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William Abbott
I am a photographer and have been for over forty (40) years, my photographic expertise ranges from fire art, aerial, portraits, advertising to catalogs, fashion work to photo essays, using both film and...
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Laura Kennedy Aiken
Crayons, markers, paints, colored pencils, stone, and glass---I enjoy it all. My brain is always on art. I am a self-taught mosaic artist customizing in kitchen backsplashes, and unique signage. Mosaic...
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Michael Allen
I am a native of Greenville, South Carolina and I work primarily with oil on canvas. My subjects range from wildlife, to land and seascapes, to ethnic (African/American). My African-Americans works...
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Kent Ambler
While the imagery in my art is generally subject or object oriented, the visual appearance of each piece is of most importance to me. I work from an aesthetic and intuitive approach rather than a conceptual...
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Joe Ambuhl
I’m 45 years old; hair designer by trade, and have 10 years in Designer Fashion designing showrooms. Understanding beauty and art has always been my passion. Coming from a family history of artists has...
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Barbel Amos
Sometimes I have a specific idea in mind to paint, other times I let my intuition guide me as to which way my painting will develop. I have enjoyed being involved in art all of my life, first during my...
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Melissa Anderson
Each painting begins in reality…. a vase, a person, a landscape. Once the paint begins to cover the canvas, the painting takes on a life of its own becoming an abstraction of the reality. The focus is...
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Michael S. Anderson
With watercolor paint and pencil, I am able to express my interpretation of and emotional reaction to events in my life and the objects around me. I lose myself in mixing and making shapes, colors, and...
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Casandra Andrews
Casandra Andrews, a native of Greenville, S.C., is a versatile artist whose exuberant mastery of different mediums-pastel, watercolor, texture, acrylic, ink and pencil- parallels her ability to see and...
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Arjay Studios --- RA Kershaw
Instead of conventional art mediums, my work is created using an electronic paint brush on a sensitive LCD screen with a variety of software specifically created to emulate most any medium available...
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Randolph New Armstrong
For me, art is a lifelong journey that is influenced by feelings and experiences. I enjoy cheerful, intense color and use bright hues in most of my work. People in action are my favorite subjects and I...
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Yvonne Herd Arrowood
My art is a passion that I love to share…. I am primarily an oil painter, specializing in portraits and Old Master reproductions. I love color and shapes, shadow and light, human faces and paintings that...
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Ana Artiel
For me, Art is an expression of what I feel in a specific moment, my reaction to certain circumstances or events, a memory in my path and the feeling of love for life. It is the harmony between my past...
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Artisphere
ARTISPHERE is committed to celebrating the arts and this area's rich international and multi-cultural flair by providing a high-quality event that attracts, entertains, educates, inspires and enriches...
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Artists Guild Gallery
Our guild is a cooperative that strives to provide a place for local artists to display and sell their work. We also want to be a place for the community to interact with our members, and for our members...
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Rachel Jenelle Babb
Growing up in Greenville, SC my entire life, I always wanted to get out of here, leave and never come back. To explore other places and take pictures of everything I was missing. And though I love traveling,...
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Ruth Ballard
Iconography is liturgical art and as such is a distinctive discipline. As an iconographer, I write (paint, acrylic or egg tempera) Holy Scripture by depicting biblical characters and events, or illustrate...
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Alice Ballard
My art is a reflection of my relationship with natural forms. These forms come to me on walks, while I work in my garden, on visits to the produce section of the grocery store or, appear as gifts from...
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Els Balsa
Painting for me is color, natural landscapes, light and shades to the characters of the mediums I love.
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Anne Hill Barry
I paint because life is full of line & light… of balance & beauty, composition & color, paint & poignancy. My paintings are “built” with layerings of the visual and the tactile. Each work becomes an...
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Lou Ellen Beckham-Davis
I love the beauty of light passing through and illuminating stained and leaded glass. Working with stained glass allows me to work with many different materials- domestic, French, and German hand blown...
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Trinity Behrends
I am looking for elegance in all things. I try to speak of it in my work.
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Kathryn L. Bell
I have chosen the letters of the alphabet in their various styles and combinations as my expressive medium. Letters are design in themselves as well as part of the larger design of the whole. My work is...
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Samantha Bell
My art is generally realistic in style, but the goal for my art is that it not only reflects life, but celebrates it. I want to capture the beauty of nature, the mystery of wildlife, the experience in...
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Kara Bender
The key to understanding the work of Kara Bender is to acknowledge the patterning that occurs in nature and in man made objects. Kara creates her imagery in a “horror vacui” (Fear of empty spaces) manner...
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Eric Benjamin
My images are based on the landscape real or imagined. They are a representation, not a documentation of nature. While the landscape is a jump-off point, I am more concerned with creating a strong, emotional...
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William Biggers
My goal is to exceed your expectations - to capture your portrait with sensitivity and spirit. I consider a portrait to be a partnership between the subject and myself. Commissions are very personal. I...
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Carl R. Blair
In life, it is prudent to think first and act afterward. In art, I act first and think afterwards, gaining spontaneity and freshness, along with unexpected accidents that happen that I can take advantage...
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Barbara Blair
Knack Studios was born of a passion for discovering home products that reflect a distinctly urban professional lifestyle. With an eye for detail and a talent for repurposing found objects, Knack offers...
