A Battle for Clarity Meant a Win for Abstraction
byOver the years, Jeremy Russell and the professional art scene have edged cautiously toward one another. It’s a dance of inevitability: “I always kind…
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Intuition is Also a Love Language
byElizabeth Porritt Carrington’s life in America started with a whisper at a silent retreat. It was 2009, and a year had passed since her…
Sculptor’s “Quartet” Lands an Open-Air Gig
byLocal sculptor David Sheldon, who also paints, took a concept inspired by the Blue Ridge mountains and adapted it to the Eastern Sierras. Following…
Her Textiles Contain Multitudes
byJude Stuecker knows a thing or two about putting together an outfit, and for her it involves a lot more than opening a closet…
The Importance of Doodling in Determining Destiny
byRhona Polonsky’s route to membership in the Kenilworth Artists Association and representation at Mars Landing Galleries was circuitous, international, imbued with curiosity and self-discovery,…
All in for October: Kenilworth, Beaverdam, and the Craft Guild
byIf you ever find yourself lost in Kenilworth, blame real-estate developer James Chiles’ horse. Legend has it that in the early 1900s, when Chiles…
The Places You Can Go When There’s No Horizon
by“I wanted to write, but writing is painful,” observes Neil Jacobs, who is making his first appearance at the Beaverdam Studio Tour this month….
Three-Thousand Squirrels and Other Interesting Infestations
byBy: Jarrett Van Meter While neither rats nor bees are immediately visible, a visit to Sally Anne Morgan’s farm in Alexander does yield sheep,…
Wearing Touchstones to Different Zones
byJewelry artist Nirado Sloan says, “When I pick up a stone and work with it, it speaks to me and I feel the millions…
He Left Behind California Stars to Embrace Asheville Skies
byWhen he lived in Northern California, Christopher Peterson played bass and guitar in The Thirsty Cats, a band he says was “… very big…