Making It
Jeremy French got sober in 1995, and his first mentor emphasized the value of the creative process on that journey. So he started working…
Therapist Jumped Head First Into Art
“Skulls are what we all are underneath — a universal human equalizer and common denominator,” says artist Kim Nelson. Her fanciful skull-themed pieces, painted…
In the Pocket is the Only Way to Paint
Painter Gayle Paul earned a BFA from Drake University and once worked as an apprentice restoration painter at the Iowa State Capitol. She taught…
He’s Not Scared of Clowns, and that Has Made All the Difference
Logan Guarglia is a painter, printmaker, freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer — “I have a hard time sticking to one medium,” he says….
Replacing Phone Scrolling With Stitching is Perhaps Most Subversive of All
Oodles of Billboard music chart toppers are easy-to-play three-chord songs, and all of Western music is only comprised of a dozen notes. According to…
Danielle Burke on Frances Louisa Goodrich
Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was a Presbyterian missionary from Binghamton, New York, who came to Buncombe County — living in East Asheville’s Riceville community…
Oil Painter Helps “Pretty Polly” Have The Last Word
Thirty years ago, an interest in history lured English-born and now Asheville-based artist Julyan Davis to the United States, and he’s been painting scenes…
“Disturbing the Comfortable” is Part of This Nurse’s Artistic Oath
As a child, Deborah Anderson was fascinated by pieces of animal skeletons she found in the woods. She’d take them home and try to…
When Backing Up is Not an Option
Painter Joan Lesikin attended the Art Students League in Woodstock, earned her BFA at Syracuse University, and completed an MFA at Rutgers. Her award-winning…
It’s Easier to Outwit the Southern Sun than to Be a Brooklyn Artist
The mother of self-taught illustrator and printmaker James Flames gave him the “new mommy” journal she kept when he was a baby. It contained…