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Preview QuickDraw's Massive Live Auction Special!

Enjoy this preview of Grace Cathey's stunning sculpture she has created for this year's auction! 


Across the world, the poppy is a symbol of collective remembrance. Grace’s  metal sculptures tell stories of the world around us through  meaningful, and thought provoking images. Her passion for home and  public art sculpture resonates with a wide audience. She strives to  enhance, educate and enlighten our surroundings, the goal to capture the lifeforce of nature and reveal its essence.


Grace Cathey

POPPY LOVE, 2025

65 inches high x 36 wide by 24 deep

Meet this Year's QuickDraw Artists

Stroll, sip, and enjoy watching these Artists in action May

Meet your Race-the-Clock Artists who will create a fine art masterpiece from an outline sketch to fi

With training and skills hard-won from a lifetime of study and practice, generous QuickDraw of WNC artists donate their time and expertise to create fresh, lively work in a one hour and fifteen minute traditional QuickDraw, while YOU walk amongst them as they create! Be amazed by the talent of our very accomplished artists, and bid to win your favorite pieces in the live auction. A great way to decorate your home with unique and stunning art, and it comes with a backstory you can really brag about.

Race-the-Clock Artists

Race-the-Clock Artists

Race-the-Clock Artists

Cheryl Keefer

Barbara Brook

Sue Dolamore

Barbara Jamison
Allison Basham Payne

Race-the-Clock Artists

Race-the-Clock Artists

Race-the-Clock Artists

Jo Ridge Kelley

Joyce Schlapkohl 

Teresa Pennington 

Sun Sohovich

Kelly Lanning Phipps



Demonstration Artists

Race-the-Clock Artists

Demonstration Artists

Wendy Cordwell

Pam Hall

Susan Remi-Dawkins

+ more to be announced!

Watch me race the clock!

Grace Carol Bomer

Oil and cold wax    

Grace Carol Bomer is a Canadian/American abstract expressionist painter who maintains a studio in the mountains of North Carolina. Her English degree & six years as teacher influence & inform her work as she scrawls poetic script & introduces motifs & metaphors into her layered abstract narrative ar

Grace's Website
Barbara Brook watercolor, batik
Watch me race the clock!

Barbara Brook

Watercolor

 My paintings are inspired by photos that I have taken. Whether from  nature, doors, and windows on old buildings, intriguing faces, or an  Italian fishing boat, I usually know when I take the photo that it will eventually become a painting. 

Barbara's Website
Watch me race the clock!

Sue Dolamore

Watercolor

 

"I experience, express and realize a more beautiful world through my life and work"  

Sue's Website
Watch me race the clock!

Tonya Harwood

Acrylic

   

I have lived in WNC for over 25 years. This place has my heart, and  is why I continually paint the breathtaking landscapes all around us. When in my studio, I am always trying to recapture the beauty.  My hope is that my art draws the viewer into the peace that is found in nature.

Tonya's Website
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Cheryl Keefer

Oils  

 Mostly in oils and sometimes watercolor, I paint landscapes en plein  air. An everyday scene, a lingering  sunset, a misty mountain, rocks glistening in a stream—any of these may  inspire a piece. I am arrested and fascinated by God's magnificence as  reflected in this ever-changing world. 

Cheryl's Website
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Jo Ridge Kelley

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.

Jo's Website
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Allison Basham Payne

Oils

I live near the smoky mountains in TN with my husband, daughter and our little boy. I am a live

event painter for parties and weddings, capturing lifelong memories into fine art. With a life

steeped in film and studio arts, you'll find motion and dance in my visual storytelling.

Allison's Website
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Teresa Pennington

Colored Pencil 

Colored pencil has been my passion and my medium for 39 years. I have been blessed to make a living doing what I love. My subject matter ranges from the Biltmore Estate to the Blue Ridge Parkway to the animals in the Smoky Mountain National Park. My gallery celebrates 40 years in 2024!