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Victoria Blaker
It is my hope that my paintings and drawings will create a sense of beauty and excitement, both through the subject matter and through execution of style. Energetic pen or brush strokes and movement of...
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Deborah Bloss
I remember as a child always being consumed in art class at school. I love to learn something new every day and always willing to share with others. I give life to my jewelry creations and am very thankful...
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Hans-Peter Bolz
Hans-Peter Bolz always had the desire to become an artist, even at an early age growing up in postwar Germany. His first grade teacher recognized his talent and encouraged him to keep painting as long...
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Brian Bowlby
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Joseph Bradley
I am fascinated with my own emotional connections to certain imagery. Each of my works is a process of layering, intuition, and experimentation. My recent work is very process-oriented using many washes...
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Patti Brady
My work is about the materially of paint, of the accidents, planned and unplanned. Energy, growth, decay, regeneration, space and layers of debris are found, sandwiched and embedded. Plant life, large,...
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Angelique Brickner
I begin with a thought, an idea or a feeling, and a large lump of clay. I carve and dig at the clay until the image exposes itself. Then I start the practical, technical plan to assure a successful firing...
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Deb Bridges
Raku is a very fast, unpredictable method of firing pottery. Seemingly insignificant things like a breeze blowing into the kiln vent holes or the speed at which the kiln is heated can make a glaze change...
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Susan Bridges-Smith
I am inspired by the natural colors in landscapes. Often there are hidden colors in nature, and I take liberties to exaggerate these colors into vibrant oil paintings with bold purples, fiery reds, and...
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Pamela Brock
When i create, there is a place i go in my heart, soul, and mind that developes the essence of my creation. i hope when one views my paintings they can see the spirit and convictions of my heart. i am...
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Duffy Brown
I have been making metal jewelry for 16 years and use mostly sterling silver, copper, and brass. For the past couple of years I've included lapidary work in my designs, cutting and shaping stones that...
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Dottie Bruce
After years of experimenting with varied and different forms of expressing myself through my art, I finally “found” myself I acrylic mixed-media. Inspiration comes from my environment. Anything that intrigues...
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Roger Bruckner
As a custom framer who likes making shadowboxes of unusual items, I love the challenge of making even the most worthless items look frame-worthy. My assemblies are made up from many recycled and found...
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Shane Bryant
I like to make things people can use. While all of my work is highly decorated, and any piece could stand alone on pure aesthetics, it is the inherent utility that I enjoy. I take great pride in creating...
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Bruce Bunch
"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." -Cicero Whether it's the excitement of a crisp mountain stream breaking at a Rainbow Trout's first leap, or the mystery of a crackling...
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Bryan Bustard
I am an artist interested chiefly in telling a story. Early in my life, I came to love animated works, particularly those of the Walt Disney studio. Later on, a cousin introduced me to comic books and...
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Jane Todd Butcher
Although my acrylic/collage landscapes are typically very colorful, I have also returned to my old love of drawing with charcoal and pastel. To satisfy my need for color, I often combine charcoal with...
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Terry Butler
I realized and embraced early on, my gifts of art and creativity. Just doodles and sketches in the beginning, moving to efforts to imitate my Father’s creative writing and artwork that he often displayed...
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Kyle Buttram
At the end of March Kyle Buttram was laid off from a job in the textile industry. She was shocked into serious art making again! Now her loss is considered a kind act of Providence. Using her knowledge...
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Laura Buxo
I am fascinated by the effect of light on a subject. In my artwork, I constantly strive to create the illusion of 3 dimensions on a 2 dimensional surface. My early years were defined by living on the...
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Ryan Calloway
I combine the traditional techniques and elements of a blacksmith shop with modern advanced welding technology. Every stage of building and finishing steel is engaging. I enjoy working with fire as a transforming...
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Jim Campbell
My artwork grows from a number of impulses. Since childhood, I have enjoyed making things; sock puppets, Popsicle stick trays, lanyards, and drawings in the dirt. You name it. So here I am several years...
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Sharon Campbell
For decades, I have worked with clay, beginning as a studio assistant at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Not surprisingly, after mixing hundreds of pounds of clay a week, I hoped I would...
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Linda Carole
I can best describe myself as a multi-media artist. Whether I am working on canvas or with clay, photographs, drawing, painting, or doing graphics, my subjects vary from still-life to figurative, landscapes,...
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Renee Carolla
I've always trusted my photography to tell the story, so much more efficiently than my words. Every dog has an incredibly unique spirit. Capturing their whimsical, loving and spontaneous nature is a delightful...
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Brad Carraway
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything. ~ Albert Einstein
I have always been an avid lover of nature and wildlife. I am often found haunting the forests and fields...
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Angelia Carrier-Schmerbeck
Experience and exposure of working in the world of meticulousness as a Technical Designer and the imaginative realm of an Artist collide on canvas. My paintings are fusions of thoughts from the left and...
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Katy Cassell
Enameling is the fusing of glass to metal through heat. I choose this medium because it allows me the freedom to work seamlessly between the realms of painting, drawing, and metalsmithing. It exists...
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Tim Cassell
Symmetry, balance, harmony. The geometry of nature and the structure of growth. The beauty of mathematics. Tranquility. An opening flower, a dividing cell, the perfection of a crystal. Honesty of...
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Doug Chaffee
As a nationally and internationally known illustrator, I am interested in returning to the fine art venue of my younger years. I intend to put the energy and imagination into my paintings that underscored...
