Tonight we headed over to the Loft Gallery at the Nest near SMU for an art exhibt to help benefit the Harding University in Florence program. The villa is need of repair and updating to comply with some new EU regulations so the program was auctioning off some beautiful pieces by Robbie Shackelford, the director of the HUF program.

This piece is titled Villa From Val Di Botte and was an absolute stunner hanging in the gallery. Alas, we could only afford the print but if I could I would have paid double the asking price! The good news is that the exhibt was able to raise $15,000 for the Villa tonight which is a great start.

It was great seeing the Shackelford’s again and we had a wonderful time at the exhibt. Dr. Hopper set the mood for the evening by playing the piano and engaging paintings and beautiful music are always a welcome pair for me. All of Robbie’s pieces will be on display until September so if you live in the DFW area it will be well worth your time to swing by the gallery. The whole night I kept saying,

“What a beautiful exhibt!”

Google Maps Directions to the Villa in Florence
HUF Aution (now closed)
The Nest