Post 497: Annaburg Manor 5th Art Exhibit Oct 23-25, 2026

Annaburg Manor 5th Art Exhibit Oct 23-25, 2026 

Friday, October 23, 2026 Art Reception for Visions Across America at the historic Annaburg Manor at 9201 Maple Street, Manassas, VA. The show is only 3 days so get in to see it right away.

Annaburg Manor Art Reception in Pictures

An art show may look great in pictures (and this art show does) but there is no comparison to seeing an art show in person to fully get the affect in the color, size, emotion of the art when seeing it in person, in your face.

Click on an image to enlarge.

Lower bottom: Donna Liguria's Monticello in Charlottesville, VA which is a part of my Historic Virginia Home Series is now showing at Annaburg Manor

There are various art friends from my art groups including the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) and the Association of Visual Artists (AVA). There are also many other local artists from the surrounding area and so many different styles and mediums. 

Artwork and Artist Sightings include: Sandra McClelland Lewin, Rebekah Keener, Mark Clifton, Mark Murphy, Mike Flynn, Kelly Haneklau, Laura Lavarnway, Zee Berrios, Kwaku "Absku" Ofori-Yirenkyi, Maureen Guillot, and Michele Frantz

Everyone: Go by and see this wonderful art show in this historic location. A percentage of art sales goes to the restoration of Annaburg.

Artists: See your painting? Drop a comment and share!

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Post 496: AVA Art Group Happenings: Annaburg Manor Art Show and More

AVA Art Group Happenings: Annaburg Manor Art Show and More 

The Association of Visual Artists' members have various art shows around the area that they are participating in including this weekend's Annaburg Manor in Manassas, VA and Annmarie Sculpture Gardens in MD. Go see an art show!

Association of Visual Artists (AVA)

AVA is a small art group of artist friends that show their art all around the Virginia, DC, MD area. Here are the current members of AVA:

• Bettie Sperty
• Sandra McClelland Lewin
• Patty Gulledge
• Rebekah Keener
• Donna Liguria

AVA on Facebook please, like and follow!

Annaburg Manor Art Exhibit October 23-25, 2026

Annaburg Manor art reception is Friday, October 23 5-7pm

Show Dates: Friday 5-7, Saturday 12-4, and Sunday 12-4

Name of Show: Visions Across America

Location: 9201 Maple Street, Manassas, VA

Annaburg Manor in Manassas, VA

Click on any photo to enlarge

Bettie Sperty Art at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center

Show Dates: October 9-January 17, 2027

Location: 13470 Dowell Road, Solomons, MD 20688

Name of Show: The Art of Tattoo

Donna Liguria Art at Annaburg Manor

Monticello in Charlottesville, VA 

Donna will also be at Totally Vintage Design for the Fall Gallery Walk in Old Town Manassas Saturday, Nov 14 12-5 - 9126 Center Street, Manassas. Look for her there!

Sandra McClelland Lewin Art at Annaburg Manor

Summertime

Arizona

Other Art Shows

Other shows our members are entered in are:

"The Brush Speaks" at Creative Brush Studio at 8951 Center Street, Manassas

Show is Nov 14 through Dec 24, 2026

https://creativebrush.com/events.html

Warrenton Small Works

Cast Iron Craft House, 11 South 2nd Street, Warrenton VA 20186

Show dates: Tuesday November 10, 2026 to January 10, 2027 open daily during normal restaurant hours.

All of the art entered is for sale and the maximum price is set at $150. 

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#AVA #AssociationofVisualArtists 

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Author: Donna Liguria  is the Blogmaster for Donna's Cave Paintings and an artist member of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) in Woodbridge, VA. Donna specializes in acrylic paintings of landscapes, seascapes, historic locations, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com and her Donna's Esty site to shop her art.

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Post 495: Composition 14. Go Into the Light, Attracting Attention

Composition 14. Go Into the Light, Attracting Attention

This is Part 14 of my series on Composition

The use of light and shadow is operating procedure in nearly all artwork isn't it? Gosh, that reminded me of a song I hadn't thought about for years - 'Me and My Shadow'...Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr...anyway, I digress.

If you have light, there is a shadow. It's how you use both in photos and art that can make the piece go from ho-hum to spectacular. Our eyes are drawn to the light - very naturally. The use of the contrast of the two in so many ways can add and make the drama stronger. 

The time of day is an important part of the composition as well as the season of the year which affects the type or cast of light, the angles, the sharpness, the tonal contrasts and the differences between the midday, the morning sunrise and the evening sunsets.

Artificial and/or natural light use can be made even more interesting when they are combined.