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Bob Chance
My current works consists of forms that reflect ways I have explored in the past and ideas generated by looking closely at pots from a variety of ceramic traditions. My inspiration for these pieces has...
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Lauren Chapman
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." -Aristotle
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Steven Chapp
I have always enjoyed making marks on a surface. Printmaking is one of the media in which I do this. It is my objective to create images that not only speak of marks but to have marks that speak for the...
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Faith Chase
I try not to take life too seriously and have a little fun with everything I do. But at the same time, I try to excel at any task before me. I think my art is a reflection of that philosophy. It’s not...
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Bill and Pam Clark
The Clark House Pottery is the creation and dream of Bill and Pamela Clark. Our pottery is influenced by the Mission Style, Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s. Our work is completely original,...
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Emily Clarke
My color palette is inspired by the Technicolor movie musicals of the 1940’s and 50’s. My images are inspired by family photographs, ads, movies, memorabilia- anything that creates for me the sense of...
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Kevin Clinton
My art portrays humanity. My pieces hold up a cracked mirror to reveal mankind and all its flaws. I work primarily in wood, whether carving sculptures, woodcuts, or more recently, wood engravings. Through...
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Mike Cole
Photography that is slightly bent. A fustrated artist who became a photographer and lived long enough to warp my photographs into a slightly bent perspective.
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Mary Coleman
The art world is my kind of world and having the privilege of becoming an artist is one of the most important highlights of my life. To be an artist means to be able to see beauty in all things and convey...
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Cheryl Combs
My art arises from enjoyment of creating interplay between lines, colors, and values on a variety of supports and in a wide range of media.
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Diane Kilgore Condon
Painting has lately become the singular response for everything. I have some random problem- go to the studio and work it out. As I've gotten a little older the wierd vectors I'm encountering in life seem...
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Jennifer Conn
Time marches on and waits for no man. I think artists feel the gravity of that statement more than most people because they deal with its fleeting moments in their art. A sunrise at its peak or the play...
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Mandy Copp
‘It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.’ –...
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Katie Coston
Lately, I am increasingly inspired to imitate the textures seen in the world around me. Many of my recent works are an attempt to transcribe the visual and actual textures of nature to my forms. Thus,...
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Bridgett Crocker
Although I enjoy and experiment with many types of art forms, photography is the one creative outlet that has been the most satisfying in my life. My creativity began further back than I can remember....
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Judy Iselin Cromwell
My painting has been inspired by wilderness adventures, and especially with involvement in conservation organizations in preserving our mountains & forests, rivers & green spaces, as well as historic architecture....
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Jeff Crump
Comics and cartooning can be a funny way to look at life or life in another world. Comic art can create an escape and is always entertaining. Comic art has been my passion since I was a boy being taught...
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Daniel Cvammen
I create art because it makes me thrive. I create art because I want people to see my life the way I see it. I create art because it is exciting. Viewing just about anyone's work can give you a good idea...
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Carla Dabney
There is nothing new under the sun, so, as a realistic painter, my challenge is to bring a fresh perspective to figurative art. Whether I am capturing sunlight on a surface or depicting bold patterns from...
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Laura Dahl
A naturalist by nature, I am fascinated by the myriad ways art merges with science in metal work. In an obvious correlation, organic themes permeate my work in both texture and subject matter. But, it...
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Alexandra Daini
I design one of a kind and limited edition jewelry and ceramics. My pieces are organic forms fabricated by using different techniques incorporating enamels, clay, stones and fused glass. I find inspiration...
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Liz Daly-Korybski
I was sitting at home one day looking at some scraps of stained glass from a project. I could not bear to throw out the smaller pieces. It dawned on me? Hey, you went to school for Jewelry Design, Make...
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Pamela Dangelo
I can not remember a time in my life that I was not fascinated by the process of creating art. When I was very young, I recall watching someone start painting on a bare canvas and I was totally awed with...
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Kris Decker
My collection of fine art photography contains images of nature from my own unique perspective. There are few things in life I enjoy more than travel, adventure and photography, and my artwork symbolizes...
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Holly Deitz
Setting new trends by preserving the past. Each piece is a little time capsule. Vintage components are paired with precious metals, providing limited editions with almost limitless possibilities. At Ornamental...
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Dalia Karina Delanuez
I love the human figure! It is fascinating with the hundreds of languages we have to express ourselves, our movements, habits, needs, process of development, feelings, spirit, creativity, and this is...
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Pamela DeWitt
From time to time, although all too seldom, each of us takes a moment to really look at the beauty and wonder of the world around us. I paint to convey that sense of peace and awareness. As I put brush...
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Roby Di Giovine
The Soldiers’ Story
“I concluded that what I was doing would penetrate the hearts of those at home who are simply too indifferent.” Larry Burrows, photographer, Vietnam 1971.

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Kim Dick
I am investigating the unseen spaces that define and surround the body. I use my body to explore the relationship between the daily experience of living and the overall representation of my form. Primarily...
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Peggy Dickerson
I originally began painting oils in the 60's, but my primary focus the past 11 years has been watercolor. I have had the privilege of studying under many talented teachers. One aspect of painting that...
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Jodi Dodd
I am a contemporary realist, and my preferred medium is oil on either canvas or wood panel. Creating a painting is a constant exercise in seeing things as they really are, then adding a touch of levity....
