Here’s a Way to Learn Art History by the Seat of Your Pants
Most people confronted with a housecleaning project don’t view it as an opportunity to expand their artistic horizons. Then again, most folks don’t look…
Her Imprint is All Over Brevard (and the World)
Painter, printmaker, and gallery owner Ann DerGara moved to Brevard 19 years ago, to escape the hectic city life of Atlanta. “The landscape touched…
Glass Couple Established Permanent Residency on the Cutting Edge
Clay was always too slow for Billy Bernstein. He wanted to see the imprint of his efforts in real time. “I was studying ceramics…
Imagine a Copy Machine so Crummy it Blows Up into a Beautiful Business
Mica Mead and Colin Sutherland launched Woolly Press in 2013, after discovering the unique aesthetic potential of a circa-1986 printer called the Risograph. The…
Critters on Wheels Can Better Outrun the Human Threat
“One of my squirrel sculptures was sitting in the window,” recalls artist Libba Tracy. “A hawk saw it, thought it was real, and flew…
You Don’t Need Go-Motion to Rule the RAD
“Although my heart was always into painting, I never thought I could be a painter,” admits Mark Bettis — one of the most well-known…
Sculptor Uses Geometry to Defy the Laws of Physics
Robert Winkler sculpts both indoor and outdoor pieces, some of them spectacularly large, and many of the latter installed at universities, parks, and other…
She Destroys Perfectly Good Paintings — to Create Imperfectly Better Ones
Oil painter Alicia Anne Armstrong often labors over a painting for hours or days. Then, as soon as the paint is dry, she does…
You Get Better Visions Once You Move to Art Heaven
“You know how photographers put paper in a chemical bath, and gradually the image starts to come up?” asks painter Elizabeth Henderson. “I feel…
Live-Model Sculpting is the Very Shape of Intimacy
Realist figurative painter/sculptor Angela Cunningham studied illustration at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, before earning her BFA at Laguna…