Black History (Every) Month
byProminent artist Jenny Pickens — portraitist, dollmaker, and high-profile local muralist — favors acrylics when she paints. Bold statements in rich hues are a…
Painting
Handmade Holiday Sale
byBack in the day, it housed the weaving and woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries. Today, the Grovewood Gallery boasts two floors of artisanal work…
Beginnings
byCitron is a new gallery/studio recently opened in downtown Asheville that features contemporary art from local, national, and international artists, with a current focus…
Julyan Davis Goes From Painter to Pantser
byBritish-born artist Julyan Davis has spent the past 30 years exhibiting in galleries and museums across the U.S. Many of his paintings capture the…
Yearning After the Microlocal Moment
byThe first time Rebecca King Hawkinson walked into a field with her landscape box to paint en plein air was unforgettable — and not…
They Inked Their Dream in Eight Thousand Square Feet
byTheirs was a big dream, one that did not foresee the pandemic — but a persistent dream nonetheless. Katie Montes and Cody Reed, two…
Coming Back to Life Means Awakening Others, Too
byAfter working a slew of restaurant gigs right out of high school, Billy Smith was hired by a truck-axle manufacturer in Fletcher. But each…
Passing Her Own Rorschach Test With Flying Colors
byA young boy looking at one of Barbara Fisher’s abstract paintings asked her, “Is this some kind of code?” Although she’d never described her…
Thanksgiving How You Want It
by“Life is to be enjoyed,” painter Peggy King insists on her website. And we certainly enjoy her series of oil paintings Wine Monkeys, which…
It’s Hard to Distinguish Between Centuries After Dark
byCaleb Clark attended a high school in rural Vermont with an exceptionally strong arts program, benefitting from teachers who had studied at the acclaimed…