Living Her Best Life in Layers
byHer parents and grandparents were all artists, her father taught her how to use various artistic tools at a young age, and she grew…
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Studio Glass Influencer Runs an Inside Operation
byHe was studying ceramics at Florida Atlantic University when, on awhim, he bought a book on glassblowing. “It cost $18, which I really didn’t…
Oil Painter Helps “Pretty Polly” Have The Last Word
byThirty years ago, an interest in history lured English-born and now Asheville-based artist Julyan Davis to the United States, and he’s been painting scenes…
If You Don’t Change Up the Scenery, it’s Hard to Fly
byDavid Sheldon has loved birds ever since he was a kid. He calls them “nature’s magical faeries,” and still owns his original copy of…
He Kicked All Traditional Art Forms Out of the Nest
byContemplating Mitchell Lonas’ work, the viewer might wonder, “How does he do that?” And Lonas doesn’t sound so sure himself. “When I first started…
Not Being an Architect is One Way to Make Famous Buildings
byFor an art show early in his career, Holden McCurry made a two-foot-tall clay structure, topped it with clasped hands, and titled it “Prayer…