About Priscilla
Photo by Jen Fariello
I love painting….
“Her “High Water Mark” is a glorious work of barely contained energy. At the top of the painting, off in the distance, there’s a beautifully rendered, rather sedate landscape. Moving downwards, towards the foreground, the brushwork becomes ever more strident and frenetic. Whitlock retains control of the frenzy with marks that are self-assured and powerful, conveying both the physical act of painting and the buzzing life of the body of water and its surrounding grasses she’s depicting. The intense, highly-keyed palette and allover, immersive quality of the work underscore these effects.”
–Sarah Sargent, art critic
Sometimes I start a painting onsite…..just to look
After years of painting, my interest is to interpret landscape. The subject matter is about physicality and energy of the paint and less about landscape as “scenery”. Produced by the painted marks, dashes, swipes of oil and oil stick, shapes and color all come together to represent the mood, light, and sense of place. From a close vantage point the work is most abstract, but viewed from a distance it “comes together” to represent a field, marsh, or “view”.
My artist studio is located near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Albemarle County, Virginia. I also love to work at Wrightsville Beach on the Southern coast of N.C. Dramatic Lunar high tides are accessible only a few times a year, and are accessible only by boat. The marshes flood and bloom, just like a field.
Monotypes: A type of print, not to be confused with a computer generated photo, monotypes are one of a kind print made by hand. "I paint directly on a plate, and transfer the image, by use of a press, to a piece of paper."
Major Acquisitions
Musee’ d’Jean Haffen, Dinan, France
U.S. National Park Service: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Acadia National Parks, Maine
Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Emily Couric Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA
Shady Grove Cancer Center, Bethesda, MD
UVA at Culpeper Hospital, Culpeper, VA
Zimmer Cancer Center, Wilmington, NC
Augusta Medical Facility, Augusta, VA
Fellowships and Awards
Scuola Internazionale di Graphica, Printmaking Residency, Venice, Italy
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Artist Residency, Truro, MA
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Acadia National Park, ME
Les Amis du Grande Vigne, Dinan, Brittany, France
Fellow at Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
First Plein Air invitational competition, Curacao
U.S. State Department Ambassador’s Residence, Riga, Latvia
Turner Network Television (TNT), "Good Behavior".
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Visual artist and printmaker based in Charlottesville, VA
Education
BFA, Teaching Fellow, East Carolina University, Graduate Studies VCU
Artist Residencies
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 1973, 1974
France, Les Amis du Grande Vigne, Dinan, 2002
Acadia National Park, U.S. National Park Service, Maine, 2004, 2007
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2006, 2008
Truro Center for the Arts, Cape Cod, MA, 2018
Scuola Internazionale di Graphica, Venice, Italy, 2025
Honors
Art in Embassies 2016 Work chosen for US Embassy in Riga, Latvia
Beverley Street Studio School, Faculty, Staunton, VA
Juror, This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
Plein Air Judge, Lynchburg, VA Spring 2017
Juror, Virginia Beach Gallery, “Garden of Life” May 2020
Plein Air Competitions: Norfolk, VA (first place purchase award), Easton, MD, Cumberland, MD, Annapolis, MD, Lexington, VA, Wayne, PA, Bath County, VA, and Curacao International
Exhibiting Artist, The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Washington, DC
Site Specific Commissions & Installations: Shady Grove Adventist Aquilino Cancer Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Sentara, and the National Institutes of Health, Zimmer Cancer Center, Wilmington, NC
Selected Shows and Competitions
1999 Virginia Western Community College, guest lecturer and “Pieces of Light” one woman show, Juror for Annual Student Show
2000 “Dipingere Italia” Capella Sant Anna, Perugia, Italy; Invitational Gallery, Beverley St. Studio School, “Priscilla Whitlock & Shirley Wray”
2001 “Painting Together” Robert Long and Priscilla Long Whitlock, a lifetime of work, Museum of Western VA Art Market
2002 Artist in Residence, Dinan, France
2003 Best in Show, 6th annual celebration of the arts national show, Montpelier, VA,
“Images” Central Pa Festival of the Arts, Sondra Freckelton, juror, “Les Invites d/Yvonne Jean Haffen, exposition Chateau-Musee de Dinan, France, Group Faculty show, BSSS, Art League juried shows, Alexandria, VA
2004 Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, juried show, Artist in residence, Acadia National Park, Maine, One Woman Show, Montpelier Center for the Arts, National Juried show Rocky Mount, NC, UNCW “Personal Viewpoints”, Juror for “Art in Place” Charlottesville, VA with Dean Dass and Lyn R. Warren, Show at National Institutes of Health
