We welcome the art work of oil painter, Doug Hoppes today! He has an unusual take on Vermont landscapes – I think you will love it!

Well, this is really something. Just when I was getting used to song birds and balmy days…it snows! We have several inches of the cold white stuff here in Grand Isle. Our second snowplowing of the year!

The gallery is warm and cozy – with wonderful food aromas drifting through the rooms from the kitchen door cafe! It is worth a trip outside to revel in our midst!

My road has thawed…I’ve heard song birds in the morning hours…and the sap is flowing!  Could it get anymore like spring….?

We are playing both sides of the weather game these days inside the Grand Isle Art Works.  We just added snowflake photographer, Stuart Hall to our list of artists as well as watercolor and silk painting artist, Nancy Jacobus.  Her specialty is…you guessed it…spring flowers!  Between the two we are ready for whatever Mother Nature sends up.

Put on your mud boots and head over to the gallery…
Wednesday – Sunday, 10:00 – 3:00 pm!  Longer hours will start in May!

Our winter reposo is finished!  The gallery and kitchen door cafe are open for business! Do come in for a visit:  Wednesday – Saturday, 10-5:00, Sundays until 3:00 for the gallery.  The cafe opens for breakfast at 8:00 am!  Yum!

Jim and I made good use of our time “off”…we visited family in Naples, Italy and learned the value of resposo!  Upon our return, I headed to my day job as a district administrator in a local school district, knitting all the while!  Jim got busy building a new jewelry display case for the orange room.  He is also turning wood like crazy in hopes of getting ahead of his yarn bowl groupies!  We both have had a grand time planning the construction of our new 3-season dining room with local contractor, Glenn Koski.  Stay tuned – we hope for completion this spring!

We look forward to visiting with you in the gallery!  Come on out!

Ellen and Jim

Groundhog Day started with the dear little guy NOT seeing his shadow in Vermont!  That means an early Spring!!  What could get better than that —–the Mini Mixer!

We had a full house of guests ready to chat and chew and stroll through the art work.  They examined the work of our newest artist, Dana Walrath  and her Wild Horses of Vermont!  Jim’s new presentation furniture, that uses every ounce of available space, was unveiled for the group.  It looks great and allows much more visibility for our artists’ artwork.  The food was prepared by the kitchen door cafe.  It was delicious!  We had 6 artists join us:  Meta Strick, Greg Drew, Bill Walsh, Rachel Laundon, Raven Schwan-Noble, and Sherry Corbin.

We also were able to take a look at the new bench design for this year’s “Take a Seat in the Islands” art promotion sponsored by local businesses (us!) and the Lake Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce.  Rachel Laundon will be painting the Grand Isle Art Works bench again this year…she has a very clever design mapped out for it already!

Winner of our Guess the Shadow contest was….Linda Livingstone of East Shore Vineyards!  Congratulations to Linda who took home a hand turned walnut bowl!

I think a Groundhog Day celebration might just become a tradition for us – a great time to reconnect in the middle of winter!

We reopen on Saturday, February 11th!  Come on out for a cup of coffee and a treat for that Valentine of yours!  First five people get 10% off  one item!

You will not want to miss this fun event! Let us know before February 2nd if you think the groundhog will see his shadow or not – AND – you could win a prize! But only if you are at the Mini Mixer This Thursday night, February 2!