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Bobbie Black
704-483-3246 |
Bobbie relies on a lifetime of artistic talent and experience to create utilitarian and decorative pieces. Whether wheel-thrown or hand-built, her work exhibits an imaginative quality reflecting the world through her creative vision as in Bobbie's original Forest Angels, monkeys and historical face jugs. Bobbie studied ceramics at Gaston College and Penland School of Crafts. Bobbie maintains a studio at her home on Lake Norman. Her work is exhibited throughout the state including Twisted Laurel Gallery in Spruce Pine and Village Pottery in Seagrove, NC. Her "Spring Sale" is held the last Saturday in April and the autumn harvest "Harvest Day Sale and Brunswick Stew" is held the first Saturday in November at her home. |
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Shirley Brutko
704-739-4755 |
Shirley Brutko is a visual artist who works in almost all mediums of painting with watercolor and pastel being her favorite. Her expertise is watercolor painting of homes. Shirley designed the watercolor note card used by the Cleveland Co. Chamber. Shirley is also a photographer, helped designed the Kings Mountain quilt pattern and works for the chambers - Kings Mountain office. |
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Hal Bryant
704-484-4023 |
Bryant's realistic works are found in collections throughout the Carolinas. He has participated in many juried and museum exhibits, and has won many awards for his watercolors, pastel and acrylic works during his artistic career. Bryant's interest in subject matter ranges from the interior and exterior of structures to simple landscapes scenes which he loves to enhance with pastel. He use a restored old log cabin on his property as a summer studio. Bryant has an MA in Art Studio from the University of South Carolina and has been on the faculty of Cleveland Community College since 1975. He teaches art and serves as the College gallery director. His work is priced from $350 - $1,500 and can be viewed at his home studio. Hal Bryant was a top 3 winner in the 03 County Competition show at the Arts Council. |
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Susan Carlisle-Bell
704-484-0321
scb@carolina.rr.com |
"Extraordinary Ordinaries", the title of a recent exhibition, expresses my approach to art. Whether drawing or painting, my work is grounded in the principles I have learned from extensive historical studies of the masters. The composition of Cezanne and Matisse, the figures of Degas, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, the exuberant color of Wolf Kahn landscapes, the spiritual insight of Tanner and Chagall inspire and challenge me. My subjects are the ordinary- people, places, objects. My hope is that through composition, color, and the play of light, I might help others see the extraordinary beauty or design in these ordinaries. I want my work to reflect my faith in a loving Creator. Watercolor, pastels and collage are my primary media. My father's Virginia farm has been a recurring motif, each hill and valley are known as surely as I am known. The human figure is capable of expressing every emotion and movement. Still life compositions become active plays of color, shape and light. Expressive subjective palettes alternate with restricted one value studies. I am a teacher; I love to learn, explore, experiment, share. I believe that also explains why I am interested in so many styles, media and motifs. My desire is that the respect that I have for these subjects imbues them with the significance that all living things have. Because of the Creator, aren't we all "Extraordinary Ordinaries"? http://susancarlislebell.com/ |
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David Caldwell
704-538-5309 |
David is a masterful wood carver. He graduated in 1987 with a BS in Ceramic Engineering at Clemson University. He began wood carving around 1994. He was hired part time to help with the restoration of Shelby's classic wooden carrousel back in 1995. He carved three new horses to complete the assembly of animals for the showpiece. He also received a Regional Artist Grant in 1997. More recently David enjoys doing antique repair and has been on contract with the Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders helping to produce carvings for cabinet work on newly designed organs being put in churches all the nation. www.caldwellcarvings.com |
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Kiowa Cilone
828-453-9476 |
Kiowa has been working in clay for 17 years. She graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in fine arts with a concentration in clay and sculpture. She taught pottery for 10 years at Isothermal Community College and recently opened her own teaching studio, the Good Earth Pottery Studio in Forest City, NC. |
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| BJ Cogdell |
BJ Cogdell is a new consignment artist at Buffalo Creek Gallery on the square in uptown Shelby. Working with a variety of woods and other media, her one-of-a-kind ink pens can be found in many styles and colors. BJ learned wood turning from one of the best, her husband Clarence who is a long time member of the NC Woodturners Association and whose artwork can also be seen in the gallery. |
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| Clarence Cogdell |
Clarence was born and raised on a farm in rural Cleveland County, North Carolina. He married the girl next door and raised his family not far from the homestead. Clarence became interested in woodturning in 2000, after he refurbished an old turning lathe. His experience with lathes was not new since he had farmed 150 acres and made many parts for his farm equipment on his metal lathe.
