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Harriet Herrick/Springhill Studio

Harriet uses an exacto knife to make her paper cut outs. By stacking layers she achieves a 3D effect. Watercolor foregrounds or backgrounds add variety to some pieces.

Rebecca King/Rebecca N King Fine Art

Connie McNees/The Naked Line

Renee Molko/Renee Molko Studios

Lisa Morphew

Richard Oversmith Fine Art

Richard received formal training in Fine Art and Illustration at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While at Kendall he was invited to study at the Royal College of Art in London, England. There he gained experience in plein air painting and found direction in his work as an oil painter. He graduated from Kendall College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1995 and moved back to his home state of North Carolina to pursue his dream of becoming a professional artist.

The natural beauty of Western North Carolina has proven to offer infinite inspiration for Richard's impressionistic landscapes. From rolling mountains to abundant waterfalls, the majestic Biltmore Estate to a simple farm scene, this region evokes the artist's muse. Richard finds inspiration not only at home but in his many travels. He has painted all over the USA and has recently spent six months living and painting in Brittany, France. Whether at home or abroad, Richard surrounds himself in the elements of the scene while painting, in true "en plein air" fashion. In the studio, his sense of vision and mood guide him to produce still lifes ranging from the classic to the imaginative.

Richard's purpose in painting is to provoke the viewer to interact with his pieces. His paintings are his voice, and stroke by stroke, he composes a whole that relates his vision. Richard works in oil on linen, a medium compatible with the passion he puts into his creation. He strives to achieve a mood in every painting through the use of such visual stimuli as color, edges, value and drawing. He has derived his style from the lifelong study of past masters, the influence of contemporary painters he admires, and elements that have evolved from deep within himself. He allows the setting to speak to him, creating only as many brushstrokes as are needed for the viewer's eyes to understand and connect.

Peggy Taylor/Willow Wisp Farm Studios

Taylor began her study of impressionism in 1991 with Lois Griffel at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, MA, going back many times to study with Griffel and other instructors who taught the traditional technique of the Cape Cod School of Art. She has also studied with a number of other prominent artist/instructors including: Tom Browning, Robert Johnson, Ann Templeton, Bob Rohm, Camille Przewodek, Charles Sovek, Ben Konis, Kenn Backhaus, Doug Dawson, Gay Faulkenberry, M Kathryn Massey, Roberta Remy, Richard McKinley, and others.

Taylor has received many awards including "Best of Show," "Who's Who in the South," "Who's Who in America." Peggy is an invited painting advisor for the HIghlands Art Union and she is a Signature Member of the Western North Carolina Plein-air Painters. The highlight of her career was being asked to participate in a private exhibition for His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah ibn Turki Al Saud in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. She is in the book Best of NC Artists 2005. Her works can be found in the corporate collections of Harbor Enterprises in Syros, Greece; the Carver Bible College in Atlanta, GA.; the Carolina Mountain Land Conservatory, NC; The Lobster Trap in Asheville, NC, the City of Sparks, Nevada; and private collections in the USA, Saudi Arabia, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Canada, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Lebanon, and the Philippines.

Catherine Vibert/Catvibe Creative

"Throughout my life I've been following the creative muse in music, audio arts, photography, painting and writing. In 2007 when my kids left the nest for college, I traveled extensively in Southeast Asia, India and Nepal, doing documentary work and exploring the cultures and customs of the wonderful people I was fortunate to meet. When I returned to the US in 2008, I left the busy life of the San Francisco, CA for a quiet country life outside of Asheville, NC. With my aging father in tow, we moved to a house in Fairview that looks across the road to a beautiful field of horses and trees. I set up my painting studio in the room with the best light and a view of that field and a group of trees I like to call The Three Graces. They are a continual source of inspiration for me in both painting and poetry."

"A self-taught artist and lover of culture and metaphor, I draw from inspirations and insights gained from nature and my travels to inspire my paintings. As a photographer, I like to play with the light and motion of a subject to capture movement in still images. I create media collages using digital processes that combine my painted artwork and photography to create dynamic and colorful images that draw the observer inward. "

The Headless Buddha, Watercolor, Photography and Digital Collage: A series inspired by Headless Buddha statues in Thailand. Headless Buddhas are frequent in Southeast Asia, as their heads have been plundered for one reason or another over the centuries. The series uses the imagination to explore metaphor and psychological states of being using the Headless Buddha as a subject. The Three Graces, Watercolor, Photography and Digital Collage: A series inspired by the three trees and various animals that live in the field across from my house. Peacocks, horses, and one very shabby llama.

Night Moon, Oil on Canvas: A series using the canvas to play with moonlight in the dark.

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