Facing Forward

Facing Forward

Jim “The Black Potter” McDowell partners with OpenDoors Asheville to benefit local youth “Several summers ago,” recalls ceramic artist Jim McDowell of Weaverville, “I…

Where Oil and Water Really Do Mix

Where Oil and Water Really Do Mix

Abstractionists and realists relate like oil and water. Many realist painters scoff at abstract art as lacking technical mastery — and many abstractionists dismiss…

Her Fluid Ideas are Set in Stone

Her Fluid Ideas are Set in Stone

“I get an idea and start chiseling, as the stone suggests to me what it wants to be,” says Weaverville sculptor Jane Jaskevich. Her…