Bird is the Word (And You Can Take That Literally)
byLocal painter and ceramicist Kate Coleman doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t an artist. “All children are artists,” she believes, “and I never…
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An Instructor’s Early Shade Didn’t Keep This Artist Out of the Light
by“When people look at my work, the remark I most often hear is how well I use color.” Cathyann Burgess laughs softly as she…
Pop Goes the Work of Centuries
byBill George paints everyday objects that would normally go unnoticed, and certainly aesthetically unappreciated. He transforms them from obscurity to a place of heightened…
Portraits of Imagination
byA collection from new members at Asheville Gallery of Art — Chris Bell, Bill George, Hyn Patty, and Patricia Veatch — takes portraiture beyond…
Blooms
byAsheville Gallery of Art Spring can’t come too soon this year. By late February, the very earliest flowers should be up. And Asheville Gallery…
Stalwart Gallery Has Framed a “New Normal” for Decades
byPicture a downtown empty and desolate, with mostly boarded-up businesses. Asheville Gallery of Art President Sue Dolamore isn’t referring to the early days…
No Method is More Effective Than Your Latest Mood
by“Sometimes I dance when I paint, and some days I am very personal and I put that feeling onto canvas,” reveals Waynesville artist Sun…
Europe Provided the Blueprint for Architect’s Painting Career
byFor Michael Robinson, creativity has always been about two mediums: painting and architecture. The latter has economically sustained him for decades. The former has…
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…
Sometimes a Painter Has to be Quiet to Make a Scene
byLandscape painter Kate Thayer doesn’t just recognize earth tones. “All colors are in nature if we really see,” she says. But that kind of…