In the studio with artist, photographer and instructor Robert Louis Caldwell

  Group Exhibit Berkley Gallery Warrenton , Virginia October 9-23 Artists’ reception: Saturday, October 9, 4-8 p.m. Robert will be exhibiting his newest work at Berkley Gallery October 9-23. This group exhibit , also featuring artists Michael Godfrey , Ed Hatch , Michael Davis, Brad Stevens and Dennis Perrin , will open with an artists’ reception on Saturday, October 9, from 4-8 p.m.   Located on the corner of Second and Main in historic Warrenton, Virginia, Berkley Gallery showcases more than 40 artists and has been warmly welcomed by art collectors in the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C., area. Please join Robert on his Studio Facebook page and visit the events tab for this exhibition , join in on the conversation and leave comments about the upcoming show! (Map to the Gallery) For more information, visit Robert's news page on his website . For more information about the gallery visit www.berkleygallery.com .

Presenting… I just finished this up on Saturday in time for it to dry and have ready for the Group Exhibition at Berkley Gallery in Warrenton, Virginia, October 9-23, 2010 with the artists’ reception on Saturday October 9, 2010 from 4-8 Pm. “Millwood Road (Grey-Cat Bird) ” “Millwood Road (Grey-Cat Bird) ” Oil, 29 x 14 As always, I am drawn to architectural elements, especially those with character and age. This particular brick pillar and concrete urn sit at the entrance to a country estate in northwest Virginia, a horse farm, I think. The Burwell-Morgan Mill, a working historic grist mill is just up the street, and twice a year they hold an art show that is extremely popular in the area. I would exit off Route 50 and turn onto Millwood Road (State Route 723) to drop off my painting and drawings for the show and would always pass these beautiful entrance gates to the estates and horse farms on Millwood Road. Finally, on one trip up to Millwood, I stopped, parked my car, gr...

Work in progress… Gray Catbird with a concrete urn, for a lack of a better title for the time being. This image shows the urn and the background with the first layer of color blocked in. This is the toned canvas with the image completely drawn in.   This is a nice follow up to the last painting that I finished with the two Bengal Cats, back to the birds and it being a catbird. Perfect! I am also happy to be painting a piece with some architectural elements in it again. My favorite bird is the Belted Kingfisher but running up next would be the birds in the mimic family and especially the Gray Catbird . These birds have a beautiful song that can go on up to 10 minutes; they can be found amid dense shrub, vine tangles and thickets of young trees. Human development has helped to create these types of habitats in the form of clearings, fencerows, abandoned farmland, and residential areas. So my setting of the brick column with the concrete urn on it worked out perfect for th...

Here are the two pieces that I have been working on for the last several days. Both are are "toned" and ready for color, not sure which one I will start first though. Grey cat bird painting Canal Walk painting