Painting

Artful Ascents

Artful Ascents

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Painting is a way of preserving a moment in time. Heidi Nisbett learned this while hiking the Appalachian Trail. An Upstate South Carolina native,…

Painting Her Way Through Grief

Painting Her Way Through Grief

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On July 2, 2011, Sylva-based watercolorist Pamela Haddock experienced every parent’s worst nightmare. Earlier that day, her 29-year-old son, Joshua, loaded his car with…

Layering On The Dream

Layering On The Dream

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Lainard Bush can pinpoint the moment he became an artist. It was December 15, 1987 — his birthday. To celebrate, he booked an outdoor…

Where Oil and Water Really Do Mix

Where Oil and Water Really Do Mix

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Abstractionists and realists relate like oil and water. Many realist painters scoff at abstract art as lacking technical mastery — and many abstractionists dismiss…