SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Kathryn Burns lined up a price tag beneath an oil painting on the wall, as she prepared to host the artist reception for her longest running annual event, the Bridge Gallery Holiday Open House.

The Bridge Gallery owner said the open house has been held every year since the gallery's founding 17 years ago. Every holiday season, the open house provides local residents with the opportunity to see and purchase new art by professional artists who are periodically featured in the gallery and from the local area. This year's open house was no different, with it featuring the work of eight professional artists: nature photographer Mark Muse, neopictographic painter Ralph Scorza, landscape painter Seth Hill, abstract painter Judy Bradshaw, plein air painter Joshua Hoffman, abstrac

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