Hope Hanes

Hope Hanes' award-winning pastel paintings have been included in numerous local, regional and national shows. Her exhibit history includes Art at the Mill, Alexandria Art League Gallery, the Pastel Society of America (NY), Strathmore Mansion (MD), Alpharetta Arts Center (GA) and the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. In 2015 and 2022, she was awarded Best Loudoun Artist at the Waterford Fair. She is represented by The Station Gallery in Greenville, DE.

Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Hope Hanes has lived and worked in western Loudoun County, Virginia as an artist, arts advocate and teacher for over twenty-five years. She earned her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, where she focused on painting and printmaking, and eventually her MAT in Museum Education from George Washington University. Over the years, she gradually returned to her love of the pastel medium, finding it the best expression of her artistic vision while being deeply satisfying in its physicality. As an Art Educator for Loudoun County Public Schools, she balances her time between work and family life while pursuing continued artistic growth.