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Polly Gaillard Donohue
To me, photographing people is the closest I can get to understand another person’s experience. It is a great thing to let the lens transport me into another existence – a reality that is usually completely...
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Jane Doyle
I paint for the purpose of discovery, seeking out the infinite range of colors that can blend together, to produce a work that reflects how I see and interpret any given subject. In this process I allow...
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Jeanet S. Dreskin
I am painting many layers of transparency to create elements of wind and water flowing in a turbulent manner. Reflections emulate the chaos of our world and forecast a more peaceful future.
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Tricia Earle
Sometimes I think and plan my paintings, at other times it is intuitive. Originally I was an oil painter. I especially liked doing expressionistic landscapes and my favorite place was the southwest. Occasionally...
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Melissa Earley
I enjoy sketching and the process of taking a drawing and transforming it into a painting, a woodcut, and a beaded piece. Watching the piece evolve as it changes formats is often a learning experience...
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Judi Earwaker
I’m an interior designer by trade. Most of my work is done in mixed media . I am inspired by color , pattern, and texture. These elements influence all of my work whether it be abstract or realism
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Janina Tukarski Ellis
I paint with the knowledge that everybody is intriguing. Everyone is the hero of a story. Every moment is the climax scene in its own novel. My personal challenge is not to seek out remarkable inspiration,...
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Marty Epp-Carter
I moved to South Carolina in December of 2006 and am currently getting my MFA at Clemson University. Before coming here, I lived in Boston and that’s where I became a practicing artist. I’ve always liked...
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Steven Faucette
I specialize in doing nature photography, scenics and what I call photography for the masses! In other words I do souvenir products such as post cards, posters, magnets, key chains and note cards which...
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Drew Fields
I paint intuitively; the work unfolds as each new layer is added. The painting process is as important to me as the final image. I seek to find unconventional methods of applying or lifting off the paint....
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Greg Flint
For a while now my work has largely revolved around the art scrounging. I'm either using found objects such as shell fragments, pebbles, or rusted bits of steel in my jewelry, or I'm appropriating old...
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Paul Flint
Sometimes it's a subject mater that makes me want to get in the studio. Sometimes it's a color or what one of my studio mates is doing with a new material that pushes me to work, (or it could be what they...
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Tom Flowers
First of all I am an artist. I have a passion for life and nature, and I express it through my art. I paint and I sculpt. I observe as much as I can see, and I am always looking for things or visions...
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Buddy Folk
You can't make up new forms. All forms are based on things that already exist, that we have already seen. I'm just giving them new meaning, seeing them from a different viewpoint. Even though my paintings...
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Tom Forrester
The focus of my paintings has evolved into three directions. My subject matter ranges from Architectural Landmarks to Wildlife. The third direction is Home Portraits that began when I displayed a watercolor...
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Mary Fritz
I create ceramic sculpture. I use clay, the primordial mud of this earth, as a direct link between art, nature and me. Everything I make, whether a sculpture or functional piece, is inspired initially...
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Darlene Fuhst
My paintings are photorealistic in style and incorporate a heavily saturated, vibrant color palette. Recently I’ve been focusing on vintage neon signs as my subject matter. I’m attracted to these signs...
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The Gallery at Trade
The mission of our co- operative gallery is to offer a place for local and regional artists to show and sell their work. In addition we offer art-classes and workshops for children and adults and thereby...
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Phil Garrett
My work is informed by nature, a kind of mythical nature. The power of storms, the spiritual quality of the elements, the beauty, grace and ferocity of plants and animals…. Something greater than myself,...
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Pat Garrison
Like life, I see art as being about process. Visual art communicates, may enhance perception, and can allow one to experience the mind both verbally and non-verbally, transcending barriers. I work in multiple...
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Richard Gentry
I am a visual artist working in various media including oil, watercolor, graphite & charcoal. My art reflects how I interpret the images I see. The medium used and the style are also determined by how...
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Heather Gentry
My primary inspiration comes from nature. Organic lines applied to the human form is a theme that I have continued for many years. I like to work in all mediums. Ceramics is my main focus. I paint in a...
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Robin Brownlee Giddings
This is a beautiful world we live in. It seems that everywhere I turn, I see something that I long to bring to my canvas. What I enjoy most is painting scenes that bring peace to my heart. In this busy...
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Michelle Giles
I've always had a love for photography and a passion for creativity. Once my children were grown I had opportunity to devote time to my passion and bring out the creativity within me. The images that...
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Elisa M. Golden
Watercolor is my medium of choice. Although I paint on paper, I primarily work on wood because it allows me to lift the colors, thus keeping my pieces fresh. My philosophy of art is Cartesian---I paint,...
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Susan Goldsmith
My ceramic pieces focus on the potential of functional pottery yet I am always looking to find the unusual in the forms I create. I am drawn to nature as my greatest inspiration. The colors, the feel...
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Tricia Gordon
I create because I am “pulled” to do it. Creating art, for me, is an intrinsic need. I have never been comfortable expressing myself in only one way. That is why I have an interest in sculpting, painting,...
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Betty J. Gorman
I have always been inspired by the impressionists and have constantly strived to capture the purity of light and color as they did. I enjoy working with oils because of the depth and versatility of the...
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James G. Gorman
My background as an artist and educator spans a period of nearly 35 years. In that time I have explored a range of mediums that include graphic design, painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, silversmithing,...
