Chatham Artists Guild

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Gretchen Niver

Aug 4, 2020
Though I’d been involved with other crafts and artistic endeavors — batik, silk-screening, graphic design — once I started working with stained glass in 1980, I never turned back.  Though self-taught, I learned a lot while working at a stained glass business in Cary, designing and building various glass projects. While building our dream home […]

Gretchen Niver

Though I’d been involved with other crafts and artistic endeavors — batik, silk-screening, graphic design — once I started working with stained glass in 1980, I never turned back.  Though self-taught, I learned a lot while working at a stained glass business in Cary, designing and building various glass projects. While building our dream home […]

Gretchen Niver

William Moore

Aug 4, 2020
William Moore may describe his sculptural work in marble, ceramic, stone, wood, and bronze as creations depicting elements ranging from the sublime to the hilarious, but his level of craft exceeds expectations just as his choice of material quality rebukes whimsical commentary. His blend of an obviously crisp, intimate familiarity with human form into impossible contortions […]

William Moore

William Moore may describe his sculptural work in marble, ceramic, stone, wood, and bronze as creations depicting elements ranging from the sublime to the hilarious, but his level of craft exceeds expectations just as his choice of material quality rebukes whimsical commentary. His blend of an obviously crisp, intimate familiarity with human form into impossible contortions […]

William Moore

Mark Hewitt

Aug 4, 2020
Mark Hewitt makes exquisite, wheel thrown, functional and decorative pottery in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Originally from “The Potteries” area of England, Mark set up his pottery studio in Pittsboro, NC in 1983. His mugs, plates, bowls, tumblers, teapots, pitchers, jars, planters and large platters are a delight to use and make […]

Mark Hewitt

Mark Hewitt makes exquisite, wheel thrown, functional and decorative pottery in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Originally from “The Potteries” area of England, Mark set up his pottery studio in Pittsboro, NC in 1983. His mugs, plates, bowls, tumblers, teapots, pitchers, jars, planters and large platters are a delight to use and make […]

Mark Hewitt

Barry Udis

Aug 4, 2020
I have found a new interest in photography since I retired, and have found the challenges of the art of photography more difficult since I am now taking it more seriously. I enjoy the hunt for beautiful and interesting places to compose an image that is provocative, both emotionally or intellectually. Light and water play […]

Barry Udis

I have found a new interest in photography since I retired, and have found the challenges of the art of photography more difficult since I am now taking it more seriously. I enjoy the hunt for beautiful and interesting places to compose an image that is provocative, both emotionally or intellectually. Light and water play […]

Barry Udis

Annabelle Stein

Aug 4, 2020
“Original fabric design created using a variety of screen and hand printing techniques, sewn, stitched, and embellished, made into one-of-a-kind scarves and wearables, wall pieces, and other items. Small scale cement sculptures.  And I twine little baskets while waiting for cement and fabrics to dry. My work is a play of color, pattern, and texture. […]

Annabelle Stein

“Original fabric design created using a variety of screen and hand printing techniques, sewn, stitched, and embellished, made into one-of-a-kind scarves and wearables, wall pieces, and other items. Small scale cement sculptures.  And I twine little baskets while waiting for cement and fabrics to dry. My work is a play of color, pattern, and texture. […]

Annabelle Stein

Jeffrey N. Clark

Aug 4, 2020
My primary goal is to use foreign and domestic hardwoods in accent colors to create beautiful and useful items. I particularly like to use woods that provide a contrast to each other. These include exotic (foreign) varieties such as: padauk, bocote, bubinga, mahogany, morado, tigerwood, purpleheart, rosewood, chakte viga, ebony, sapelle, wenge and many others, […]

Jeffrey N. Clark

My primary goal is to use foreign and domestic hardwoods in accent colors to create beautiful and useful items. I particularly like to use woods that provide a contrast to each other. These include exotic (foreign) varieties such as: padauk, bocote, bubinga, mahogany, morado, tigerwood, purpleheart, rosewood, chakte viga, ebony, sapelle, wenge and many others, […]

Jeffrey N. Clark

Diane Swan

Aug 4, 2020
Mad Scientist in a Wood Shop. A Cabinetmaker Wood Artist for 46 years. My style evolved from my love of wood, curves, and soft edges. I see beauty and movement in wood and let the material tell me where it wants to go. My art is all about the pieces used to create an image. […]

Diane Swan

Mad Scientist in a Wood Shop. A Cabinetmaker Wood Artist for 46 years. My style evolved from my love of wood, curves, and soft edges. I see beauty and movement in wood and let the material tell me where it wants to go. My art is all about the pieces used to create an image. […]

