Oil Painter Helps “Pretty Polly” Have The Last Word
byThirty 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…
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When Backing Up is Not an Option
byPainter Joan Lesikin attended the Art Students League in Woodstock, earned her BFA at Syracuse University, and completed an MFA at Rutgers. Her award-winning…
Painter Turns Away from the River, Heads Deeper into the Forest
byCheyenne Trunnell was around 12 years old when she encountered her first piece of abstract art. So when she saw the painting, created by…
Graffiti-Loving Woodworker Would Never Make Anything Undercover
byNeil Carroll doesn’t see much artistic difference between painting and folding clothes. Or making furniture and baking cookies. “My approach is the same,” he…
Sparks of Summer
byOpening Reception: Aug. 23, 5:30-8pm Exhibit runs Aug. 3-Sept. 22 Having spent her entire life in the South with an ever-growing adoration for Southern…
Tangled Mapping: Memories of the Future
byOpening Reception: Aug. 23, 5:30-7:30pm Exhibit runs through Sept. 22 Coming to Pink Dog Creative in late August, Barbara Fisher’s latest exhibit, Tangled Mapping:…
Art Entrepreneur Slips Absurdities Under the Bar
byWith his partner, Hedy Fischer, Randy Shull steers Pink Dog Creative, a vividly painted complex of art studios and retail spaces in the River…
Painter Blesses Her Canvas with Abundant Oils
byPeople figure Molly Sieburg Courcelle got her artistic skills from her mother, well-known local painter Bee Sieburg. The two even work out of adjacent…
It’s Not Hard to Spot the Beauty in Oil Painter’s Voluminously Layered Works
byOne of the enduring features of Highlights children’s magazine is “Hidden Pictures,” detailed drawings that invite young readers to look closely and find cleverly…
Art in Embassies
byRecently, local artist Cindy Walton’s painting Out of Many Waters, a 60 by 40 inch piece, was selected to be placed in the home…