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I am a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of scientific research, emotional experience, and symbolic meaning. I focus on natural elements and behaviors to underline a relationship with the environment, how it fits within our realm of existence, and the ways in which we might understand and appreciate conserving it.
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It has been a pleasure making a living in the creative field for most of my life and to be considered an artist by others is a blessing. I have been a commercial and fine art photographer for almost thirty years. There is a balance or blend of the two types I shoot. Sometimes they are one and the same, other times they feel completely separate.
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Jim and I have been sharing a studio for over 30 years. He on his pottery wheel and me using table and slab roller.
He's been fascinated with pottery and the wheel since he was 12 yrs old going to the Fine Arts school in Greenville SC in highschool then to Haywood college.
I did as much art as I was introduced to. My father had a wood shop and gave me carving tools and a piece of cedar.
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I serve as Professor of Art at Spartanburg Methodist College. My studio at Mayfair is a place were I can embrace experimentation as an essential part of my daily practice. I am guided by my intuition in much of my work. I am best known for my images called Guardians, angelic forms usually painted on found wood. I consider my time painting these images to be a manual act of contemplative prayer.
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I am a mixed media artist that is always exploring and playing with multiple mediums and developing techniques of my own. I'm drawn to bold, intense colors and reflection of light. All of my artistic expression no matter what the media, always comes back to light. Lighting can evoke emotion, intensify color, and provide reflection. In my latest body of work I get in the flow. This happens both spiritually by connecting to my creator, and quite literally with paint, additional fluids, metallic inclusions, and crystals.
The Cultural Event of the Season
Spartanburg County, SC
Saturday April 22, 2023 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday April 23, 2023 12 pm - 5 pm
Tues 20 Sep at 5:00pm in the Chapman Cultural Center West Wing Conference Room.
Sat 24 Sep at 2:00pm at the Artists Collective | Spartanburg
Register online at opendoorstudios.art
Entry is Free
Jurors view the submitted images online and make their studio selections.
Artists are notified by email. There will also be a list of accepted studios posted online at 2023 Selected Artists. If you are accepted there is a $50 participation fee.
Artists selected to participate must submit their entry fee by Dec 1, 2022.
Artists meet at Artists Collective | Spartanburg to discuss the 2023 Open Doors Studio Tour and their responsibilities.
Artists meet at Artists Collective | Spartanburg to discuss the 2023 Open Doors Studio Tour.
Artists deliver their exhibition artworks to the Collective between 10am - 4pm.
The preview exhibition of participating artists opens. The Solomon Gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am - 4pm.
This reception is open to the public 5pm - 8pm.
This party is a celebration of the artists of the Open Doors Studio Tour. It is open to the public at the FR8yard from 6pm - 8pm.
This private reception for the artists, sponsors, donors and VIPs will be held at the Artists Collective | Spartanburg from 6pm - 8pm.
This reception is open to the public 5pm - 8pm.
Selected artists open their studios to the public and share their creative process with visitors.
Artwork can be picked up between 10am - 4pm.
All artwork must be picked up by May 1 at 4pm.
