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…
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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…
Uncompromising Great-Grandmother is Still Raising the “Real”Art Scene
byIn 1991, artist Connie Bostic opened Zone one, downtown Asheville’s first contemporary art gallery. For about a decade, the space was a vital creative…
She Felt Moved to Leave Still Lifes Behind
by“We are all one human family,” says Christine Longoria. She admits to the life differences that come with chance and choice, but her assertion…
Staying in One Place Isn’t Palette-able for Artistic Growth
byBee Adams paints quickly. Perhaps because she’s moved around a lot, she prefers the first stages of a project, that early excitement, to the…