The Gateway Gallery and Gift Shop

We loved this gallery and gift shop as it was a total visual treat to see all the paintings, prints, jewellery, pottery and other objets d’art made by over 25 local artists and we are definitely coming back for more purchases. We also walked to the adjoining Round Hill Art Center where there was more to see, such as pottery pieces and information about the artists.

What a great find this little artists’ co-​op is! When husband, Moms, MIL and I pulled up to Bogati Bodega Winery, I heard a little gasp. «I know that place!» Moms exclaimed, pointing to this charming art gallery occupying half of the same building as the winery. Turns out Pops — a woodturner — knows Tom Boley, one of Gateway Gallery’s resident woodturners, and Moms and Pops have been out to visit before (the woodturning world is small, my friends, hard as that is to believe). Naturally, we had to pay a visit…*after* a wine tasting, of course.
GG is an artists’ cooperative, where the artists — in this case all local — come together to create, staff, and manage the gallery. The pieces span a huge range of techniques: gorgeous fiber wraps and shawls, handcrafted silver jewelry, fused glass, ceramics and pottery, digital photography, pen-​and-​ink drawings, acrylic painting, weavings. The place is *packed* — tastefully — with beautiful bits and baubles.
We browsed quite some time. Not only is there art for every taste, there’s art for every budget. I fell in love with the acrylics and oils of Kaarin Nelson, whose paintings incorporate a «cheerful color palette» and «playful line.» I really wanted the 20“x20″ painting of a robin in a radish patch, which I thought was a steal at $ 175. Instead I decided to save a few pennies and went with a 6“x6″ of a rosy pink, chubby pig for $ 30. I was already in love with it when the gentleman pulled it down off the wall for me and showed me the title of the work is «Some Pig.» The «Charlotte’s Web» nod pushed that painting right over the top for me.
Gateway Gallery is the kind of shop I wish were closer to home. But the fact that it’s nestled comfortably in Loudoun County’s wine country makes it a convenient diversion after (before…or during…) vineyard jaunts.