Paintings Sold to Help Preserve Wetlands and Virginia Heritage

An original oil, "Fall Flock, Virginia Piedmont in Fall," by artist Allan Guy, was sold at auction to help raise money for our nation's wetlands.

The gala dinner/auction event, held by Ducks Unlimited, the premier wetland preservation organization in the United States, with foreign chapters in Latin America, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia, was sponsored by the Greater Manassas, Prince William chapter, in Manassas, Virginia.

The new owner, Prince William County Supervisor, Wally Covington III, is a long time participant in Ducks Unlimited events, an avid conservationist and Virginian farmer, as well as a respected public official.

--"Fall Flock, Virginia Piedmont in Fall." Mr. Covington has graciously allowed museum-quality, limited edition prints of this painting to be offered for sale. They are available singed (remarked), numbered, matted and framed, upon request. Please contact Allan Guy at aguy@aguystudio.com or 703 331 0492, for further details.

He also owns another Allan Guy original oil painting, "June Smith's Farm, Nokesville, Early Winter," also provided by Allan Guy to benefit Ducks Unlimited.

Mr. Guy started his tradition of combining art with preservation, by working with Philip Carter Strother, of Fauquier County and Richmond, Virginia.

Mr. Strother is the owner of Philip Carter Winery, of Hume, Virginia, one of Virginia's premier wineries, located in the beautiful piedmont region of Virginia's Blue Ridge. Having grown up in this historic area, Mr. Strother wished to create a wine featuring art by Virginia artists, depicting the beauty of the Commonwealth. Donations from each bottle of wine go to local organizations that help preserve this region's resources and unique culture.

Hence, "Governor Fauquier" was born, an exemplary, locally produced white wine whose packaged was not only designed by Allan Guy, but features his oil-on-prepared-paper painting, "Crooked Run Valley as seen from Valley View Farm." This painting, and it's specialty packaging, continues to help preserve the land today, via stellar sales of Mr. Strother's fine wine.

Here, Mr. Guy is seen presenting the original oil painting "Crooked Run Valley as seen from Valley View Farm"to Mr. Strother at the prestigious Virginia Wine Expo, held annually at Richmond, Virginia. Press coverage is from The Piedmont Virginian magazine.

(The wines of Philip Carter Winery are available at the winery-see link on right sidebar-online and also at Wegmans. It will soon be available at Giant, Harris Teeter, Fresh Foods, Martins and BJs. Help preserve! Buy art! Shop "PC" at these fine stores!)

Further samples of Allan Guy's artwork may be seen online at: www.aguystudio.com/aguyfineart/, as well as on display at Robert ad Susanna Barolin's delightful City Square Restaurant, in Old Town Manassas, Virginia.

His works currently hang in private collections in Virginia, Florida, Colorado and Connecticut. Selected commissions accepted.

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.