Finding Wabi-Sabi in Marshmallows and Metal
byDecades before Weaverville’s Suzanne Q Evon (or just “Q,” as many know her) established herself as an internationally recognized jewelry artist and designer, she…
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Photographer Shifts His Focus Between Goats and Iron Horses
byJeffrey Stoner became enchanted by photography during childhood, but only began marketing his work in 2004. The images sold well, and in 2007 he…
Joe Zoeller + Element Tree Essentials
byFor the month of March, Woolworth Walk’s FW Gallery will feature local contemporary artist Joe Zoeller. Although Zoeller’s acrylic paintings do not conform to…
Her Superpower is Visualizing a 300-Hour Project in Miniature
byNoël Yovovich says she was born to be an artist, and certainly she was raised in an uncommon atmosphere, in a rural area of…
How One Woman’s Spiritual Epiphanies Bear Fruit
by“When they think of us, I hope they smile,” says Karen Zimmerman, who recently moved from Haywood County to another rural locale: Limestone, Tenn….
The Man on the Moon Tends to Do His Own Thing
byIt was not a propitious beginning for a budding young artist. Michael Hamlin was in second grade when his art teacher gave her students…
Her Future as an Artist was Lurking in the Cards
byCathy Nichols knows pigs can’t fly. But when confronted with a life-sized sow doused in a glitter veneer and suspended by a bright red…
Fifty Shades of Green (Minus Forty)
byIreland can boast no less than 40 distinct shades of green in its landscape, according to a charming news bite that circled the world…
Artist From Christmas Town Still Addicted to Twinkling Color
by“I had to fall on my ass in order to become an artist,” says Angela Alexander with a laugh. “It was in 2004, I…
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…