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Goose Island Art Barn
15694 Hillsboro Road,
Hillsboro, VA 20132
Loudoun Valley Cluster, 2024 Stop #16
About
Depiction of Chacoan climber at Pueblo Bonito 1000 years ago at i at the Chaco Canyon Cultural National Park. Part of NPS CCNHP Collection.
Former Combat Artist & Loudoun Now Editorial Cartoonist Dr. Chip Beck is currently the resident historical artist for Hillsboro, Virginia, a quaint village established in 1752 and originally known as The Gap. Beck has set it as his mission to render watercolor paintings of the historic stone or log buildings of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Dr. Beck is also a photographer and writer who has written, produced, and published two books through Goose Island Publishing—part of the Goose Island Art Barn complex.
Maasai warriors at Oleopolis, Kenya (on site)
This painting is part of the Stone Soldier series and represents a Union soldier stepping off Cemetary Ridge and into an unknown fate during Pickett's Charge.
Landscape rendering of the phenomenal light shows exhibited over this iconic butte at Chaco Canyon.,
Portrait of a Hillsboro VA native son
Rendering of Hillsboro's 1852 Episcopal Methodist Church as it appeared before a 2022 fire.
Colonial era cemetery at Hillsboro Virginia
Available from this artist:
Paintings, fabric art
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - June 7, 8 and 9, 2024
Map and Directions:
Directions to Goose Island Art Barn:
From Hillsboro Old Stone School on Rt. 9, take Hillsboro Rd (690) south toward Purcellville for 1 mile. Beck Family Farm is 2nd farm on the left (east side) after Koerner Rd. with dark gray house, red barn, and pond. Park near barn.
From Purcellville, go north on Hillsboro Rd. (690) about 3.5 miles (past Walsh Family Winery) to farm on the right side (east).
Enter the farm on the paved driveway, then halfway down, turn left on to the gravel driveway toward the Red Art Barn.
Supplement these directions with the Google Map location.
Connect with this artist:
Special interview with the artist on YouTube
You can also find this artist on Instagram at www.instagram.com/GooseIslandArtBarn