As a member of the NC Wood Turners Association, Clarence learns through watching well-known guest wood turners demonstrate their skills at the monthly club meetings. Encouraged by friends and family, he bought a new lathe and enjoys turning bowls, vases, birdhouses, saucers, and much more! |
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| Mort Couch |
Having grown up in and around the arts, I have enjoyed all the phases of the arts. I have enjoyed the pleasure of dance, music, theater, as well as the presentation of the visual arts. I have been drawing or painting something most of my life. I like to paint in watercolor, acrylic, and oils. In the last fifteen or so years, polymer clay became a new sculpting medium. So, on the side, I began experimenting with it. It afforded me an opportunity to make the iggits. Iggits is an all inclusive wording that I use to encompass all my sculptures from the literal iggits to the dragons, to the wild women, to the footed altoid boxes, and everything in between. |
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Ed Davis
704-477-2135 |
Influenced by his love for travel, country and contemporary Christian music, sports, and his Christian faith, Ed tends to produce an off-beat brand of humor with international, redneck, thought provoking appeal. His paintings demonstrate his love for color, texture, and faith.
Ed's creations appeal to a variety of individuals and commercial markets. Magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, marketing, and advertising are his major cartoon outlets while his paintings are in private collections in California, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Utah. Ed is now a cartoonist and painter living in Lattimore NC. His studio is located at 3825-8 Robert Ridings Rd • Shelby, NC 28150 |
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Susan Doggett
Red Thread Studio
704-482-9995 |
Having had a lifelong fascination for, and love of fabric and threads, learned at the knees of both her grandmothers, Susan weaves cloth and creates objects for the body, the home, and the spirit. She earned her BFA from Converse College and has studied weaving and fiber techniques from many artists including Jo Morgan, Barbara Miller, Nadine Sanders and Anita Luvera-Mayer. She has pursued additional study at Winthrop University, UNC-Charlotte, and Arrowmont. Susan has been sewing since childhood, weaving for 2 decades and has in recent years added beadwork, surface design and doll making to her repertoire. Her beaded figures are based on archeological relics of European goddess figures, recreated in fabric and embellished with beads, shells and other natural materials. These figures are created to honor the sacred feminine. Color, pattern and texture enrich her fabrics, which adorn both the body and the home. She strives to create fabrics, which are pleasing to the eye and to the hand. Susan has long been a student of the creative process and is intrigued by it in others. She believes the creative dwells within every person and encourages and nurtures it in the self-discovery of each individual she encounters. |
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Brian Dukes |
Brian Dukes is a mural painter, designer and a potter living in Shelby, NC. He can create permanent or removable murals to promote any event, advertise a business, or decorate your home, office or building. His pottery creations are fantastical animals! |
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Al Dunkleman
704-692-9129
dunk...@cleveland.cc.nc.us
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Singer/Songwriter, Al Dunkleman, creates and performs songs of life, love and liberty. His Americana music style is a unique blend of traditional and contemporary influences. Dunkleman s interest in American roots music began in high school and he has been playing guitar, clawhammer banjo, old-time fiddle, upright bass and harmonica for over thirty-years. Dunkleman, who teaches Sociology at Cleveland Community College in Shelby, North Carolina, attained his Masters degree in Sociology at East Carolina University in 2003. Al is the 2006 Cleveland County recipient of a Regional Artist Grant and is presently creating his first CD of original songs entitled Take the Road Less Traveled projected to be released in the fall of 2006. |
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Pat enjoys working in pastels, pen and ink, watercolors and rice papers. She has attended workshops taught by artists such as Gerald Broomer, Carl Dalie, Skip Laurence and Zalton Szabo. She likes to interpret her surroundings that catch her eyes, using different techniques she has learned during her experiences. The contrast of lights and darks attracts her to a lot of the subjects she paints. Pat is a 1999 Grassroots Regional Artists Grant recipient and has won honorable mentions in regional shows. She has taught art/watercolor through Cleveland Community College. She also does commissions and is a member of the Working Artist Guild, Gaston County Art Guild and the Southern Arts Society. |
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Darrell Endicott
darrell.endicott@yahoo.com
