Little Boxes Where We Dwell: Habitats, Spaces, and Reflections
byIt’s been almost 15 years since Mark Bettis landed in Asheville. He started out in his garage, which he quickly outgrew, and took a…
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Cone Six Degrees of Separation
by“Sometimes I almost have to hide my new work so people won’t buy it,” admits potter Julie Calhoun-Roepnack, a member of the prestigious Southern…
Book Artist Lost the Plot and Gained a Whole New World
byBy: Lee Stevens When Patti Fertel picks up a book at a flea market, a secondhand bookstore, or other used-book outlet, she sees more…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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….