Practice, Practice, Practice … But Don’t Forget Spontaneity
Hanging in Sue Dolamore’s Asheville home is a small watercolor study of a rural Maine landscape, painted by an uncle and given to her…
Illustrator Gets to the Heart (and Arteries) of the Matter
Curiosity is an essential piece of any artist’s toolbox, and for Asheville illustrator Julia Moore, it began in childhood, building forts in the woods….
Providence Refuses to Fit Inside One Medium
Lisa Steffens grew up along New York’s Hudson River, and her mother studied fashion design at the area’s prestigious Pratt Institute for a year…
Sculptor Only Operates Under His Own Influence
By the time Richard Flottemesch decided to make art his life’s work, in his junior year at the University of Maryland, the Baltimore native…
The Struggle is Real, But So is the Sculpture
When Peter Dallos made his first metal sculpture, in 1998, the work’s welded and coruscated steel, battered but resilient, seemed to crystallize much of…
Painter Refuses to See the Limits of Watercolor
The use of watercolor may be associated with ethereal landscapes or delicately rendered floral designs, but for Asheville painter Nadine Charlsen, it’s the perfect…
Freedom’s Just Another Word for No Rules Left to Follow
Israeli-born Raquel Egosi had a lot of paths to choose from — and she followed many of them. “A city girl in the Tel…
Photographer Captures the Intimacy in Isolation
While we continue to navigate our way through unprecedented levels of sickness and social fragmentation, the haunting photographs of Greenville-based photographer and Asheville Made…
It’s Tough Work Making Simple Look Simple
Fatie Atkinson has turned his hand to many skills over the years, from house painter to electrician, but it was in wood that he…
Marketing Folk Art without a Website is Almost as Gutsy as Throwing Knives
“I don’t do what other people want,” says BJ Precourt of his whimsical carved wooden figures. “It’s all my own imagination.” Scavenging wood from…