Painting
Goose Island Art Barn
15694 Hillsboro Road,
Hillsboro, VA 20132
Loudoun Valley Cluster, 2025 Stop #14
During a trip in the Haitian countryside,, the artist was impressed with the variety of locally-made hats. The rendering was made based on photographs snapped in passing.
Acrylic
Artist's Statement
Former Combat Artist and Loudoun Now Editorial Cartoonist Dr. Chip Beck is currently the Hillsboro Resident Historical Artist. Hillsboro Virginia is 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.
Driving around the neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, the artist snapped photographs of local citizens. This lady was particularly intriguing in her expression and dress and ended up as one of the artist's social paintings.
Acrylic
During a trip to the NW part of Haiti near the 18th Century town of St. Marc, the artist captured this image of a local Haitian man riding his horse down a trail toward town.
Acrylic
Landscape rendering of the phenomenal light shows exhibited over this iconic butte at Chaco Canyon.,
Acrylic Mixed Media
Rendering of Hillsboro’s 1852 Episcopal Methodist Church as it appeared before a 2022 fire.
Watercolor & ink
Colonial era cemetery at Hillsboro Virginia
Watercolor
Hillsboro home
Watercolor
Historical Building
Watercolor
Resident Heron on our Hillsboro farm
Watercolor
Trio of musicians play in the Old Stone Church of Hillsboro at Xmas. Damaged 1858 church is being restored.
Watercolor
Available from this artist:
All paintings are for sale
Saturday and Sunday Only - June 7 and 8, 2025
Map and Directions:
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Additional notes on the directions:Drive to red barn
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You can also find this artist on Instagram as GooseIslandArtBarn and on Facebook as ChipBeck