Painting for Philip Carter Winery Celebrates Virginia Heritage

An original oil painting, depicting the Crooked Run Valley as seen from the crest of a ridge on Valley View Farm, has been created for Philip Carter Winery by Allan F. Guy.

This painting will be featured on a line of a white wines that are named for Virginia's Governor Fauquier.  A generous portion of the sales for this item will be donated to local conservation groups.  The goal is to help preserve the unique culture and landscape of the northern Virginia Piedmont. 

Governor Francis Fauquier, whose name was given to the county that contains Crooked Run, certified the first recognized wine American of merit, in 1763.  The wines that received praise were made by Robert Carter of Cleve Plantation, a direct ancestor of the current proprietor of Philip Carter Winery.

The labeling of this fine wine features a rendering of Crooked Run in the fall and the signature of Governor Francis Fauquier, taken from authenticated documents of the period. Combining painting, history and package design, this was an absolutely rewarding assignment for A Guy Studio.

Philip Carter Strother shows New Featured Painting at VA Wine Epo

At the recent Virginia Wine Expo, in the Commonwealth's capitol of Richmond, Philip Carter Strother (owner of Philip Carter Winery of Hume/Markam, Virginia) is shown a newly created painting of his family farm.  

Painted by Allan Guy, this painting is to go onto a special sub-brand, produced by Philip Carter Winery, with portions of the proceeds to go to charity, benefiting the beautiful northern Virginia Piedmont region.

Each year, specifically, a Virginia artist will be asked to contribute a Virginia scene (in his or her medium of choice) to this cause, benefitting the region that is the homeland of the Carter/Strother family...as well as that of Allan Guy, since before 1650.

The painting is an oil on prepared on fine, Molvin' d' Arches French watercolor paper and depicts the view of the headwaters of creeks leading into Crooked Run Valley, from the family farm named Valley View.  It is a working farm to this day, with productive orchards and cattle also being produced in abundance.

Look for a launching of this wine, featuring this artwork in the late spring!

Also, please look into Piedmont Virginia magazine, who kindly provided this photograph, but also provide a wonderful publication worthy of subscribing to! --special thanks to Margaret McCann.  This photo and her article describing it has been recently published in this fine magazine.