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Barbara Green
One of the first creative acts of humans was to make jewelry. I love creating beautiful pieces of art that are worn and become a personal statement for the individual wearing my jewelry.
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Greenville Woodworkers Guild
To help our members become better woodworkers, To elevate the public's knowledge in woodworking as an art, To help charitable causes through our woodworking skills.
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Lynn Greer
I am fascinated by the variety of color in both sky and lights in the cityscape at night. I have been experimenting with the luminosity and compositional possibilities inherent in this subject. My medium...
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Marie Gruber
My current work is in black and white photography, primarily of landscapes and architecture. I print my photography on fine art papers and on emulsion coated alternative substrates such as aluminum and...
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Glenda Guion
I hope to communicate in my work that which surrounds me both physically and mystically--from earth, gardens, and man-made forms to archetypal symbols and theories. It is the contrast between the organic,...
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Rhonda Gushee
My figurative sculptures are investigations into how humans interact socially and within personal relationships. They are reconstructions of the emotional and intellectual mechanisms that people use to...
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Stephanie Gutzman
Primitive art has always drawn my attention. The creative flow I've tapped into through the mediums of mosaics and paper cut-outs has allowed me to find my own primitive expression. Both mediums are...
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Jason Stanley Hall
My love of surface is the most evident characteristic of my work. I am fascinated by the mark making potential that the clay surface provides. I am inspired by Ceramics long history of functional use....
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Samara Hall
I make jewelry because I feel incomplete if I do not create. I chose metal as my medium because of the endless ways it can be formed & changed- it is a non-stop learning process that is so fun to experiment...
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Edith McBee Hardaway
My work is realistic abstract. I enjoy the excitement of pouring paint on canvas or paper, using whatever is at hand to produce wonderful textures and forms. I use plastic wrap, tissues, sand, glass,...
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Lynne Harrill
I primarily use color and shape to express my ideas abstractly. My inspiration comes from nature, music, poetry, concepts and emotion. In the Heat Waves Series, I have explored the concepts of heat and/or...
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Jim Pitt Harris
So far all of my images have been taken with my dad's old Minolta SRT101, an apocolypse-proof film SLR. Anything you see in my photography is exactly what's in the negative. To me a photograph is something...
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Georgia C. Harrison
A moment in time, feeling that moment and expressing that moment in light and shadow, texture and movement… that is where I am.
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April Harrison
My artistic mission is to invite you on a journey into a place where time stands still, and life’s special moments, felt by special caresses, tender touches and fond memories, transport you into a state...
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Suzy Hart
Intuition reveals spirit, hands and mind produce form. This is creativity, with the unknown at the center. Beauty and form may be called art, and alone may uplift the spirit. It is sometimes enough....
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Leslie Hart
Recently I have been working on a body of work inspired by my surroundings. Around our house we have owls, all kinds of birds and wild little animals and lovely flowers everywhere. Which is somewhat of...
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Anne C. Hassold
My process of creating art is very straight forward. At a young age I was exposed to old masters’ paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Once exposed, I began work shops, and continued my art...
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Peter D Helwing
My style is Watercolor Realism. I have been painting with watercolors for over thirty years. First as a hobby and now as my vocation, art has been a constant source of fun and expression. The work is realistic...
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Kevin Henderson
In my work, I attempt to break down the essence of a feeling or tell a story through visual movement and balance. In doing this I reveal a new perspective, one that the eye or camera cannot see. I...
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Brenda M. Hill
My medium is photography. Capturing the extraordinary detail of a wildflower or the time worn beauty of a Victorian angel expresses both the beauty and reality of nature.
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Tad Hill
I enjoy making forms, small or large, that have volume, nice lines, caress the eye and that one would want to hold. I try to create ceramic art that unifies both two and three dimensional elements and...
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Muriel Hill-Rowley
It is only recently that I have begun exploring the visual arts semi-seriously. I have always been fascinated by the detailed minutiae around me, the larger landscape and the natural world, and especially...
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Ashley Holt
My portrait work is an attempt to purge the pop culture-infiltrated environment of my generation. Growing up in the 1970's, I don't recall inviting Vic Tayback and the Brady Bunch into my home, much less...
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Diane Hopkins-Hughs
I have always been captivated by form, light, and texture in the world and in my photography. Whether in nature, architecture, realism or abstraction the mystery is the same and I hope to capture a bit...
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Kathleen Horner
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Being a visual artist for decades, I always had an eye for taking photographs. My love affair with the camera began in the mid 90's when I purchased a Nikon film camera and really...
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Marlon Hunt
Artistic expression, for me, has proven to be one of the most challenging, thought provoking and enlightening experiences of my life. Every piece of work I accomplish challenges me to take hold of the...
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Kevin Isgett
I use acrylic and mixed-media collage techniques in my work. I explore the universal themes of man's struggle and our search for redemption and beauty.
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Ann Jennings
The beauty and joy of nature inspires and compels me to express my emotional response to the gift of creation.
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Hilary Jernigan
A non-representational composition to me is very musical. Color and value resonate notes, tones and moods. Shape and line help create a sense of rhythm, tempo, and beat. A finished composition presents...
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Randi Johns
For me art is a compulsion. I can no more NOT paint than I can not breathe. This is a mixed blessing, a two-edged sword. On the one hand, I love it and want more (to grow, to expand my horizons, to...