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Shelby artist Darrell Endicott creates original paintings, sketches, portraits, landscapes, etc., or commissions some unique mural work for your business, home, or office! |
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Lynn Eskridge
(H) 704-739-2602
(C)704-418-0380
lesk...@carolina.rr.com
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Lynn began weaving a little over thirty years ago when she built a frame loom in a Navajo weaving class and then purchased a small two-harness table loom. Realizing that weaving in some form was going to be an ongoing part of her life and limited space being a consideration, she began to weave baskets. She eventually invested in a four-harness floor loom, which increases her options for different weaving techniques. Although basically self-taught in basketry, Lynn has had the opportunity to take classes under the instruction of several traditional white oak basket-makers who teach the technique from tree to finished basket. Lynn shares studio space with five other artists at Synergy Studios , 212-B West Warren Street, Shelby, N.C. She accepts special orders and invites you to visit the studio. |
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| Blake Lee Ferguson |
Blake Lee Ferguson (often using an alias "ache") is a gin and caffeine fueled art machine. "I drink gin because it lessens the shock of when I accidentally drink turpentine out of my brush cup." If you've ever met Blake you know he is an artist in every sense of the word, especially in his quest to hold nothing black. "Being self-taught I think it allows me to get away with certain things" he says "like painting with butcher knives and setting my paintings on fire." Blake's work is extremely bold, yet comfortably simple, abstract and figurative, strange but somehow familiar at the same time, a truly magnificent contradiction. - hazel park |
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Itala Flores
italaart@gmail.com |
In my life creating, I have a large collection of handmade jewelry and different kinds of crafts. I am now interested in pottery that has been proven to be joyous and heartfelt to me. I am not attracted to the classical clay, I have switched to create something completely different and unique. From that day THE DRYPOTT was born. Looking at something different, sensitive and responsive to the human touch, I started to work with drywall mud. After few days at practicing with the drywall mud I noticed it responded to all my touches. Once dried and received much beautiful oil paint color as decoration, I realized that they both married charmingly to become a lifelong partner to create the amazing artwork. DRYPOTT, are pieces made with drywall mud. The pieces are molded by hand with using different kinds of recycled items such as cardboard, spoons, etc. to make different shapes. Drypott include Drywall Potts, Handmade Drywall Jewelry and hanging art. Winner of Artpop Charlotte class 2017. http://www.italaflores.com |
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Vickie Jo Franks is a Cleveland County Artist. Her work is represented by select galleries including ETC at the Arts Center. She assembles her angels and “critters” using recycled materials combined with materials from the earth such as twigs, leaves and rocks. |
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Diane Garner
704-434-4928
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Diane Washburn Garner has been a long-time art teacher and provider of the arts, as well as a painter. She graduated from Crest High School, Gardner Webb University and Western Carolina University. She was one of two teachers who started the art programs in Cleveland County. She has also taught in York, Rock Hill, and Sumter, S.C., Oklahoma and other locations before she returned home to Crest in 1998. Diane has won many awards. Several are South Carolina Art Educator of the Year awards and even the Lancaster County Trustees Awards on numerous occasions. Diane has been accepted in shows throughout both Carolinas and has had several one person shows in Chester, Boiling Springs, Lancaster and Sumter. She has studied watercolor with the following artists: Guy Lipscomb, and George Griffith of Columbia, SC, Maggie Hoyback of Charleston, Ginnie Wilder of Clinton, SC and Pat Lusk of Hilton Head. |
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Barbara Ghigo
704-482-2813
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Barbara's primary interests are portrait and still life in oil or pastel. Ghigo's adult art studies have been with Nancy Carter, Hal Bryant, Elizabeth Ross, Rita Allred, Andrew Braitman and workshops in the Renaissance method of portraiture with Frank Covino. Ghigo received honorable mention in Cleveland County Community College shows, Two purchase awards at the Gaston Museum and has a portrait in the Jury Student Art Show in Central Piedmont. |
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Vicki Gill
704-824-9928 |
