Meet Your QuickDraw Artists

Oils

A painting creates an emotion just like a story does. As long as you’re emotionally involved somehow, you’re going to keep on reading, you’re going to keep looking, keep being drawn into the story, into the painting.

 Oils

My grandchild's birth ahead of schedule takes meto Texas, but I offer a Little Gem small work. My newly released children's book is entitled, "Good Morning from the Forest” and features artwork of my forest friends.

acrylic/watercolor

I create dynamic, colorful paintings that tease and delight your eyes. I fearlessly interpret iconic architecture, tobacco barns as vibrant celebrations that let you see the familiar anew in a blaze of color.

Oils

I live in TN with my husband, daughter and our little boy. I teach at Studio 212 in Maryville. With a life in film and studio arts, you'll find motion and dance in my visual storytelling, the beauty of the human condition and its balance of long-suffering and goodness.

Pastel

Headshot to come! I'm entranced by landscape color and pattern, a splash of light on a cheek, the spot of red in a landscape, the glistening of turquoise on the water. I've exhibited in national and international shows, and teach in my Candler studio.

Oils  

I have only a desire to paint what is my own – wholly and completely from within – along with the offerings of the earth and her daily miracles of color and light. When I begin a painting, I take inspiration from a beautiful light, color, form or texture and then continue working through observation.

My love of art started early, as my mother often pointed out nature's beauty in a sunset or a cloud-filled sky. I love oil on canvas to portray both realism and my abstract work, with color, shape, texture and value. Teachers and role models inspired me, so I know how vital teachers are to the students in their care.

Colored Pencil 

Teresa Pennington is a self-taught colored pencil artist with a talent she says is God-given. Often spending as much as four months on one drawing, she meticulously renders the scenery, landmarks, flora and fauna of Western North Carolina with an emphasis on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 Oils

Kelly is an American Representational Painter with a varied and expansive artistic background. Born and raised in the Appalachians of Western North Carolina, she uses elements from the landscape with its flora and fauna to compose beautiful and imaginative paintings and portraits.

Mixed Media
I'm a professor of art education at WCU, and Director of the School of Art and Design. I support the art teacher-as-artist model for training teachers and educating students. My interests include K-12 teaching, printmaking, fiber arts and mixed media.

Acrylic with oil wash

I moved to structural landscape painting from animation. Walking to work for eight years, I was able to observe manmade structures in progressive deterioration, with nature encroaching. The textures, peeling veneer, cobblestones, integrating new with old are fascinating.

Oils
I describe my style as "painterly realism" in oil, and strive for clear color, a strong focal point, and a good design. Living in Western North Carolina provides all the subject matter one could ever desire. We are surrounded by our beautiful natural world.

Oils
I moved from realism to impressionism to capture lines, shapes, lights, and shadows as dancing colors of our lives, bringing depth and movement. I follow my heart and the mood of the day, mixing oils directly on canvas, pushing and turning to create engaging textures and colors.