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Deborah Morrow Johnson
As an admirer of the “Grand Classic” style my work includes portraits, still lives, and copies of the masters. I attempt to combine objective reality with capturing the mysterious essence of beautiful,...
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J.B. Johnson
I try to show and share with others... the magic in nature. To bring out that special moment where everything falls into place... the perfect memory that lasts a lifetime. Whether it is the curve of a...
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Rebecca Jonas
I’m returning to the tour in a new location, and studio space. The change has given me a new perspective and approach to my computer created works. In creating a Photo Nouveau I’m utilizing skills used...
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Erin L. Jones
My work involves the abstraction of familiarity, be it of the corporeal realm or of objects from my environment, translated into sculptural ceramic forms. This discovery and creation of form focuses on...
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Ken Kalasinski
If art is considered a passion, then I am an observing and compulsive painter. Picasso is a very strong motivator in my work. The influences of color and form are the basis of my attempt. It is my hope...
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Al Keiser
Limited edition and one-of-a-kind photographic images printed on fabric is a different medium which I have developed over the past five years. These prints can be best viewed first hand. You have to...
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Marsha R. Kennedy
Marsha R. Kennedy has always been active viewing, studying, and creating art. She works in all mediums but has a special fondness for Sculpture. Marsha has been most influenced by the work of Jackie Winsor...
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Patricia Kilburg
While exploring subject matter that interests me, I build up layers using encaustic paint, watercolor, oil, charcoal, ink, and other mediums. I experiment with the materials and then respond to what I...
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King Snake Press
King Snake Press grew out of Phil Garrett's love for the monotype process, and is dedicated to encouraging other artists to experiment wit the Painterly Print. It is a special place where you can immerse...
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Rusty Kinnunen
I seek to employ a specificity of subject matter through my art; I owe a debt to the history and language of the medium of painting and a commitment to the disciplines of the trade. I begin with representation...
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J. Ashley Kirby
Several years ago I watched a vice-presidential debate where one candidate asked: “Who am I?" Why am I here?” I think that these questions are a constant thread in the artist’s mind. We are searching for...
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Chip Knobl
Experiencing the beauty of nature stirs something inside all of us. As a photographic artist, it is my intention to retain the essence and reality of a scene in nature in order to respect its Creator,...
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Annie Koelle
I think I have always assumed that I would be an artist as a profession, or rather, I never considered doing anything else. As far back as I can remember I have always drawn—on the carpet, on the fireplace...
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Christopher Koelle
In my work, I strive for a sort of gradual revelation. I try to experience an enjoyably unpredictable process of making marks and playing with ideas in order to produce a strong, graphic image of something...
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Cheyenne Willis Kouzeili
I consider my artwork to be a record keeping endeavor, a journal. There are small gifts, little experiences of heaven present in our everyday lives: goodness, beauty, positivity. We not only overlook...
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David M. Kramer
ARTIST’S STATEMENT Art was a way of life at an early age for me, from drawing on the bedroom walls at age six to sketching the wonders of Europe while in the U.S. Navy. This continued through College...
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Catherine Labbe
Life experience is my source for creating art. A fascination with the response of the human soul to its environment motivates my work. I think of the artistic process as an arena where this relationship...
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Liza LaCasse
My work is mixed done on wood panel, canvass, wood, paper (whatever strikes me at the moment). I love to use tissue paper, acrylics, watercolours, pastels, inks and pencil. I love color, bright and vibrant....
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Aubri Marie LaCasse
I'm a self-taught mixed media artist , Who uses anything and everything from acrylic , photography , stitching ,and literature. My work is designed to translate the world as I see it when words can't always...
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Kate Lehman Landishaw
Energy of line drives my work, primarily in black & white, with occasional touches of color. Two seemingly divergent realms dominate my art world: cityscapes and treescapes. The recent focus on trees...
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Lavette Lane
Color makes me happy. Painting, creating, and discovering are a few of the passions in my life. I enjoy using acrylics, crayons, and watercolor pencils. I connect with the canvas in ways that reveal...
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Joe Lanier
Oil Portraits have been created for centuries. In my work, I am challenged with the individual possibilities of each portrait. As an artist, I can prepare a technical process for creating a portrait that...
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Kay Larch
By nature, I've always been drawn to mosaics. Blending the style of this ancient art form into my own acrylic paintings was a natural path for my art to take. Using brilliant color and a cool, glassy texture,...
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Frederick B Lee
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Jessica Libor
I paint to release what’s inside of me—and in that way, each piece is a very personal experience. I work in oils, and my work is characterized by the presence of a human figure, dramatic use of lighting,...
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Cham Little
Most of my art is motivated primarily by instinct. The major force that drives this instinct has to do with the surfacing of subconscious relationships among a variety of subjects and formal visual elements....
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David Littlejohn
The subject drawn well; the image composed well; nothing lost on the way to the print.
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Doug Lockard
Doug Lockard’s limited edition photography captures the beauty and mystery of life wherever he travels, and he travels far and wide. His recent expeditions have included assignments as close as Charleston’s...
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Harlan Lovestone
I have always been an idea person and I have always been an artist. Most often I am a painter. Other times I am a filmmaker. Some days I am a teacher. On occasion I have been a critic. I’ve even been known...
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Karen Lucci
It's all about color and joy. I try not to take myself too seriously and enjoy the process. I play and experiment and enjoy the journey as I go along.