Diane Swan

Louise Hobbs

Aug 4, 2020
My interest in sculptural glass has expanded my exploration from painting onto glass with enamels, fusing and slumping glass, to pate de verre, casting glass paste into molds of my own creation that fire in the kiln. This is a continuation of mold making for ceramics. These molds include subjects such as mermaids, Adam and […]

Louise Hobbs

My interest in sculptural glass has expanded my exploration from painting onto glass with enamels, fusing and slumping glass, to pate de verre, casting glass paste into molds of my own creation that fire in the kiln. This is a continuation of mold making for ceramics. These molds include subjects such as mermaids, Adam and […]

Louise Hobbs

Colleen Black Semelka

Aug 4, 2020
Colleen’s roots extend from Winnipeg, Canada to Pittsboro, NC. She has woven a tapestry of her life’s work through the subtle interplay of various art forms. Her journey began with dance as a child, providing a rhythmic foundation. In the 1980’s in San Francisco, Colleen discovered her affinity for Japanese Raku. Her creativity was enriched […]

Colleen Black Semelka

Colleen’s roots extend from Winnipeg, Canada to Pittsboro, NC. She has woven a tapestry of her life’s work through the subtle interplay of various art forms. Her journey began with dance as a child, providing a rhythmic foundation. In the 1980’s in San Francisco, Colleen discovered her affinity for Japanese Raku. Her creativity was enriched […]

Colleen Black Semelka

Sarah Graham

Aug 3, 2020
Only retrospectively do i understand what i paint and why i am a painter.  I have had more than my fair share of experiencing our world’s beauty  – from growing up where the sea meets the sky,  to park rangering in canyons and ancient forests, to living by a mighty river.   I believe we take […]

Sarah Graham

Only retrospectively do i understand what i paint and why i am a painter.  I have had more than my fair share of experiencing our world’s beauty  – from growing up where the sea meets the sky,  to park rangering in canyons and ancient forests, to living by a mighty river.   I believe we take […]

Sarah Graham

Linda Callihan Watkins

Aug 3, 2020
Fascinated by color and detail, I like to capture the nature surrounding me in watercolor. I discovered watercolor in the 80’s and it has been my first choice ever since. I can never seem to articulate the inspirations I follow nor lay claim to a specific technique but the urge to paint the colors and […]

Linda Callihan Watkins

Fascinated by color and detail, I like to capture the nature surrounding me in watercolor. I discovered watercolor in the 80’s and it has been my first choice ever since. I can never seem to articulate the inspirations I follow nor lay claim to a specific technique but the urge to paint the colors and […]

Linda Callihan Watkins

Andrew Wilson

Aug 3, 2020
Drawing a line with ink is simple. Drawing a line with electricity is alive. This line moves on its own accord, leaving a creative trail in its path, and burns charred channels in the wood. High-voltage woodburning is a new method of passing electricity over the surface of wood to create branching patterns called Lichtenberg […]

Andrew Wilson

Drawing a line with ink is simple. Drawing a line with electricity is alive. This line moves on its own accord, leaving a creative trail in its path, and burns charred channels in the wood. High-voltage woodburning is a new method of passing electricity over the surface of wood to create branching patterns called Lichtenberg […]

Andrew Wilson

Lee Kazanas

Aug 3, 2020
I have been a Studio Potter for over 40 years, working primarily in functional high-fired stoneware and porcelain. My work has been featured in dozens of gallery shows, primarily on the East coast. For many years I also owned and operated a regional craft gallery in the Adirondack mountains of Northern New York. I currently […]

Lee Kazanas

I have been a Studio Potter for over 40 years, working primarily in functional high-fired stoneware and porcelain. My work has been featured in dozens of gallery shows, primarily on the East coast. For many years I also owned and operated a regional craft gallery in the Adirondack mountains of Northern New York. I currently […]

Lee Kazanas

Leslie Palmer

Aug 3, 2020
  My artist statement: I delight in the creative process. It gives me energy, frees my spirit. My role as an artist is to nurture the creative space within me. I invite viewers to explore my paintings, let their spirit dance or rest in my world of imagery, colors, and mood. In my subjects, I […]

Leslie Palmer

  My artist statement: I delight in the creative process. It gives me energy, frees my spirit. My role as an artist is to nurture the creative space within me. I invite viewers to explore my paintings, let their spirit dance or rest in my world of imagery, colors, and mood. In my subjects, I […]

Leslie Palmer

Amy Wandless

Aug 3, 2020
I  enjoy making something useful and attractive using my own two hands. I relish unearthing the hidden potential in a ball of moist clay and guiding its transformation into something beautiful and functional. The subsequent thrill and excitement of sharing the results of my work is a delightful part of making functional pottery. I respect […]

