Vitis Vinifera

Featuring abstract paintings by James Frey

June 4th - August 10th , 2024

Reception on Saturday, June 22nd, from 2-4 pm

Following the Fall grape harvest each year, the vineyard goes dormant, and the vines begin to store energy for the winter months. The potential of the next vintage lies buried deep within the grapevine until the ground slowly begins to warm in the Spring.  After long months of no activity, this latent vitality explodes from the vine as buds break from their winter sleep and a new vintage bursts forth.

Winemaker and painter James Frey captured this explosion of energy from the vine in his new series, Vitis Vinifera.  To the naked eye, the Springtime bud break produces simple yellow-green leaves and tiny pink clusters; but to the eye of a winemaker this metamorphosis represents a wild kaleidoscope of colors as the complex and wonderful potential of a new vintage finds a beginning.