2026 Links Bridge Vineyards Wine & Art Series

Shelter from the Storm:
Paintings by Nancy Arbuthnot
Feb 1-22

Arbuthnot is a poet and visual artist working in watercolor, pen and ink, pastel, and acrylic.  “Shelter from the Storm” is an exhibit of watercolors and text-and-image collages inspired by her experience as artist-in-residence at Catoctin Mountain Park in 2021.

Maryland Landscapes Featuring Frederick County:
Paintings by Phil LeVee,
Feb 28-March 29

LeVee is a professional landscape artist working in acrylics, photography, and pen-and ink.  Visitors will be thrilled with his command of technique and style as they view paintings inspired by the farms, fields, and rolling hills of Frederick County, together with Maryland Main Street and Chesapeake Bay scenes.

Reception for the artist:  Saturday Feb 28 1-3 pm.

A Love Letter in Merlot:  Photographic Art by Monika Luna Greene, April 4-26

“A Love Letter in Merlot” presents some of the latest photographic art by this notable Maryland artist.  The collection celebrates the emotional language of wine and nature, expressed through digital artistry that allows her to push color, lighting, and emotion to exciting levels.

Reception for the artist:  Saturday April 4 2-4 pm.

Mechanics and Infrastructure:
Paintings by Gillian Collins, May 2-31

This unique and beautiful collection of paintings pictures the mechanical devices that form much of the infrastructure of our daily lives, but are rarely celebrated and often go unnoticed.  Suddenly, through Collins’s painterly eyes, they become colorful, intricate, and vital!

Reception for the artist:  Sunday May 24, 2-4 pm.

Paintings by the Tuesday Painters
June 6-28

This exhibit presents some of the latest  paintings by The Tuesday Painters, a group of ten Frederick-area artists who have met on Tuesdays for (in the case of some members) as long as 30 years, to paint together and inspire each other.  These accomplished painters use a variety of styles and media to express their diverse visions of the world around us.  The group includes  Sandra Cook, Linda Goddard, Sabora Haider, Noralie Katsu, Jodi O’Connell, Don Oullette, Mary Pfister, Val Raba, Kristin Simanek, and Emily Sloviko.

Reception for the artists:  Date TBD.

Impressions of Maryland:  Paintings by Tom Ritchie and Lissa Abrams, July 4-26

In this exhibit, Ritchie and Abrams, both accomplished plein air painters, present their “Impressions of Maryland” through landscapes, still-life, and views of people engaged in daily activities.  Both paint in an impressionistic style using oils and occasionally gouache or watercolor.  Each medium presents various challenges and pleasures as they seek to capture the landscape in bold colors and rich textures.

Note:  Both artists will be here for a plein air painting demonstration on July 4, 1-3 pm.  Additionally, there will be a reception for the artists on July 11, 2-4 pm.

Obsessed:  Ink Drawings by Jim Haller
Aug 1-30

This exhibit of work by Jim Haller, an art educator, features beautiful, bigger-than-life renditions of old medicine bottles.  In college, Haller was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, leading to an obsession with old medications and remedies.  In 2016, he started collecting vintage and antique medicine bottles and pill tins.  Later, he began using this collection as the subject of his work, lighting, photographing, and then meticulously drawing each bottle.  Working in pen and ink, he uses a stippling technique to create texture and depth, describing this painstaking procedure as meditative and therepeutic.

Impressionistic Landscapes
Paintings by Bryan Jernigan
Sept 5-27

Bryan Jernigan is a well-known professional artist and acclaimed teacher.  Last year we were excited to exhibit a series of his striking abstract paintings (look here for an example).  This year we are enthusiastically following up with a collection of  pastel-on-paper “Impressionistic Landscapes” that (in our opinion) combine the artist’s love of the abstract with a keen talent for the representational.

Reception for the artist: Sunday Sept 6, 1-3 pm.

Kitchen Art:  Where Folks Gather
Paintings by Pauline Rakis and Galina Kolosovskaya
Oct 3 – Nov 1

Pauline Rakis and Galina Kolosovskaya are two Maryland artists with distinctively different painting styles.  However, they have a similar perspective on Kitchen Art.  The kitchen, always a place to gather, eat, and socialize, reflects a family’s character and identity.  The preparation and cooking of meals is one of the great creative rituals that  binds families and friends with rich memories.  Yet the kitchen may be the most ignored room in the house when it comes to filling the walls with paintings!  This exhibit is all about providing the inspiration to get people to expand their creativity beyond cooking by embracing kitchen art.

Reception for the artists:  TBD

There are Places I’ll Remember All My Life
Paintings by Mary Moores
Nov 7-29

Take a moment from your busy world of appointments and to-do lists and visit the places Mary Moores has been “in her life.”  This exhibit captures not just places she has visited, but also very powerfully the emotions she felt while being there.  Her colors and contrasting spaces convey the temperature, the sounds, and the feel of the moment.  She clearly wants viewers to pause in order to notice the beauty embedded in daily living that presents itself in both landscapes and common urban spaces. She reminds the viewer to take time occasionally to live in the present and be delighted by the world around us.

Reception for the artist:  Saturday Nov 7, 1-3 pm.

The Birds–Large and Small
Scuiptures by Dale Buffington and Ellen Frazier
Dec 5-13

These two artists approach the subject of birds very differently, but for both the results are gorgeous.  Buffington’s life-like and  life-sized birds are hand-carved and painstakingly hand-painted to represent the artist’s favorite waterfowl.  Each is a unique piece of collectable art, and he has won numerous carving competitions throughout the country.  Frazier repurposes old piano hammers and keys to create giant bald eagle sculptures in full flight.  They are amazing creations that  can transform an ordinary wall space into a stunning statement.  You won’t want to miss this exhibit!

Reception for the artists: TBD