was piano, but now she is a vocalist and guitarist.

She also plays a little harmonica, mandolin, accordion and percussion. "I always loved to sing, and loved picking out harmonies. All through school I was always in any and every choir, chorus or vocal ensemble I could get into", says Tina. She played with various bands in Richmond all through the 90's; The Attics, Bart Chucker Band, Mad Marjorie and Whistler's Mother. After a stint in NYC, Tina moved back to Richmond in 2005, and formed a band, which ultimately became Vinyl Tease. Her vocal style has great range and emotion, with a bluesy undertone – check out Tina on the courthouse steps in one of her two sessions starting at 9:30 am and at 11:15 am.

 

July guest artist Mary Helton Creighton

Tappahannock Farmers' Market welcomes July guest artist Mary Helton Creighton...... Mary had planned to make a career of teaching, however, after several years, the artist in her wanted to be unleashed. She originally started with craftwork but during a farmers market on the Northern Neck, she saw someone hand-painting "sunset" windows, and thought "I can do that. "She started not only hand-painting sunset windows, but also wineglasses, cocktail glasses, and even martini glasses, all with her "signature" blue crab design. She now has increased her artistic repertoire to include striped bass, mahi-mahi, flounder, ospreys, and snowy egrets. Check her out at booth #31 on Saturday, July 20th....

July TFM guest artist Brandon Hennessey.

Tappahannock Farmers' Market welcomes guest artist Brandon Hennessey...... Born and raised in the heart of Virginia, Brandon is a multimedia artist who graduated with a B.F.A. in Visual Arts at Longwood University, and currently teaches and inspires the young artists of the Prince Edward County. His artwork has been featured by Longwood University to represent the study abroad program and he placed second in the photo contest.  Brandon has recently moved his interests into portraiture artwork, currently working on a series of famous icons, such as John Lennon and Marilyn Monroe. Portraiture has given him a new outlet for artistic expression, beyond beautiful scenery. He claims there is something charming about capturing a person's personality and character in a portrait and it gives him much satisfaction.