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Cynda LuClaire
I didn't begin to paint until I was an adult. When I took that paintbrush to paper it took my breath away. The rush of emotion was so strong I felt myself falling in love- endorphins and all. The void...
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Dabney Mahanes
I am a painter, concentrating mainly on the figure which allows me to explore the full range of my creative expression. I find rhythmic line in the body gesture, exciting shapes in the body contour, and...
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Lorraine Martinie
For me, CREATIVITY is the result of INSPIRATION. I choose my subject matter by what excites me artistically and then it's just a matter of letting the painting "happen". I paint for my own pleasure, but...
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Janette E. Marvin
Quiet meditation, rich colors, and a captured moment in time are all ways I would describe my work. I am passionate about painting. I love the beauty of God’s nature – a day with expansive clouds, a...
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Deb Massa
Just as paintings of pretty flowers, unicorns and lighthouses make us smile or feel content, emotionally charged intense works that cause discomfort or inspire people to challenge themselves, forces us...
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Mike Massengale
Artist Mike Massengale is best known for his liquid vibrations style. Mike often uses music to drive the emotion of his signature style ”warm, emotionally evocative images that are dreamy and tranquil...
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Stacey McAdams
History is seen every day. These objects are such a major part of our society but usually go unnoticed. They all, at one point in time, had a great significance on lives. I try to enhance these objects...
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Linda McCune
The Stress Series works are visual documents of the language or the euphemisms of stress. Such statements as “I am all tied up in knots,” “Everything is mixed or tangled up,” “I have dropped an important...
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David Scott McCurry
My art is about visual observation and perception of the real. It is also about history and the lived experience of people in specific locations. I enter into deep conversations with objects, buildings...
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Michael McDunn
The work I do evolved from my need to survive in a part of the country where, for many years, contemporary furniture styles were quite unacceptable. This forced me to design furniture that was fitting...
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Benjamin McKamey
I look to the natural world for the inspiration that drives my artwork. Trees provide a unique framework for me to experiment with and develop relationships of color and line. I prefer simplified forms...
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Joe McKinney
I work in both acrylics and oils in creating landscapes, both traditional and surrealistic. This ranges from miniature to mural. I have painted all my life. Twelve years ago I decided to try bigger brushes,...
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Rosemary G McLeod
Creating artistic expressions out of copper, brass, silver, recycled materials, vintage components, and unusual beads continue to be the main outlet of my jewelry work. Many times when starting a project,...
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Susannah Mele
My work represents my love of the earth and spirituality. Weaving is somewhat representational of the earth. The continuous flow, the over and under movements of yarn, paper, fabrics, forming patterns,...
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Carmen Melton
Currently there are several facets to my paintings. On one side there is the more traditional work, which satisfies my need for structure in the process. Then there is a part of me that loves to present...
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Amanda Mensing
I love reflections with all their distorted details. I love capturing the snapshot in time effect of reflective surfaces—no two are ever the same. My paintings usually contain some reflective object...
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Lindsay Merkt
Photography is a means of self-expression and a way for me to interpret the world. I seek to find the beauty in mundane objects and ordinary people. My goal is to use my camera to capture the moments I...
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Glen Miller
Much of my recent work is visual storytelling, perhaps derived from my Appalachian heritage. Although some are real persons, I often use invented but empathetic characters in my work, combining visual...
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Bruce Miller
With illustration as a background, painting is a minimalist endeavor for me. Fuse the Surrealists, Magritte and radical counterculture ideals, and that's where you find me.
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Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers
Driving this body of work is my interest in the notion of the iconography of the ordinary. I hope the images transform seemingly common or everyday moments that might otherwise be overlooked. Derived...
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Thomas Moffett
I work in a mixture of paint pens and acrylic on board. I started painting in 6th grade and continued until my junior year in college, after that I focused on my design profession for the next 12...
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Montage Studios
As a member of the Art Colony, Art Crossing at River Place, a location that transcends the ordinary, Montage Studio strives to maintain a creative workplace where everyone can feel welcomed and excited...
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Joyce Moore
Abstract painting fulfills a need I have not yet fully understood. My current work has no reference beyond the world of the canvas; it is always an experiment in process and technique, allowing the element...
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Brenda Morgan
Lighting a torch, melting glass and creating something unique – no one was more surprised than I was that this suits me so well. I’m fascinated by both the process and the result of glass bead making (lampworking)....
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Vicky Moselay
I have always considered myself “Wired for Art”…drawing and painting since childhood. Following high school, I attended commercial art school in Cincinnati, Ohio to transition my talents into a graphic...
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Mark Mulfinger
Most of my artwork is dependent upon the visible world immediately around me. My numerous sketch books attest to my obsession with drawing anything in my environment. Even the simplified forms around me...
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Melissa Muth
The layering of different media and methods of applications characterize my work. I approach each piece with a vague picture in my head and work and experiment until I have something that I am satisfied...
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Pegi Newton
I paint the places and things that I love. Since painting and traveling are two of my favorite pastimes, inspiration is never hard to find. I am especially drawn to coastal themes and images.
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Sue H. Norris
With my paintings, I hope to draw the viewer into a daydream; to forget the mundane thoughts of the day and find a pathway to a peaceful place . I wish to provide a gateway to a place of pleasant meditation...