Vicki Gill established Bluegill Pottery in 1997 in Gastonia, NC and since has become nationally known. Her forte is thrown and hand-built stoneware . Firing takes place in oxidation and, on occasion, in an atmospheric kiln. The tactile impression is as important to her as the visual impression, so carving and texturing methods form a common thread throughout the body of work. A desire to use and master techniques, such as carving, and development of rich surface color and texture was influenced by Eastern pottery. Everyday use of handmade work was another important part of the Eastern tradition that caught her attention. “My purpose is to imbue joy and happiness in peoples' lives by the communication of the aesthetic spirit in the work I create. When I create a piece, I have my own goals in mind when making it, but when another person views it or obtains it, their response and interpretation to the creation is very personal. It’s a form of communication that cannot always be expressed in words.” |
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Carol Gress
cgre...@gmail.com
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Carol Gress is an artist from Shelby NC but currently residing in Ecuador. She creates clay tiles and custom stained glass as well as handmade jewelry. |
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Oil Paintings and 3-D painting Art on display around Cleveland County |
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| Dale Guffey |
Entranced by the unpredictable blending of colors and the depth of layered washes, Dale uses watercolors to create whimsical depictions of animals, landscapes, and botanicals, among other subjects. She is a living example of the belief that anyone can learn to paint, provided they have the desire to learn and the willingness to remember that, in the end, it's just paper. She has participated in juried shows and her artwork hangs in private collections across the country. She is available for commissioned work and encourages those who are interested to visit her website, Splendorinthesticks.com, where samples of her artwork are available for sale. |
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Corine Guseman
peac...@gmail.com
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Corine has been making pots since 1987. She likes to share ideas with other artists and build communities by participating in local clay groups and teaching others through adult education classes. The impressions and carvings on her pottery are forged from memories of her youth, surrounded by the beauty of the canyon lands, the desert rock formations and ancient Indian art in Utah. Her work is subtle, quiet and thoughtful, reminiscent of nature at rest. Corine was an affiliate artist at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, recipient of a Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council’s Regional Artist Grant and a founding member of Buffalo Creek Gallery in Shelby, NC. |
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| Libby Harrill |
Libby Harrill of Shelby has been a basket maker for the past 20 years and weaves traditional, utilitarian Appalachian-style baskets. Harrill is self-taught, but has studied under Mark Kolinski, George McCollum, Marianne Paul and Bill and Mary Smith on 5 different occasions. |
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| Hal Holmstrom |
Hal relies on 38 years of woodworking experience, college training and furniture design to aid in his work. Hal holds a BFA degree in wood furniture from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Raspberry Woods Studio is where he creates his fine crafts and furniture. |
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| Dorothy Houlditch |
Dorothy has been exploring creativity through pottery since 2004. Concentrating on hand building, she finds traditional coil work to be especially intriguing and enjoys making large textured baskets with embellishments of leaves, faces and swirled or mountain laurel handles. She also makes tiles, quilt squares and serving vessels out of rolled clay slabs. Dorothy’s studio is located on her farm in upper Cleveland County, not far from the South Mountains. |
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The realistic and imaginative style that Jack Hoyle has is definitely unique. Jack grew up and now lives in Shelby and draws on local life and his experiences for his art. Jack uses a variety of mediums to create his art and enjoys excepting a challenge. Jack attended Cleveland Community College before getting his degree in Illustration at UNC Charlotte. Jack has done numerous commissions and won many awards for his imaginative works. He recently painted a mural of children on the Carousel for Uptown Shelby. |
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Dennis Huntley
deckedcanoe@yahoo.com |
I do portraits of animals and kids, as well as outdoor sports paintings that interest me. I enjoy watercolors and acrylics, but have been doing more acrylics on canvas lately so friends don't have to spend extra on frames, glass, and matts. |
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| Indie "Danielle" Jones |
Indie “Danielle” Jones is a lover of all things handmade. As a graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design, Danielle is a photographer and graphic designer by trade but she finds much of her happiness in making art by hand. Specializing in handcrafted clay beads and jewelry, Danielle dabbles in a range of crafts and has always had a love for fashion and design. She combines this admiration of fashion with her design background to make one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces and wearables for a range of aesthetics. |