Amy Wandless

I  enjoy making something useful and attractive using my own two hands. I relish unearthing the hidden potential in a ball of moist clay and guiding its transformation into something beautiful and functional. The subsequent thrill and excitement of sharing the results of my work is a delightful part of making functional pottery. I respect […]

Amy Wandless

Vince Pitelka

Jun 11, 2020
I have been a studio potter for over 50 years, and taught ceramics in academia for 33 years.  I retired in 2018 after 24 years running the clay program at Tennessee Technological University’s Appalachian Center for Craft, a satellite campus of TTU and part of the School of Art, Craft, and Design.  My wife Linda […]

Vince Pitelka

I have been a studio potter for over 50 years, and taught ceramics in academia for 33 years.  I retired in 2018 after 24 years running the clay program at Tennessee Technological University’s Appalachian Center for Craft, a satellite campus of TTU and part of the School of Art, Craft, and Design.  My wife Linda […]

Vince Pitelka

Cally Curtis

Apr 13, 2020
What inspires me? Quite simply, it’s the people and places I’ve known in my life through living and travelling in various parts of our world. These many vivid experiences continuously influence and shape my work. Design. Quiet moments. Folklore. The art of other cultures. Nature itself. Perspective. Colors. Atmosphere. The play of light. The folds […]

Cally Curtis

What inspires me? Quite simply, it’s the people and places I’ve known in my life through living and travelling in various parts of our world. These many vivid experiences continuously influence and shape my work. Design. Quiet moments. Folklore. The art of other cultures. Nature itself. Perspective. Colors. Atmosphere. The play of light. The folds […]

Cally Curtis

Carolyn Rhinebarger

Apr 13, 2020
Carolyn Rhinebarger has lived in North Carolina for over 20 years. Her professional experience in fashion and marketing gave Carolyn a solid foundation in color theory and composition which she now applies to her acrylic abstract paintings. With a painting style that others have called lyrical and ethereal, Carolyn’s work is a result of working […]

Carolyn Rhinebarger

Carolyn Rhinebarger has lived in North Carolina for over 20 years. Her professional experience in fashion and marketing gave Carolyn a solid foundation in color theory and composition which she now applies to her acrylic abstract paintings. With a painting style that others have called lyrical and ethereal, Carolyn’s work is a result of working […]

Carolyn Rhinebarger

Greg Wandless

Apr 13, 2020
I have been working with wood for most of life and I must thank my father for setting me on this course. I am a ‘journey person’, so for me the crafting of the piece, whether it be a piece of furniture, a functional bowl or a piece of wood art is most fulfilling. Creating […]

Greg Wandless

I have been working with wood for most of life and I must thank my father for setting me on this course. I am a ‘journey person’, so for me the crafting of the piece, whether it be a piece of furniture, a functional bowl or a piece of wood art is most fulfilling. Creating […]

Greg Wandless

Jane Eckenrode

Apr 13, 2020
From my studio uphill from the Haw River, my work conveys immersion in nature as journal observations, paintings, and sculptures. As a child I collected rocks, shells, and animal bones on walks in the woods or on the beach. I still have that cigar box of natural treasures, along with the feeling of wonder for […]

Jane Eckenrode

From my studio uphill from the Haw River, my work conveys immersion in nature as journal observations, paintings, and sculptures. As a child I collected rocks, shells, and animal bones on walks in the woods or on the beach. I still have that cigar box of natural treasures, along with the feeling of wonder for […]

Jane Eckenrode

Minnie C Gallman

Apr 13, 2020
Photography is a creative outlet that encourages me to look at the world in a different way.  My studio is the world and everything in it. My camera is  my canvas and my lenses are my brushes. My digital darkroom allows me to refine my vision and use my imagination. I enjoy photographing a variety […]

Minnie C Gallman

Photography is a creative outlet that encourages me to look at the world in a different way.  My studio is the world and everything in it. My camera is  my canvas and my lenses are my brushes. My digital darkroom allows me to refine my vision and use my imagination. I enjoy photographing a variety […]

Minnie C Gallman

Scott Meyer

Apr 10, 2020
I utilize exotic woods, metals, and resins to create my art boxes. I won best in show in my first juried show at the festival on the Eno in Durham. I joined the guild to meet and promote the arts here in Chatham county. My wife and I moved to Pittsboro over 5 years ago […]

Scott Meyer

I utilize exotic woods, metals, and resins to create my art boxes. I won best in show in my first juried show at the festival on the Eno in Durham. I joined the guild to meet and promote the arts here in Chatham county. My wife and I moved to Pittsboro over 5 years ago […]

Scott Meyer