Julyan Davis Goes From Painter to Pantser
British-born artist Julyan Davis has spent the past 30 years exhibiting in galleries and museums across the U.S. Many of his paintings capture the…
Tema Stauffer: Southern Fiction
Tema Stauffer’s photographs examine the social, economic, and cultural landscape of American spaces. Daylight Books, in 2018, published a monograph of her “Upstate” series…
Little Boxes Where We Dwell: Habitats, Spaces, and Reflections
It’s been almost 15 years since Mark Bettis landed in Asheville. He started out in his garage, which he quickly outgrew, and took a…
Yearning After the Microlocal Moment
The first time Rebecca King Hawkinson walked into a field with her landscape box to paint en plein air was unforgettable — and not…
They Inked Their Dream in Eight Thousand Square Feet
Theirs was a big dream, one that did not foresee the pandemic — but a persistent dream nonetheless. Katie Montes and Cody Reed, two…
Cone Six Degrees of Separation
“Sometimes I almost have to hide my new work so people won’t buy it,” admits potter Julie Calhoun-Roepnack, a member of the prestigious Southern…
Book Artist Lost the Plot and Gained a Whole New World
By: Lee Stevens When Patti Fertel picks up a book at a flea market, a secondhand bookstore, or other used-book outlet, she sees more…
South Slope Mural Trail is Revealed in Plain Sight
For years, there have been random dots on the map of Asheville’s South Slope neighborhood that represent diverse examples of the city’s phenomenal mural…
Coming Back to Life Means Awakening Others, Too
After working a slew of restaurant gigs right out of high school, Billy Smith was hired by a truck-axle manufacturer in Fletcher. But each…
Passing Her Own Rorschach Test With Flying Colors
A young boy looking at one of Barbara Fisher’s abstract paintings asked her, “Is this some kind of code?” Although she’d never described her…
Thanksgiving How You Want It
“Life is to be enjoyed,” painter Peggy King insists on her website. And we certainly enjoy her series of oil paintings Wine Monkeys, which…
It’s Hard to Distinguish Between Centuries After Dark
Caleb Clark attended a high school in rural Vermont with an exceptionally strong arts program, benefitting from teachers who had studied at the acclaimed…
