How to Paint a Still Life Without Cleaning Any Bristles
byIt might be magic. Using a small LED light, photographer Mark V’Soske transforms collections of ordinary objects into scenes of iconic beauty. Through this…
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Fifty Cents Says You’re on the Right Side of the Tracks
byThree-dozen creatives in almost as many genres call Trackside Studios their artistic home. All of them have to work shifts in the gallery as…
“Disturbing the Comfortable” is Part of This Nurse’s Artistic Oath
byAs a child, Deborah Anderson was fascinated by pieces of animal skeletons she found in the woods. She’d take them home and try to…
It Was the Right Place (Must Have Been the Right Time)
byWhen Rob Travis was a kid, he’d visit his grandmother once or twice a year in rural Georgia, and she taught him to identify…
Lauren Rutten on Doris Ulmann
byLegacy Crafters Series | Part 3 Photographer Doris Ulmann was instrumental in documenting life in the rural South in the 1920s and early ’30s,…
Picture Leaving Big-City Success to Visit Skeet Ranges
byColby Caldwell, an internationally esteemed photographer, took a risk by coming back to Western North Carolina. He’d grown up in Mills River, but moved…
Archaeologist Turned Artist Listens to Chairs and Understands Kudzu
byStudying anthropology at the University of Arizona, then working as an archaeologist for the forest service in California, Susan Alta Martin was intrigued by…
She Shoots Wild Bears — and It’s Hard to Look Away
byApril Johnson earned a degree in Fine Arts and Photography from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. While still in college, she…
She Wants to Make Your Fantasies Come True … Under Really Good Lighting
byIf you’re going to switch focus in your career, the Louvre might be the world’s best eureka spot. Walking around the iconic art museum…
Printmaker was Hard-Pressed to Revolutionize a Centuries-Old Technique
byPhotography has always been evolved by technology — going from hulking machines to quite literally the palms of our hands. For most, it’s a…