Artists
Billy Crockett, Master Carver, has been an avid nature lover all of his life and brings that love and respect to life from a simple block of wood. His studio is a wonder of birds and wildlife of every size and description.
Drop in his studio, where he can be found most every day - except when he is out on the water or beach gathering new ideas and artifacts for his next creations!
Studio 117
Mark Belknap grew up on the rivers of the Chesapeake Bay and has been an outdoorsman since boyhood. His early interests led him to degrees in Wildlife Management and Forestry, which influence his artwork today. His functional birds have won awards and been on display in the Ward Museum and the Ward World Championship competitions. His birds are equally at home on the mantle or in the marsh and on the water, doing what they were created to do.
As an adult, Mark studied blacksmithing and his studio shop carries functional hand-forged items as well. His Chesapeake oyster knives are not to be missed. Mark has been awarded the designation of Professional Juried Virginia Artisan.
Studio 113, 116
Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10:00 - 4:00
Saturdays 10:00 - 1:00 from May - Mid September. Other times by appointment. The annual Artisans Guild Studio Tour on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving is a highlight for gift shopping.
Sculptor, painter, and figurative artist, Janis King works with a variety of mediums in both 2- and 3-dimensional forms. Janis moved home to her native Eastern Shore in 2017 and opened Bay Leigh Studios along the Onancock Creek.
The Creekside studio location will remain devoted to creating sculptures, while Studio106 displays the artist’s paintings and sculptures, and serves as her painting studio.
Studio 106
Hours: Thursday - Saturday - all year
Mondays, May 1 - Sept 10, 12-4 pm
John Antoine Labadie studied sculpture and painting at the Dayton Art Institute, received a bachelor’s degree in painting at University of Dayton; a Master’s in psychology from Wright State University; and an interdisciplinary Doctorate from the College of Design, Architecture Art & Planning at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Labadie is a multimedia artist and works in digital, photography, and traditional 2D artists materials. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan and regularly serves an artist-in-residence and/or visiting scholar nationally and internationally.
Studio 105
Margie Labadie uses a seamless flow of digital and traditional techniques to create her fine artwork and photography. She fills her art with found objects and family heirlooms, pulling them into immersive dreamlike images that range from pure abstraction to finely detailed collage.
For the last 30 years, Margie Labadie’s art has reflected her commitment to cultural preservation, social justice, and environmental conservation.
Margie received her Master of Fine Arts from East Carolina University in 2003, and graduated from Temple University, Philadelphia, and Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy in 1982. Prior to moving to Virginia, Margie Labadie was a professor in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Studio 105
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Bryce Lee is a portrait and landscape watercolorist from the Hudson Valley who trained as an Illustrator at Art Center College of Design, CA. He had a 40-year, award-winning career as an Illustrator and Designer; a popular choice as a portraitist of Presidents, NFL Football stars, and PGA Golfers, and created art for NYC’s many book publishers, magazines, broadcast networks, and advertising agencies, from Simon & Schuster and Forbes to NBC and Sachi & Sachi.
Bryce followed as the world shifted online and became immersed in digital user-centered design, leading award-winning teams for some of the world's most recognizable global brands. Upon retiring to the Eastern Shore, he and his wife, Barbara, purchased an 1890 Victorian in Onancock, which they are restoring.
Studio 115A
Laura McGowan is an oil painter who has lived in Onancock for 30 years. After 22 years of teaching at a local elementary school, she became a full time artist, and focuses on painting realistic landscapes and seascapes. Her work is in several galleries in the mid-Atlantic, and she participates in a number of prestigious regional art festivals. She opens her studio for most events at the Historic Onancock School, including monthly Wine Wednesdays and the Artisans Guild Thanksgiving weekend studio tour.
Studio 114
Open by appointment
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757-710-7600
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Guy Shover has been a resident of the Eastern Shore of Virginia since 1989. He currently resides on the Bayside's quiet hamlet of Clam, VA. Bronze and Salvaged Wood are the medium Guy uses for his art and sculptures. His artwork varies from whimsical characteristic mice to realistic portrayals of the magnificent wildlife found on the Shore and beyond. He currently works at Turner Sculpture as a Patineur (Patina Artist). Guy Shover contributes some of his work to support the efforts of organizations such as the Nature Conservancy, the Ward Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Barrier Island Center and the Angler's Club.
Studio 109
Hours: by appointment
Karyn Belknap is a shepherdess, spinner, dyer, weaver, felter and natural fiber instructor. She has been awarded the designation of Professional Juried Virginia Artisan.
The fiber shop inside of her working studio features one-of-a-kind hand-dyed luxury yarns and spinning fibers, as well as gifts, wearables and home goods.
Studio 113, 116
Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10:00 - 4:00Saturdays 10:00 - 1:00 from May - Mid SeptemberOther times by appointment. The annual Artisans Guild Studio Tour on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving is a highlight for gift shopping.
(757) 243-1400
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1972 - BFA Painting and Printmaking at VCU
1981 (to the present) - Founded Collectors Portraits - commissioned Pastel/Oil Portraits and Fine Art Photography
Art Director; Illustrator for Richmond LifeStyle Magazine and Richmond Magazine; Court Room Illustrator for Channel 12 RVA; Art Teacher
I also worked over 35 years in Graphics in the Printing and Packaging Industry. After retirement from the corporate GRAPHICS world, I’m finally ending my long hiatus and will be returning to my FINE ART roots.
I’ve always managed to have a photographic DIGITAL and DESIGN studio using my large format printer to print my own Giclée prints in a “clean” controlled temperature environment; however, I was always in need of a “dirty” studio to create my traditional Pastel Portraits and Oil paintings.
Studio 108
Open by appointment
757-710-0993
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