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Susan Jones
jonessb91@gmail.com
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After studying pottery with Allen Griffin for 9 years, I purchased his studio on Lafayette Street after he passed away in March of 2016. For now, I split time between the studio and my full time job teaching math at Cleveland Community College. I am fortunate to share the studio and gallery at A Griffin Pottery Associates with three other potters, and our gallery contains the work of five potters. I am also a member of Buffalo Creek Gallery and have pottery for sale in that gallery. I make mostly functional pottery - mugs, bowls, platters, vases, etc. I am happy to take commission work if the request is within my skill set. Making pottery for me is a stress reliever, and I look forward to the day that I have more time to devote to the studio. I love being part of the "Shelby Art Scene." |
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John King graduated from Western Carolina University with a concentration in ceramics and printmaking. He has taught pottery at Isothermal Community College for the past 12 years. Through his pottery, he presents the natural world in a decorative, but dramatic, often humorous way. Lately, raku has become a large part of his production. As a member of a family business, Puzzle Creek Pottery, he does numerous sales and shows throughout the year. |
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Carolyn Kirby
Broadriverarts@yahoo.com |
I've done a little of everything.....I paint, I do free form pottery, and stained glass (cold work right now). |
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Lelia Lattimore
704-538-5101
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Lelia Lattimore is a versatile Harpist. As a freelance harpist for weddings and receptions, she has over 20 years experience and is a regular performer at the Biltmore House and Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. Mrs. Lattimore is also an active music teacher in Shelby, NC |
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| Lorene Lovell |
Lorene's paintings capture the true essence of nature; in beaches and mountain landscapes, rural scenes, majestic trees, garden and wildflowers and often birds. They are portrayed in a straight forward manner that evokes our sensitivities to nature as she shares her emotions and experiences through her art. Lorene began to paint seriously in 1986 twenty-three years after her formal training during college. During those intervening years she raised two lovely daughters and owned and operated an Art Gallery/Bookstore in Montana where she grew up. (She often called it an "Art Mercantile") After living twenty six wonderful years in Colorado she now resides in Belmont, North Carolina. Lorene works out of her studio in Gastonia, North Carolina with twenty-five other artists in a shared building called "Arts on Main". Ms. Lovell has developed a technique using table salt and diluted dish soap, which often creates the ethereal feeling in her "magical reality" paintings. Lorene's work is exhibited in many corporate and private collections as well as galleries in North and South Carolina, Montana and Colorado. |
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| Jennifer Lawler-Mecca |
"My pots reflect the enjoyment I have for throwing, embellishing, creating and using. I enjoy creating each piece with its own unique character and personality, whether I change a spout, foot, rim, glaze color or decorative element. All of my pieces are wheel thrown and altered in some way. Because of the rich color I get from the glazes I use, I enjoy working with porcelain and white stoneware. The forms I make are usually organic in nature, which stems from my love of the material I use, and my personal preference for a fluid line. My inspirations for surfaces stem from patterns in fabric, paintings, historic dishware pottery and nature." Jennifer earned her MFA from East Carolina University and has taught at various schools and art centers. She works from her studio at home in York, South Carolina where she lives with her husband, son and twin daughters. |
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Mindy Mayfield
moonshinedesigns23@yahoo.com |
Mindy is a jewelry and mixed-media artist living in the heart of Shelby, NC. Working mostly in portraiture early on helped develop her passion for capturing faces, which she now applies to a unique collection of wearable art. Her artwork is largely inspired by her lifelong love of nature, the universe, and the human spirit. She is also a member of the local Buffalo Creek Gallery. |
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| Fred Mead |
Fred Lee Mead, Jr. was born in the Detroit suburbs of Southfield, Michigan in 1955. He showed an early interest in art and was taught to paint in oil at age 12 by his father, also an artist/industrial designer. In 1979 Fred graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Bachelors of Fine Art, with a double major in painting and sculpture and a minor in photography. In 1980, Fred moved to North Carolina for the climate and to begin an art career. Fred presently lives in Rutherfordton, North Carolina with his wife and children while pursuing his interest in art. |