2005 Plein Air Easton, MD, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta GA, UNCW one woman show, “Small Works” group show The Art League, DC
2006 Raleigh, Junior League Designer Showcase Artist, “French paintings”, Health and Human Services, Washington D.C. and National Institutes of Health shows
2007 Art Auction to benefit James Madison University, The Homestead, Juror, Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, Artist in residence, Acadia National Park, One woman show, BSSS
2008 “Coastal Work” Woods Gallery, Bald Head Island, Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
2009 First Place Purchase Award, Norfolk Out & About Plein Air Festival, Mountain Maryland Juried Plein Air Festival, Lexington VA, Plein Air Festival, Wayne, PA, Juried Plein Air Festival, award winner
2010 National Institutes of Health - show of “Selected Works”, Norfolk VA, Plein Air show, Judge, Williamsburg, VA Century Gallery
2011 Office of Secretary of Health & Human Services, art show, Beverley St. Studio School - “Groundbreakers Past & Present” faculty show, First International Plein Air Invitational, Curacao
2102 James Madison University Art Auction, The Homestead, by invitation Garden Show, invitational, Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
2013 Karen Blair, Jessie Coles, Priscilla Long Whitlock, Paintings, Sarah Smith Gallery, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2014 Designer Showcase, Wilmington, NC, Invitational Plein Air Sperryville, VA, Montpelier, James Madison’s home, “A Day at the Races” art show to benefit the retired thoroughbred horses, by invitation
2015 Les Yeux du Monde Gallery, “Summer Scenes” Isabelle Abbott and Priscilla Whitlock, Art of the State, State of the Art, Wilmington, NC
2016 Art in Embassies, work chosen for U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Latvia, “Good Behavior” paintings chosen for set of national TV drama
2017 Juror, Plein Air Event, Lynchburg VA, “Horizons” One Woman Show, New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC, “Art of the State, State of the Art, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
2018 Artist Residency, Truro Center for the Arts, Cape Cod, MA, “Art of the State, State of the Art”, Cameron Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC, “Painting with Cold Wax” workshop Beverley St. Studio School
2019 “Lady Painters” Joan Mitchell, Priscilla Long Whitlock, Karen Blair, Isabelle Abbott, Janet Bruce and Molly Herman, featuring a painting, on loan, by Joan Mitchell. Second Street Gallery, in partnership with the Fralin Art Museum and Les Yeux du Monde, “Landscape Re-Imagined” Les Yeux du Monde, Teeny Tiny Trifecta I, Second Street Gallery
2020 Juror, Virginia Beach Art Center, “Garden of Life”, National Institutes of Health “Garden of Eden”, Teeny Tiny Trifecta II, Second Street Gallery, National Institutes of Health “Garden of Eden” one woman show, 23 Women Artists Cottage Curator
2021 “Pandemonium, Postcards from the Edge” Chroma Gallery, Charlottesville, Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, The Third Mind, Second Street Gallery, Rockfish Valley Foundation Plein Air Event - committee & artist
2022 “Eden" Quirk Hotel, Charlottesville, VA gallery
2023 Fall Art Tour Rockingham County, VA, The Women’s Initiative, 23 Women Artists
2024 “Making A Mark” Beverley St. Studio School, Staunton VA, “Springtime Trilogy, Art in Bloom” Phaeton Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, Painting in the Garden workshop, 19 Women Artists
2025 Residency In Venice, May “Seasonal Change” one woman show, Arts Academy, Lynchburg, Va, “The Gathering” , Steven Francis Gallery, Group show artists with ties to Philip Geiger Botanical Garden of the Piedmont ,Group Show, Charlottesville
2026 “Made in VA” VA Museum of Contemporary Arts Biennual juried show, “Fine Art + Flowers” Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, “Being There Marjorie Portnow & Special Guests” Steven Francis Gallery, Lynchburg, VA
Publications
1999 News Virginian, Feb. 5 “A Feast for the Eyes”
2000 News Virginian, Aug. 18 “Art Exhibits” Sept. 8 “Art Exhibits”
2001 Nelson County Times, March 29 “Spruce Creek”, Topsail Voice Sept. “Father, Daughter”
2002 Daily Progress, “Paintings from the Piedmont”
2003 Lumina Oct. 8 “Artists Capture”, Lumina Jan. 15, “Coastal Paintings”
2004 Wrightsville Beach Magazine, March “Sea Oats & Easels
2005 Daily Progress, April 21 “Putting the Focus back into landscape”
2006 Washington Post, Jan 20 “Mexico’s True Colors”
2008 Albemarle Magazine
2009 American Artist
2011 Daily Progress Jan. “One of a kind print”
2012 Cville ART “The New Members Show”
2013 Martha Jefferson Magazine The Women Issue, “Sharing LOVE Through Art”
2015 Cape Fear living Magazine Cover
2016 Wrightsville Beach Magazine “The Healing Arts” January
2018 Wilmington Star News, CBS News
2019 Cville “Lady Painters”, UVA today
2024 “Priscilla Whitlock” Virginia Wine and Country Life