New from Blue Q

These unbelievably cute bags by Blue Q are our absolute favorite. We've carried the shoppers for some time, but the smaller totes have just arrived. These bags are perfect for use as super fun gift bags or to bring your lunch to work in style. I use mine everyday for lunch. Washable, Super strong, 95% recycled woven polypropylene. Also, 1% of the sale of Blue Q goes to The Nature Conservancy. You gotta love that!

Sporting Life Artist Gordon Allen at G Squared

Sporting Life artist Gordon Allen is in Ligonier for a week to paint the hills and dales of the Laurel Highlands. This is in anticipation of his one man show at G Squared Gallery running from August 1st through September 30th. The opening reception is Thursday August 4th from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. We are very excited to have the artist here as the last time he was in Ligonier was 10 years ago for the Loyalhanna Waterdshed Association's annual Sporting Life auction and art sale.

"As an artist, my work comes from my life experience and, of course, from my love of art and its history. For me, both etching and painting are opportunities to experience the world, whether man-made or natural, and to study what is there. I feel that I have only scratched the surface, literally and figuratively, of what the world offers, and I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture some of its faces and to share them with others. I like nothing more than spending all day outside painting, whether in the middle of a vast, alive, marsh or on a stretch of trout or salmon river studying a subtle composition of water, grass, and sky.

Etchings offer me the opportunity to work in the studio at a slower, more studied pace, and to create images which can be reproduced in small editions and so shared with more people. My etchings are done on copper, and I carefully and meticulously print each on on German Etching paper with my own special blend of inks. I've been etching since 1983 and I find it a fascinating discipline about which there is always much to learn and enjoy."

The artist and his wife currently live in Chapel Hill, NC with their sidekick, Albert.

A.J Glass.....beautiful

These beautiful, handmade pieces for the kitchen are created by Amélie Lucier and Julien Mongeau of Montreal.

"Our pieces are the result of a attraction for playing this game where we would exchange ideas, invert materials, assemble and disassemble. Their unique character, both playful and simple, combines with a high functionality, which make them decorative but still very functional. But before all this, the combination of glass and ceramic takes a large part of our work, and we are always pleased to see the other coming into our playground, suggesting, modifying or trying something crazy."

We simply love them! We just got them in, so be sure to stop by soon.