Dangerously Beautiful
In an age when long-accepted boundaries of gender and politics are in flux, it’s not shocking that painting can burst out of its traditional…
Voice of Unreason
Jacqui Fehl’s mixed-media creations on wood, paper, and canvas — exuberantly colorful and creatively elusive — are the result of a freewheeling attitude that…
Random Acts of Basketry
Not long after Carla and Greg Filippelli moved to the southern mountains from the Northeast 40 years ago, Greg brought home a damaged woven…
Time to Flower
Nothing evokes timelessness more than plain dirt, sculpted by the heat, rain, and wind of countless millennia into the foundation of everything that grows….
Hand in Hand
The launch of this summer’s blockbuster exhibit of outdoor sculpture by glass star Dale Chihuly at Biltmore House was the opening salvo. Now, a…
The Successful Shepherd
Colin Richmond has had to stop counting his sheep. “My flock has gotten too big to remember without checking my website,” he admits. “I…
People Without the People Parts
Cassie Butcher remembers the conversation she once had with a five-year-old girl who had been studying the human-shaped but mostly featureless sculptures that Butcher…
Play Date
If Rick Dunn had to pick his favorite item among the 75 classics he’s collected, it would have to be the birdhouse. It was…
Seeing Less, Capturing More
Nature reveals her secrets slowly, but for those with the patience to look closely, deeper meanings can emerge. So it is for Asheville photographer…
A New Use for Power Tools
Inspiration doesn’t always strike in the loveliest places. Metal artisan Pam Holthouser was working as an apprentice for a professional painting contractor, lending a…