Teresa's Website
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Kelly Lanning Phipps

 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.

Kelly's Website
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Joyce Schlapkohl

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.

Joyce's Website
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Sun Sohovich

Oils
In her home studio or en plein air, Sun strives to create each painting better than the last, aiming to convey the essence of what she sees and feels. Her evolving style reflects her passion for capturing life’s fleeting moments with vibrant light, nuanced shadows, and the interplay of hard and soft lines

Sun's Website

Meet your QuickDraw Demo Artists, not racing the clock

Meet Your (slower) Demonstration Artists

PLEASE DO CHAT WITH ME AS I CREATE!

Alongside your one-hour focused painters, meet QuickDraw demo artists creating in slower mediums like clay, wood, wax, fiber, textile, or metal, whose processes cannot be completed in the hour. Their lack of time constraint lets you engage and chat with them during the QD hour.

Enjoy, watch and learn as they bring to life some of the many steps involved in creating their works. Demo artists bring an already-made art piece that you can bid on and buy in the silent auction!

Stephanie Eastwood

Stephanie Eastwood

Stephanie Eastwood

Medium: Artwork on meta

Stephanie' s website

Coming to the mountains of North Carolina has awakened Stephanie’s senses and her creative spark.  Inspired by the wildlife surrounding her, she was finding herself sketching songbirds seen in the backyard and discovering joy in what she was creating. 

Wendy Cordwell

Stephanie Eastwood

Stephanie Eastwood

Medium: Torn Paper Collage

About Wendy

Wendy's Gallery

Wendy studied at SUNY-Potsdam, raised a son and worked in accounting. She was drawn to the eye-catching technique of paper collage. She uses antique papers and maps, dictionaries and sheet music. Her pet commissions win raves from owners.

Pam Hall

Juan Peña

Juan Peña

Medium: Mosaic

Contact Pam

Pam is a self-taught mosaic artist, continuing to follow her muse after studying Arabic art and living in the Middle East. She likes to incorporate glass, tile & pottery in her designs. Her base surfaces are often interesting and richly textural items from across the globe.

Juan Peña

Juan Peña

Juan Peña

Medium: Jewelry

Juan's Website

Peña Jewelry on Facebook

My mountain-inspired collection pays homage to the beauty of the  Appalachian mountains. Designs are subtle and organic, with a play  of textures and finishes that evoke nature at its best.

George Kenney

Susan Remi Dawkins

Susan Remi Dawkins

Medium: Stained Glass

Cedar House Stained Glass

Let  me design a window for your old, interesting or unique frame. I love the challenge and creativity of designing a one-of-a-kind window to complement your room and decor. All of my windows are custom designed at my home studio located in Waynesville, North Carolina.

Susan Remi Dawkins

Susan Remi Dawkins

Susan Remi Dawkins

Medium: Oil

Susan's Website  

My first formal instruction in painting and drawing began at six years old with lessons from my parents, both talented nonprofessional artists who filled our home with art books and original artwork. I sign my work with my middle name, Remi, which my mother and I shared.

Pamela Winn

Susan Remi Dawkins

Ronda Springer

Medium: silk

I have been dyeing silk for 15 years and I'm in love with every piece.  Silk is the strongest fabric and most luxurious.  The colors are vivid, each piece is versatile and can be used for decoration around your home or worn to accent your wardrobe.  

Ronda Springer

Ronda Springer

Ronda Springer

Medium: Polymer Clay

Ronda's Website

Mountain Moon Artworks, LLC was started in 2023 by Ronda Springer and Carol Roden, sisters that decided to embark on a new adventure. Their artwork showcases handmade jewelry that is inspired by the wild beauty of the Smokies. 

Amy Butler

Ronda Springer

Amy Butler

Medium: Pottery

In the potter’s world, Butler is known as a “wheel thrower”, but she is also a “hand-builder” by default. She learned on a kick-wheel in college and has been making pottery ever since. 

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