In the Pocket is the Only Way to Paint
byPainter Gayle Paul earned a BFA from Drake University and once worked as an apprentice restoration painter at the Iowa State Capitol. She taught…
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Asheville’s First Fresco Eyes Immortality
byThe Haywood Street congregation, home to the Downtown Welcome Table and a sanctuary to people searching for a sense of family, recently finished a…
Rich Rewards from Portraits That Don’t Pay
byWhen Lib Mason slipped out of a transactional relationship with art,things began to blossom. The portraitist moved from Charleston to Brevard five years ago…
A Third Eye Comes in Handy When Working in Multiple Genres
byPeople who drop in the Blue Dharma Fine Art Gallery often wonder how many artists are represented in the hushed, well-lit space and are…
Her Portfolio Strategy Got More Colorful Over the Years
byBefore she began working in glass, Leene Hermann sold insurance and investments. “How’s that for a far cry from doing art?” she remarks. Yet…
The Way to Stay “Creatively Unemployed” is to Never Stop Working
byMost artists who’ve been working for 55 years have an audience in mind. But John D. Richards just takes the ideas he says “pop…
As Cosplay Took Off, So Did Her Career
byWhen it comes to Sarah Lambert’s wearable wings, birds of a featherdon’t necessarily flock together. “Phoenix Out of the Ashes,” for example, is a…
Who Are You Calling Grim?
byThe more you look at Maxx Feist’s imagery, the more you see. And the mashup is compelling: an almost Victorian level of line detail…
There’s a Piece of Her Mind in Every Quilt She Deconstructs
byIf there’s a provable craft gene, Rachel Meginnes may one day weave the evidence. Her paternal grandmother hooked primitive-style rugs; her maternal grandfather was…
He’s Not Scared of Clowns, and that Has Made All the Difference
byLogan Guarglia is a painter, printmaker, freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer — “I have a hard time sticking to one medium,” he says….