Light & Airy Painting Studio

Photo: Helen Norman

All-White Painting Studio

An all-white interior pulls together the open floor plan of this artist’s studio and lets the paintings stand out.

Photo: Helen Norman

Charlottesville artist Abby Kasonik has quickly established a reputation around the country for her sublimely meditative paintings.

Photo: Helen Norman

Abby’s love of 19th-century Virginia schoolhouses and churches influenced the style of her new backyard studio.

Photo: Helen Norman

Weathered ceiling beams are juxtaposed with a modern stove flue and large, white paper lanterns.

Photo: Helen Norman

A 12-foot-long “inspiration table” holds the antlers, shells, and other natural wonders Abby collects.

Photo: Helen Norman

For the kitchen island, carpenter Tim Fisher topped an old trunk with barn wood and added shelves, legs, and wheels.

Photo: Helen Norman

A salvaged metal radiator cover that’s equipped with magnets hangs as the kitchen bulletin board.

Photo: Helen Norman

Abby created the studio’s curtains from painter’s drop cloths and made the rods using old lightning-rod cables.