Always be aware of the position of the light source is. Your subject and your subject's shadow must follow through when you want something to look realistic.

Playing with the contrasts that can occur with light and shadow can make artwork really pop when you make the contrast the focal point.

 

 

Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash  

 

Photo by Darren Richardson on Unsplash 

 

Photo by mirna rivalta on Unsplash 

 

"How to Build Better Composition by Using Light" Stefen Baumann

 

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Post 494: Annaburg Manor Art Show Oct 23-25 in Manassas, VA

Annaburg Manor Art Show Oct 23-25 in Manassas, VA 

The fifth Historic Annaburg Manor Art Exhibit at 9201 Maple Street, Manassas, VA is on the radar with its opening on Friday, October 23 - an art reception from 5-7pm. The show continues on October 24 and 25, 2026 from 12-4 and the name of the show is Visions Across America. 

Annaburg Manor Art Exhibit

This is the 5th art show at Annaburg Manor. The artworks are selected by a jury and any proceeds (a percentage of the sale of an artwork) helps to support the renovations of Annaburg. The show is free to attend and at the art reception on Friday evening, you can meet many of the artists.

Check out the history of Annaburg here https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/155-0021/

"Monticello in Charlottesville, VA" is a part of Donna Liguria's Historic Virginia Home Series. It is 11x14x1.5 in Acrylics and was selected as part of Visions Across America Art Show at Annaburg Manor

Never been to Annaburg? If you've been to downtown Manassas, you have been close! Click on any image to enlarge.

Annaburg Manor at 9201 Maple Street, Manassas, VA

Come out and see the show, supporting the arts and the history in Manassas this weekend!

Donna Liguria on Etsy - Check her art and prints in her Etsy Shop DonnaLiguriaArt https://donnaliguriaart.etsy.com including this artwork above.

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Post 493: Composition 13. Aesthetically Pleasing? Straighten Your Lines!

Composition 13. Aesthetically Pleasing? Straighten Your Lines!

This is Part 13 of my series on Composition

Ever look at a painting or a photo and the water on the horizon is crooked? Doesn't it feel like the water should be dripping off the image? What should be straight, be straight about it. Use your level, a ruler, or for goodness sake painter's tape.

 

Photo by Ruth H Curtis on Unsplash 

See the difference in the photos? Its very slight but the top one the horizon isn't quite horizontally straight.

 

Be careful with architectural images and especially multiple lines, where you might select on as the main focus as in a building with columns. Straighten one line at least, or its painfully obvious the perspective is off.

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This is part of a series of blog posts on the guidelines, or rules of composition. Look for all of them in the Search this Blog feature at the top right by searching for the word "composition". I hope you enjoy the posts!

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Post 492: Fall Gallery Walk Manassas Nov 14 12-5

Fall Gallery Walk Manassas Nov 14th 12-5 

What is a Manassas gallery walk? A gallery walk is a downtown Manassas, VA all-over-town (hence the walk about) art-everywhere-display-day to wander the shops, nooks and crannies and discover all kinds of art made by local and area creative people. A whole lot of local artists spread all around the downtown area - and you can get your "art card map" stamped to submit for a prize too.

Totally Vintage Design is on the corner of West Street and Center Street

I'll Be At Totally Vintage Design!

Totally Vintage Design is at 9126 Center St, Manassas, VA and that is where I'll be on Nov 14th, 2026 from 12 to 5. This is a wonderful store in downtown Manassas and I hope you will stop in to see this great store and to meet me!

https://totallyvintagedesign.com/ Totally Vintage is a wonderful shop of gifts and home decor elements to shop for accessories, candles, jewelry, apparel, home glassware, food and drink.

Donna Liguria Art will feature : 

Miniature Art - 3x3 inch and 3x4 inch mini canvases with a mini easel - great gifts and ways to display art you've fallen in love with!

Bookcase Art - 4x4 small artworks that go anywhere! On a shelf, bookcase, side table - anywhere you want!

Original Paintings - assorted sizes of artworks in acrylics

Art Prints - various size giclee art prints of my original artworks

The Fall Gallery Walk is a fantastic day to find and support the arts which also helps to jump start the holiday seasons with gifts and decor items. Here is a sample from a client that recently purchased mini art from me at Arts Alive...

Mark the date and come out and walk the gallery map on November 14th in Manassas!

Want to Shop Early? See my Etsy Shop at https://donnaliguriaart.etsy.com

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Author: Donna Liguria  is the Blogmaster for Donna's Cave Paintings and an artist member of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) in Woodbridge, VA. Donna specializes in acrylic paintings of landscapes, seascapes, historic locations, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com and her Donna's Esty site to shop her art.

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