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As a mixed media artist, my desire is to create a colorful, nuanced layering of natural elements that contrast so that each piece can be interpreted in many ways. Inspiration is often whatever catches my eye – the sun streaming through trees, the brilliant red of a cardinal, the movement and shape of clouds, and […]
I’m a fine art photographer who loves to create stunning images that look like paintings. I use digital software post-processing to convert photographs into masterpieces. One of my favorite techniques involves transforming daytime shots into nighttime scenes using Lightroom masking, similar to light painting. But my true passion lies in still-life photography, where I use […]
Barbara has been drawn to the contemplative space of oil painting and mastering the nuances of working with composition, color, values, and edges for more than 40 years. It took a pandemic for her to be able to devote the time and space to painting full-time, which she refers to today as “the silver-lining of […]
My interest in art began when I was a young person exploring in the mountains around my home in Italy. I had a sense of belonging to and feeling equal with everything around me. I believe that in perceiving the beauty of the natural world, one perceives one’s own beauty. The purpose of my art […]
I enjoy making organic ceramic sculptures, some functional, some decorative. But mostly, I am a clay storyteller who is captivated by the human form, ancient myths, and the natural world. I want my figurative sculptures and organic pieces to elicit a word, a memory, or a feeling from the viewer…to make them wonder, to allow […]
Milestone Bag Co. started out in 2011 as Sissipahaw Leather Co. on my living room floor with an old box of upholstery leather, a kitchen knife, and a cutting board I used to prep for dinner just two hours prior. I was mourning the very recent loss of my father. Someone suggested I channel my […]
I have always been drawn to the allure of strong color & the beauty that nature provides. My 1st medium was pastel painting. Which immediately provides intense color statements through one’s art. I enjoyed painting land and seascapes with pastels in New England and NC. When I was drawn to move onto considerately larger formats, […]
My father had been trained as a photographer and through him I received an early introduction to the process. Professionally, I began shooting for corporate clients in the Northeast area of the US in about 2008. Corporate photography does have its rewards, but I’ve always been interested in alternative photographic printing processes. Two which have […]
I make art for the joy of discovery and to share light with the world. Every time I enter my studio I feel a shift in consciousness and my motto is “I wonder what would happen if…” It is the most fun I know how to have and I am never happier than when I […]
As an artist, even though I took a few elective art classes in school, I consider myself to be self-taught.. Growing up in the south of France near Montpellier. I was never without an abundance of beauty in the world around me. For this reason, most of my inspiration for painting comes from the photographs I take when I’m […]
Working with abstraction allows me to intuitively play with materials. Collage and fabric are integrated as if they are painted. Saturated colors and vintage ephemera become unexpected partners. I enjoy the spontaneity of it. I draw, sand, scrape, and rub into the substrate to expose fragments of found images transferred to the surface. It’s an […]
My passions are to paint both wildlife and landscapes. The endless nuances of color, light and shapes inspire my use of watercolors and colored pencils. Painting with Watercolor can sometimes be unpredictable but also expressive and rewarding. I am never quite sure how the merging wet colors will interact with each other. This unknown element […]
As an artist I am inspired by the beauty I see everywhere. There is an innate desire to accept the challenge of painting whatever I’m attracted to. I’m drawn to the way light halos an animal’s ears, or the way it casts a radiant glow during the ‘golden hour’. All kinds of light and the […]
This current body of work in soft pastels grew out of a move at the start of 2020, from California to North Carolina. Following a decade of intense work in coiled pine needle basketry, I was in the process of unwinding from a long career in nursing . Landing here in Chapel hill I was […]
I am a photographer with a focus on rural and urban landscapes. I also photograph building renovations from start to finish to preserve their history. At its best, landscape and architectural photography has the power to connect people with places, both visually and emotionally. I strive to build and enhance those connections in all of […]
I have always loved glass and have been fascinated, especially, by blown glass. I don’t know when I learned that glass could be fused in a kiln. During the pandemic I decided to try it, starting small with a microwave kiln. It wasn’t long until I was bored and want to be able to expand […]
My natural process is to sculpt intuitively. When I am sculpting, the work is a stream of consciousness between myself and the materials. My seasoned awareness of fundamental elements of design such as balance, positive and negative space, form and surface inform my process. My color choices are loosely inspired by elements of the color […]
My portfolio contains landscape, nature, travel, and people photographs, but my main photographic interest is architecture, whether old (Gaudi), Mid-Century (Frank Lloyd Wright), or modern (Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie). Regardless of the subject, I am especially drawn to semi-close ups of details rather than wide-angle views, and I like images that are abstract, […]
I am a local North Carolina native, who does mostly high texture oil painting. When I am commission I use multiple ideas and images to help create the painting desired by the customer. I am a very wide open artist in both content and style. I just love painting!! My studio is open: Monday – […]
I have worked to become a painter who searches for the spirit of each subject and bring it to life on the canvas; attempting to find that immortal spark and have a bit of it shine through in the attitude of whatever or whoever I’m painting. I enjoy portraying my experience of that spark through […]
In my earliest memories I am either creating art or observing the natural world around me. I would spend hours drawing or painting. I found nourishment in the images that I created. As human beings, I believe that it is our nature to create art. In my own art, I love to indulge in whatever it […]
I have been a jeweler for 40+ years. This media called me when I was a teenager. Jewelry and metalwork is what I studied in college where we explored all sorts of techniques. I learned to refine and ‘fine tune’ my skills working at a custom jewelry store for 6 years. My work tends to […]
I am primarily a landscape artist whose goal is to paint places that invite the viewer in. I want to paint places where others want to be. Biking, hiking, kayaking and walking through my neighborhood all provide inspiration. I believe plein air is also important as it causes me to slow down and truly experience […]
My preferred subject matter is pieces of outdoor landscapes and architecture, natural and urban. I sometimes use digital manipulation of images. There is no intended story line to my work. I am trying to communicate peace and beauty through abstract art, and/or the beauty or intrigue of transient moments in nature and life. I […]