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David Melton
dbme...@carolina.rr.com
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David B. Melton has been a fan of good time music since the ice age, not to give away his age or anything. He has been playing semi-professionally in bands since he was 14 and periodically solo since he was 15. It takes both hands and both feet on two people to count his years in the business. He performed twice on WCIV-TV (ABC) in Charleston, SC, at the age of 15 -- once with a band and once solo -- and has made numerous radio appearances in North Carolina and Utah. David has performed in opening acts for The Bellamy Brothers and Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours, and has played in bands with Chris "the singing cowboy" Ledoux and Hank "the king of western swing" Thompson. He is proudest of his own group "The Full House Band" which was based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and performed widely in the intermountain region. David plays guitar, lap steel and autoharp. Most recently, David enjoyed a 7-year stint with Johnny Short and the Country Travelers from which he retired to focus his music on his faith where he serves on numerous musical ministries. |
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Terri Melton
tini...@msn.com |
Terrie Melton developed a love for art as a child watching her father paint oil landscapes, but not until adulthood did she start to experiment with painting herself. Any and all handcrafts interested Terrie and she tried a lot of things, among them pottery. After much encouragement from family and friends, she began taking classes in oil and watercolor with local artists, Linda Putnam and Nancy Carter. Terrie continues her study, taking many workshops and classes with well known artists from the United States. Gerald Brommer, Carrie Brown, Judy Betts, Polly Hammett, and Karlan Holman have been the most influential in her style. Terrie is a native to Cleveland County and continues to live in Shelby where she works part time as a substitute teacher and teaches knitting at Cleveland Community College. She has led workshops for children and adults, sharing her love for the arts. |
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Laraine Hoyle Middleton
704-483-4408
lgmi...@earthlink.net
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A native of western Lincoln County, NC, Raine Middleton is a descendent of Catawba Valley Potter David Hartzog. Her studio is located in the Lake Norman area at The Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast. Initially, Raine aspired to create pottery indigenous to Lincoln County, but found that her style is more contemporary and that she enjoys the tactile experience of carving or painting on her wheel-thrown pieces. A recipient of the 2007 Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council’s Regional Artist Grant, she studied for two months with Cynthia Bringle at Penland School. She has also studied at Penland with James Watkins, Richard Burkett and Lana Wilson and in Texas with Pat Sowell. blueherononlakenorman.com |
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| Susan Hamrick Mole |
Suz! Mole is a fused glass artist from Pawleys Island, South Carolina. She creates sculptural and functional art by kiln-firing glass. A native of North Carolina, Suz! earned her M.I.M. Degree from Thunderbird International Graduate School in Glendale, Arizona, and lived out west for the last 30 years. She has worked in various art media, including paper arts, collage, and metalworking, but her true love is kiln-fired glass. She sells her one-of-a-kind and colorful glass art to galleries throughout the U.S. and has created commissioned pieces for private homes. http://suzglass.com/ |
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| Martha Moore |
Martha Moore grew up on a farm in the mountains of SW VA. She has been doing art all her life, but more intensely since 2008, which she retired from teaching at Shelby High School. She paints in a highly detailed, realistic style, in watercolor and oil and is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of NC. Subject matter ranges from animals to flowers to old barns to beaches to waterfalls--everything out of doors! Her work can be seen at Buffalo Creek Gallery in Shelby, at Etsy, and at her website: marthakmoore.com. |
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| C.J. Norris |
I create paintings and drawings that draw on the canon and popular culture to create portraiture. I use portraiture as a tool to represent everyday life. Recently, I have been examining the contemporary vision of race, masculinity, sexuality, and trauma through the act of portraiture. My paintings disrupt the tropes of classical portraiture through the juxtaposition of black culture. Examining the urban fabric, I aim to blur the lines of realism and abstraction to reveal something that has been lost from history and investigate the ambiguity and perplexity of black identity. |
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Anna Parker
Annasparkart@gmail.com |
