Studying Kids’ Encyclopedias Prompted an Old-School Approach
Multimedia sculptor Anne Lemanski graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, before accepting residencies at Penland School of Crafts near Burnsville…
She Shoots Wild Bears — and It’s Hard to Look Away
April Johnson earned a degree in Fine Arts and Photography from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. While still in college, she…
Felter’s Fake Animal Heads Look so Alive that Real Dogs Attack Them
Haley Nocik studied at Sante Fe University of Art and Design, concentrating on oil painting. But she dropped out to do animal-conservation work in…
She Penciled in 30 Years of Drawing Time
Teresa Pennington is a colored-pencil artist who renders exquisitely detailed drawings of Western North Carolina vistas, flora, and fauna. For more than three decades,…
This Former Model Knows How to Dress Up a Painting
Asya Zahia Colie is a figurative, portrait, and abstract artist who divides her time between Asheville and her native home of Provence, in the…
When You Grow Up in Paris but Discover Art in the American South …
Frederic Payet is a self-taught painter whose palette-knife works are impressionistic with a signature, secret vibrancy. Born on the island of Madagascar, Payet was…
Early Dumpster Diving Indicates a Future of Skulls and Watch Parts
Bobbie Polizzi, who brands her work as “Junk & Disorderly,” moved to WNC in 1997 as a product-design executive for a manufacturing company. She’s…
Illustrator’s Roller-Coaster Ride Becomes the Viewer’s Peaceful Landing
Fian Arroyo is a big-time illustrator with a client roster that includes Scholastic, Boy Scouts of America, Miller Lite, US News and World Report,…
She Mapped Her Journey Back to Art on the Front of a Notecard
“Curiosity is what brought me to where I am today,” says collage artist McKenzie Keenan, who owns and operates an atelier in Brevard, Heart…
He Wants His Art to Talk to Itself While You Listen
“I’m not an artist who is comfortable with pigeonholing myself,” says oil painter Peter Roux. “When I work with representational art I get itchy…