Serious Whimsy
byFour years ago, Angelique Tassistro hit bottom. “The ceramics thing was not working, and I was just over it,” she says. Sure, the Asheville-based…
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Shadow Show
by“I have a twisted view of things,” says S. Tucker Cooke. “If I had to choose between lightness and darkness, I would choose darkness.”…
A Cosmic Connection
bySelinde Lanier still has the photograph that changed her life. It’s a page from a decorating magazine, now a bit tattered with age —…
Let the Circle be Broken
byDespite his spiritual and environmentalist worldviews, Brad Stroman is hardly a didactic painter; in fact, what makes his paintings so powerful is the sheer…
Artist Janet Green Jacobson Finds Nature’s Drama
byOn the surface, all is pastoral serenity — rolling hills, fields, creeks and forests. But Janet Green Jacobson looks for nature’s secrets — the…
His Cup Runneth Over
byIf Jason Bige Burnett’s rapid-fire speech and technological savvy bespeak the voltaic energy of his generation, his soldier-straight posture and old-school work ethic would…
The Peculiarity of Knowledge
by“A lot of who I am is where I came from,” says Jessica Stoddart, 32, who grew up in rural Tennessee, the daughter of…
Song Of The South
byWhen the British-born painter Julyan Davis was growing up in London, two creative streams—one visual, one literary—began carrying him toward a transatlantic crossing and…
Chaos Theory
byCeramic artist Steven Forbes-deSoule has grown rather comfortable with uncertainty. The clay-throwing wheel in his 1,100-square-foot studio faces a breathtaking mountain panorama including Bull…
Wood Works
byThe angle of the leg might look a little familiar—is it a Japanese influence? And the tabletop has a hint of Arts and Crafts….