I am a mosaic artist near the Broad River in North Carolina. Living in the woods immersed in nature has had a huge impact on the direction of my art. I love how the shifting light reflects so much color and texture in the glass tiles I use. There is a sense of wonder and discovery in nature that I strive to capture in my mosaics. http://www.etsy.com/shop/annasparkboutique |
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Ron & Sarah Philbeck
704-480-6046
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Ron and Sarah Philbeck are individual crafts people striving to create quality, unique works of art. We work together at our home in separate studio spaces. We try to offer one another encouragement and support throughout our days. Of course we also entertain each other quite a bit. Enjoying our work as well as our personal lives, we feel that we are living our dream. Ron's desire is to make pots that have character and integrity that are as delightful to use as they are for me to make. Sarah hopes that people will connect with her work in intimate ways and wear her jewelry as a form of self expression. "I believe we are all unique individuals and should express ourselves in our daily lives." www.philbeckstudios.com |
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Drawing has always been his first love but while studying art in college, Doug became fascinated with the fluidness and versatility of watercolor and never looked back. His works reflects an interest in the antiquity found in landscapes and architectural structures, especially those found in the low county of both Carolinas. Doug has taught art to the children of Cleveland County for the past 23 years, being selected to represent Cleveland County Schools as their Teacher of the Year twice during his tenure. He has won many juried exhibits throughout the years and his work is included in many private and corporate collections throughout the South East. He holds a BS degree in Art and Art Education from Appalachian State University and is currently working on his Masters of Divinity from Gardner-Webb University. Ceramic tiles, prints, and his original works can be purchased from his studio upon request. |
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Joni Purk
Info@charlottefineart.com |
Oil- palette knife and brush. Instructor. Welcome workshops http://www.PurkArtStudio.com |
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| Casey Quinn |
The majority of my career has been involved with the education sector. Much of my work is impacted by building on the foundation of art history, and emphasizing composition and the use of elements and principles. My role as an art teacher has provided me with the skills to work with a variety of media and style, but has left me struggling to find a specific stylistic approach to my work. Rather than gravitate to one medium, technique, or even conceptual approach to art, I find myself inspired by art history, fellow educators, and often times by my students themselves. |
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Morgan Rice
mlail13@gmail.com |
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Gary Ritchie has been "turning" trees into bowls, bottle stoppers, ring boxes and all sorts of round objects since 2000. A CPA from Shelby, North Carolina, he first got interested in the possibilities of the lathe after curiosity led him from other forms of woodworking. Gary has studied and demonstrated at John C. Campbell Folk Art School but he is mostly a self-taught artist. Membership in both national and local woodturning associations has allowed him to learn from renowned woodturning artists from around the world. Gary creates beautiful hand-made boxes to put jewelry in and on. They are perfect overnight keepers for his and her jewelry . State Quarter Bottle Stoppers are currently available for a number of states. Other states will be available when released by the US Mint. |
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We make our pots in our home studio, located in Gastonia, NC. We focus mainly on functional pottery that can be used for everyday purposes. Fred makes most of his pots on the wheel while Debbie enjoys hand building. We add texture to the clay from a variety of items such as lace, stamps, and other natural materials. Our pots are fired to a cone 5 or 6 in an electric kiln. |
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MFA graduate, Winthrop University.
"Imprints: The Marks We Make"
In my work, I use various types of line as symbols associated with representations of life. I am most interested in thinking of lines as symbolizing wounds, both newly created and those that are in the process of healing. In my paintings, Lines often act as symbols of physical and psychological wounds. In conjunction to this, I explore how to symbolically suggest the notion of healing these wounds through adding layers of paint, applied textures, and manipulating the painting surface In addition, I may incorporate other visual forms in the composition that may alter the visual perception of what lines are representing in the work. The visual qualities found in my work therefore suggest the line as a record of profound experience, and also something that can be manipulated or altered to suggest a new perspective or interpretation of the line’s meaning.
