The Yorktown Art, Antiques, Collectibles and Creations

10/05/2026

To place your vote for the People’s Choice 2D and 3D Awards, valued at $12,500 each - please login to your account. You may vote for as many pieces as you like, but please vote only once per piece.

10/05/2026

Point of Focus Art will once again be attending this year's Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival this coming weekend. My booth will be on the back section off of Herman Melville Avenue in the Port Warwick Styron Square Pavilion and Park. My booth # is D11 and it will face to the street right across from the Starving Artist Studio and Femms and Fidos store fronts. Do hope many of you can make it out on either day.

🎨✨ ART. MUSIC. FOOD. FUN. COMMUNITY. — IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT PORT WARWICK! ✨🎶

Mark your calendars for October 10–11 and join us for the 22nd Annual Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival!
And don’t forget to grab your signed 2026 Collector’s Poster while you’re here! This year’s featured artwork, Big City Jazz by acclaimed artist Barton Hatcher, perfectly captures what makes this festival so special—a vibrant celebration of art, creativity, music, and community. 🎨🎷

🌟 Over 90 fine artists from across the country
🎨 Incredible original artwork & sculpture
👧 Interactive children’s activities
🍴 Delicious food vendors
🍷 B**r & w**e garden

🎶 LIVE MUSIC ALL WEEKEND!

Enjoy performances by:
🎵 Zen Mojo
🎵 Phil Casey
🎵 Red Stapler Duo
🎵 Chisman Creek Band
🎵 Soundscapes
🎵 Patrick Ryan Band

Whether you’re searching for that one-of-a-kind piece of art, looking for a fun family weekend, or simply want to enjoy great music with friends, there’s something for everyone!

📅 October 10–11, 2026

📍 William Styron Square | Port Warwick | Newport News, VA
Grab your friends, bring the family, and make a weekend of it!

❤️ Come celebrate the arts with us in the heart of Hampton Roads!

✨Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Virginia Health Services, for their generous support and for helping us bring this wonderful celebration of arts to our community!

09/30/2026

Calling all local vendors! We want you to be a part of our 4th Annual Cookie Walk and Vendor Fair!

09/29/2026

09/21/2026

The time it takes to bring a pointillism art piece to completion is often miscalculated. This work is such and I've not been satisfied in the image as I continued to lay down more "dot points". This is often the case when viewing a white marble statue. As the effect of seeing the marble in person and under light, the shadows come forth as you move around it. With black ink on white paper, the proces is often hard as how do you bring forth the softness of white marble in the black ink?

Often I begin and once I set out the main areas of outlines outside and inside, the depthness begins to come forth. Then it becomes almost too soft and there is no discernible contrast of the image in leaping off the paper. So, how do you keep the softness of the image w/o making the art piece too dark but still come to life?

After many years of doing this medium...patience is key but another aspect is the viewing process. As you work so closely to the paper with pen in hand, the best way to reflect if the image is showing signs of "life" off the page, you picked it up and hold it at arms length. Not just pen and ink but color as well. As in color, you "layer" the softer colors first and then gradually add the darker tones. This is the same for black ink, but w/ a more depth scrutiny when placing the dots and then frequently holding the paper out to watch for the shadows, lines, curves and more bring the image to life.

The aforementioned time calculation often is thrown out due to the delicate structure of not truly seeing the additionsl timing of the shadows and enhancing that may have been missed in the initial process of time to completion.

And as the phrase that is often asked of us and our response..."it'll be done when it's done" will be stated. That is your art lesson for today!

09/09/2026

It's been said that to "move beyond what your comfortable with" and "expand your horizons"- "in a path less taken", I do so with trepidation on my first attempt at an abstract construction color pencil and pen piece. The images of Robert Dulauney and his circular movement designs gave me this design concept. No plan for the color scheme as it'll be a main color and complimentary as I work on each area. No telling what will come forth so I'll update as i progress.

09/08/2026

I'll once again be attending 2nd Sundays Williamsburg this Sunday the 13th of September. Last month was an exhausting day as I had only $35 in sales; my Square wouldn't function and forgot to pick up cash. AND it was over 100 degrees with no shade when tearing down and loading up. The weather for Sunday is calling for rain but that is 5 days away....? We take the good with the bad in being part of outdoor events like these.

09/03/2026

Read more about Arts in the Middle Festival 2027 on ZAPPlication