“I wanted to have opening reception days of celebrating the first full days of spring,” explained Stavroula Nicolas Raia, Whimsical Gallery owner. The opening reception was held on Friday, March 21, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 5-9 p.m. and Sunday, March 23, 3-7 p.m. The Art Gallery is located at 89 Job’s Lane, Southampton, New York.
Stavroula Nicolas Raia, gallery owner.
Creative, imaginative and playful works are exhibited by exceptional artists. The artists who were represented included: Audrey Schilp, Fashion Illustrator, whose family has roots from Ioannina, Greece; Joseph Conaty, Abstract Expressionist; Alan Richards, photo manipulation; Shakor, visual known artist; Camilo Del Mar, Space Art and Matt Moffett, Animal Portraiture.
Ed Floros, of the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons, celebrated his eighty-third birthday at the gallery with family and friends on the Friday grand opening. “The opening reception was well attended,” said Mrs. Nicolas-Raia, a Greek-American whose parents were immigrants from Pano-Lefkara, Cyprus.