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JJ Ohlinger
My work is about maintaining authenticity and accuracy to my subject. Though the image presents a feeling of intimacy with the subject, I try to remain discreet and keep the viewer at a respectful distance;...
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Oliver Yu Fotographie Studio and Gallery
Oliver Yu Fotographie is a portrait and commercial photography studio with a gallery showcasing artist from the upstate.
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Jay Owens
My work is a remix of pottery and drawing. Making pots allows for quick experimentation with form. I use the pottery wheel not as a tool to exercise perfection but a way to build forms quickly. Working...
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Charlie Pate
Creating a piece of artwork that sparks the viewer's imagination is every bit as important to me as expressing my own thoughts and feelings. I try to make sure that my work inspires reflection or evokes...
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Greg Patton
I am a native South Carolinian potter who creates decorated and sculptural stoneware pottery. Both of these bodies of work draw inspiration from the historical and contemporary pottery of South Carolina,...
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Nicole Payne
My process is very much about imagination and creativity, as far as the convergence and juxtaposition of ideas. My mind is like one of those lottery ball tumblers; I have ideas bouncing around constantly,...
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Bev Peeples
My passion for photography began years ago when my husband’s job moved our family to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Growing up on a cotton farm in the flatlands of Texas, the rolling hills and greenery of the...
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Eva Pelnar
The process of creating something helps me to stay content. Painting is the form of expression in which I can use my imagination and translate it into colors, light & shades. In my work I use all types...
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Teri Pena
Open landscape and endless skies are predominant in my work. I relay the essence of nature through color and movement in an almost dream-like state. Painting in oils with oversized brushes, I leaving behind...
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John Pendarvis
For me it is exciting to try new things with old mediums and processes. I want my art to celebrate life, hear my voice and share it with others. Art is a reflection of life lived if we are honest...
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Nancy Perry
I love painting because I always learn something new during the process. Rather than painting a rendition of a subject, I like to paint the impression or feeling of the subject; and this objective lends...
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Julia Peters
The learning process of artistic endeavors has been in my life as long as I can remember. My ability to draw and paint is not all that special. A lot of people can do what I do. My special gift is the...
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H Wesley Phillips
I am a photographer with a passion for understanding the tools of photography and understanding the world around me.. I love the wonder and splendor of nature. My goal is to produce photographs that capture...
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Eileen Piccoli
Wearable Art. The idea that one can create pieces of art that can be worn on the body greatly influenced my decision to design jewelry. An art background probably helped develop my particular style, which...
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Piedmont Wood Carvers Club, Inc.
The Piedmont Wood Carver Club, Inc. has been established for the purpose of offering Woodcarvers, sculptors and whittlers in the Carolinas' Piedmont area a structured organization to foster and transmit...
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Lynn Pilewski
Too often, we walk through our lives without really seeing or noticing the amazing beauty and detail around us. That changed for me when I started looking through the lens. Photography allows me to stop...
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Ann Douglas Pinckney-McLeod
I have always been detail oriented. Not only do I notice the details, but I truly appreciate them and enjoy finding deep messages within. As a photographer, this is something I tend to migrate to with...
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Georgia Pistolis
I paint mostly realism floral and landscapes in watercolor and acrylic, and currently have developed a passion for contemporary realism in still life. I find Inspiration in everything that surrounds us....
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Grayson Pitts
I was born and raised in Anderson S.C. When I was 5 Years old I was sitting in the Doctor's office with my Mother and saw a picture of a Helicopter on the waiting room wall. I took some sort of piece...
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Kimberly Ponce
I am most concerned with connections and relationships that exist between people, objects, beliefs, symbols, and other living things. I try to convey the emotions associated with these connections and...
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Portland Studios
Portland Studios exists to tell great stories and pursue excellence in art.
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Nancy Pratt
My love of art began as a child in my ability to draw. I was born into a family of creative people. As far back as I can remember, from my Great, Great Grandfather down to me. I never did much with my...
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Blake Praytor
There are more reasons to photograph than I would ever attempt to list. I can only arrive at one for referring to my personal visual expressions as “Art”. That reason is, to make a statement that would...
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John Atwell Rasmussen
My inspiration for jewelry design and artistry starts with the natural processes of the earth. The original stones come from the earth and have a pattern imprinted in them. While cutting the stone, I...
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Bob Ray
My first paintings at age 8 were wonderful experiences when I discovered a world of light, shape and color. I was totally fascinated and that fascination continues today. I have moved from tempera (the...
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Jim Reel
My background is in commercial art as an advertising agency art director and graphic designer. A lifelong passion for painting is now a full-time venture and adventure. A native of South Carolina, I have...
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John Reid
John draws inspiration from his subject matter and is greatly influenced by forms in nature. With the ability to see complexity in ordinary objects, he is able to visually transform the ordinary into...
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Cathyrn Rice
I get to play with fire and make jewelry for discerning women. Life is good.
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Christopher Rico
Painting, for me, is about creating a sense of place. This needn’t be tied to the physical world, that is to say nature. It can be a place in time, memory; or it can be a place of feeling or being....
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Ken and Janet Ries
The basic steps of working in stained glass -- cutting, grinding & fitting, wrapping and soldering -- are just half the story of a vibrant panel. The first, and more important, half is the prep work. Before...
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Patti Rishforth
I've studied classical portraiture for many years. I know the structure of the head and the proportions of the fa