To hold the light

November 7 – December 27, 2025 extended to February 28, 2026

Angelo
220 East Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-971-9256
angelojewelry@gmail.com

Opening Reception:
November 7th, 5-7:30pm
Part of Charlottesville’s First Fridays

Regular Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday: 10am – 5pm
with holiday hours:
Mon–Tue, Dec 15–23: 10 AM – 5 PM
Wed, Dec 24: 10 AM – 4 PM
Fri–Sat, Dec 26–27: 10 AM – 5 PM
(Closed Christmas Day)

The year after graduating from UVA, I was hired by Angelo owner Lee Marraccini to work in his goldsmithing studio, Marraccini Designs. I was too green to even know how lucky this was. I spent that formative year learning to polish and solder gold castings, inlay semi-precious stones, and work as part of a creative team. My fingers developed callouses and I developed a taste for pepperoncini and an appreciation for the exquisite color combination of 24k gold and lapis lazuli blue. I didn’t understand it at the time, but this was also an incredibly important opportunity for me to see up close how a successful creative business functioned.

I still benefit from those experiences, and as I think you will see in these recent paintings, my work still carries the tastes that Lee and Pam Marraccini and their team nurtured that year. I’m feeling a lot of gratitude for the opportunity to show these recent canvases at Angelo. Come celebrate this homecoming with us.

The paintings in this exhibit are included in the gallery below. Each image is linked to further details about that painting.