In life each of the marks and imprints we make matters. |
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My name is Mary Victoria Smiley, but I have been "Torrie" my entire life and now sign and certify my work by just the one name. I am orginially from West Texas, now living and painting in the foothills of North Carolina. I am primarily a self-taught artist who paints using oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pastel. I have become known for my different renditions of pears, ranging from realism to colorful impressionism. I am a Juried Artist and my award winning Martini Series is a fan favorite. |
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Mary Sparrow
Hanging the Moon Gallery |
Mary began her art career as a graphic artist and illustrator for the Spectator Magazine in Raleigh, NC. She eventually left the magazine to start her own decorative painting business specializing in Trompe l'oeil. For the past ten years Mary has focused primarily on children's portraiture. She specializes in oils and pastels. Her commissions hang in over 100 homes nationwide. Please visit her website for more information. |
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Kimberly Tongel
704-484-0619
ton...@bellsouth.net |
Sculpted bird houses, made from clay, each piece is adorned with plants, bugs and animals indiginous to western NC. Each piece is hand brushed glazed and no two are alike. I have been sculpting for five years, I was a 2004 recipient of a Grassroots Regional Artist Grant from the Arts and Science Council . I have work displayed at Biltmore Estate, and was invited to participate in the Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill's Bird Houses on Parade. I am an active member of the Cleveland county Arts Council, Arts in Education committee. |
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| Valerie Valvo |
I started my career in the visual arts over 40 years ago as a graduate from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Transitioning into clay work in 2008. I am a full time Ceramic Artist working out of my studio in Shelby, North Carolina. I turn functional wares, create slabs thrown by hand, pinch pots for decorative knobs and I continue to try new processes. When designing and constructing a vessel I consider its characteristics and how to harmonize the form with my surface decorations. The embellished surfaces I create by sketching, clay slip applications, which accentuate the depth of my forms. These designs draw attention to the surface of my vessel’s flowing movement, that is not only visually beautiful but connected with the sense of touch. The best part of the process is being able to make all my own glazes, and colored slips. I enjoy making bisque ware stamps carved from clay, slip trailing is a joy and my new endeavor is using slip as a painting medium. A journey paved in clay is a long and often personal process of personal change and development. Instagram |
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| Lin Venhuizenpotterybylin@gmail.com |
I have been a clay artist for more than 20 years. I create mostly hand built items from slabs of clay. My works are decorative and often useful (and safe) for food serving purposes. Items on display at shows and sales range from small hanging ornaments to large vases and platters. Some items, such as ornaments, are similar, but each one is created individually Texture is one of my favorite options. |
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Jamie Boyles-Willis
704-538-1328 |
Jamie Boyles-Willis Jamie Boyles-Willis graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelors Degree in Art Education and a concentration in sculpture. In 1996, she received an Emerging Artist Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council and the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg to build a Raku kiln and hold a one woman show. Jamie has taught children's classes at the Arts Council for a number of years - as well as classes for adults at both the Arts Council and her home studio. Currently, Jamie is a stay at home mom of two adventurous boys. She continues to explore, produce, and find personal satisfaction in her clay and sculptural work. Her studio is located on Hwy 18 in Toluca, NC. |
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Tricia Woodland
frog...@carolina.rr.com |
Tricia Woodland has been studying pottery informally since 2003. She mixes her creative style with traditional pottery forms. Tricia is originally from Annapolis , Maryland and you can often see the incorporation of her love for the Chesapeake Bay in many of her creations. She uses texture in most of her pottery and is constantly looking for new ideas and shapes to get inspiration from. Tricia spends at least 40 of the hours she's not potting, working for Lutheran Family Services managing foster care in Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln counties. She calls Cherryville home. |
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Kay Young
kayy...@carolina.rr.com |
In February 2002, Kay Young made her first quilt. Since then, she has created dozens of her art quilts. An audiologist by trade, Kay Young is a quilter by passion. Since stitching her first quilt four years ago, Kay has earned numerous awards and recognitions for her creativity and workmanship in quilting design. In 2004, Kay spearheaded the creation of the Foothills Quilters Guild's donation quilt, which earned more than $3300 for the guild. The quilt "Circle Round" was also juried into the American Quilter's Society 2006 International Quilt Show. Kay's pieces can be purchased at Buffalo Creek Gallery in Shelby, North Carolina. She also does commissioned work. |
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