Live An Artful Life® Gallery in The Plains, VA will host a unique show on September 29th. The show titled "4 Women Paint", will feature Loudoun County artist Antonia Walker, Fauquier County artists Teresa Duke and Gail Guirreri-Maslyk, as well as the work of Orange County artist Carol Iglesias, each painting their own still life from a beautiful display of seasonal fruits and flowers centrally located in the gallery.

Beginning at 2:00 PM, this unique on-site painting experience will immerse viewers into the vision of these 4 talented women. Those in attendance will not only be able to watch the 4 paintings be created in different mediums - (oil and pastel), but have opportunities to speak directly with the artist as they are painting.

As the day progresses and the paintings near completion, the reception will begin at 6:00 PM featuring the award winning wines of Delaplane Cellars and hors d'oeuvres.

In addition to the still life paintings they complete on opening day, each artist will have several additional paintings available. The show runs through October 28th.

Teresa Duke was born in Washington D.C. and spent much of her childhood developing her passion for art painting along side of her mother. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree and has also studied with noted artists Wolf Kahn and Daniel Greene. She teaches art to young people at Wakefield School in The Plains, Virginia. Her recent work continues to focus on the local landscape, still life, and equine subjects.

Gail Guirreri-Maslyk is an equestrian, sporting, landscape and portrait fine artist working in oil on canvas. Living in Virginia horse country, inspiration is abundant from the many local equestrian sports. The unspoiled country side is stunning out her studio balcony and has been painted many times in her Rectortown Landscape studies. Gardens, farm animals and wildlife are captured in a moment with quick study paintings. Her work is free flowing with strong brush strokes and is easily recognized as iconic 'Gail' paintings.

An extensive background of traveling has been very inspiring for artist Carol Iglesias and has been a strong influence on her subject matter. She describes her work as "impressionist in vibrant colors". Throughout her career she has painted en plein air in Europe and many locations around the U.S.

Antonia Walker has become known for her paintings of the light and color of the Virginia countryside as well as images of Italy and France. The artist received a BFA from the University of Georgia where she studied painting and printmaking and later attended graduate school at George Washington University. Earlier while living in South America, she studied drawing and anatomy with Spanish sculptor, Benjamin Saul.

Live An Artful Life® Gallery is an artful lifestyle gallery featuring fine art and fine craft hand-made in America. The gallery is located at 6474 Main Street in The Plains, VA. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday 11 – 6 PM and Sunday 11 – 4 PM. Additional information on the gallery as well as upcoming events is available by calling the 540-253-9797 or visiting the web site at www.LiveAnArtfulLife.com.