Specialties
Our art gallery features works from a wide range of artists-local artists whom we know and love, artists from other parts of the USA and around the world, and artists-living and deceased-whose works are critically acclaimed.
Custom Framing On Site
Visit our art gallery in Alexandria’s historic Hollin Hall Shopping Center and have our knowledgeable design team help you choose the right mat/color combination, frame-style and protective glazing (glass) to enhance your fine art, photos, diplomas, or precious documents. We can provide custom matting, float artwork, stretch canvas and construct custom box frames for ribbons, medals and memorabilia.
Our production team handcrafts each frame individually and custom cuts the mats and glazing to your item’s exact specifications. We utilize conservation and archival processes, procedures and products to secure the artwork and to ensure that the integrity of your art is always maintained.
We also handcraft custom mirrors of any size and shape. Visit our design team and have them help you create a custom mirror using any of the hundreds of frame colors and styles we have in our inventory.
History
Established in 2022.
“Nepenthe” is a Greek term that broadly translates to “a place of no sorrow.”
Our family has treasured this word for decades, from the 1960’s when Carrie’s parents visited the wondrous restaurant in Big Sur named “Nepenthe,” to the early 1990’s when “Nepenthe” was our buzz word while wedding planning and prompt for all frustrated parties to immediately retreat and calm down, to the later 1990’s when Carrie’s dad named his boat “Nepenthe” and did not allow whining or crying on deck.
We offer a rotating selection of iconic, fun and familiar prints and neon images, as well as various sculptures, objects and Nepenthe Gallery merchandise. We have a frame shop on-site with a vast variety of custom frames and we specialize in custom mirrors, too.
We are proud to continue our family’s tradition, and we present “Nepenthe Gallery” to the Hollin Hall, VA to serve as a respite from the outside world, and a place to enjoy the creative works inside.
Meet the Business Owner: Carrie G.
Carrie is an Alexandria native who graduated from William and Mary in 1990 and married her high school sweetheart, Jim the Framer, in 1995. Carrie worked in sales and marketing for Stonewall Vineyards, The Williamsburg Winery, and Perrier, before leaving the workforce to stay home and raise their four children. Carrie has been a volunteer at The Campagna Center in Alexandria for almost 30 years, first as a Junior Friend and more recently as Co-Chair of the Supporting Friends. She has served on numerous school and community committees and boards over the last 20 years and has served as a Trustee on the Muscarelle Museum of Art Foundation Board at William and Mary and also served as the Co-Chair of the Museum’s Capital Campaign Committee.
