Art Show
"When you buy something made by a person, there is something special there, and you do feel it. The consciousness with which a thing is made is often more important than the thing itself."
J. Donald Waters, Contemporary Artist & Art Therapy Educator
About the Art...
Mark Albertin
Mark Albertin is an independent photographer, filmmaker and writer. He founded and created Albertin Film Photography in 2019 as a way to encourage others to learn the craft of fine art film photography. Teaching the entire process from light meter to print. He is currently publishing a book with his work: Along the Fall Line – A Photographic Journey Through Landscape Transition. Albertin runs an independent black and white film studio in Augusta, Georgia where he not only creates his work, but also teaches this medium.
Eliza Pope Drawings
Washington student with extraordinary talent.
William Lum Road
I found my birth parents at age 40 and learned about my family history including a great uncle, who was a famous watercolorist. Sometime later I stumbled upon a cheap watercolor paint set and so my neighborhood street corner in Sunnyvale, CA, was the subject in my first painting attempt in December 1993, which I titled Suburbia #1. Much to my surprise there was a major positive reaction from friends about my experiment at painting and so I kept painting. In April 1998, I made the decision to quit art entirely so that I could devote more time to my family and work.
Now retired, I realized I have the time to pursue my watercolor painting again with the same intention of capturing images from my day to day life experience and new region of Placer County.
As a counter to negativity in this world, I hope my paintings will enable people to see what is beautiful around them and to realize there is much joy in many simple things.
Kelly Call Art
Abstract and landscape artist, Kelly Call joins us from Valdosta, Georgia.
Andrew Sheldon
Born in Miami in the early 40’s, Andrew Sheldon lived in and on the water in the lushly colorful tropical landscape of South Florida. Andy comes to painting with a commitment and devotion that allows him to connect his internal feelings and thoughts to the outside world represented on his canvas. This gives his work a dimensionality and depth you can feel. This is especially true in his civil rights project titled “Heartbreak and Healing.”
Andy began learning drawing and painting from Chouaib Saidi in intensive mentoring classes. Workshops with Bill Davidson, Jim Richards, Patrick Saunders and Albert Handell have been followed by weekly lessons in portrait painting with Marc Chatov. Andy entered the mentoring program with Patrick Saunders in 2020. cHis paintings are in private collections in California, New Mexico, Ohio, Georgia and the United States Capital.
Redbird Farm Pottery
A native of Valdosta, Georgia, Linda Nicholson’s love of pottery began in high school and led her to UGA where she obtained a degree in art. After retiring from a 32 career teaching high school art, Linda began making her functional, colorful pottery for friends and family. Red Bird Farm Pottery has since been a popular vendor specializing in serving pieces that pair with your dinnerware, mug sets, vase sets and custom orders.
Johnnie Mills
Joanna Clippinger
Joanna is a Georgia native. Born and raised in North Georgia, her hometown is Gainesville, where she graduated with honors in Art. Joanna studied with Evolve Art Academy out of New York. Her medium of choice is Oil and the majority of her work leans to photo realism. Joanna is a portrait artist that also enjoys painting still life, animal paintings and landscape.
Kate Gary Designs
Fine art and watercolor artist. As a native of Augusta, I fell in love with watercolor after many years of working full-time in the marketing industry and pursuing my creative journey part-time. I began painting homes as gifts for loved ones and at my church, and the rest is history. My true passion lies in illustrating and painting homes, churches and other landmarks with vibrant colors and intricate details.
Novella Creasman
Novella is a self-taught artist who paints in all mediums. Of particular interest are her encaustic paintings, a rare form using bees wax and pigments she makes herself. In addition to paintings on canvas, Novella will bring paintings on ostrich and emu eggs, note cards, and her lovely tea towels.
Robert Richardson
Robert will be bringing beautiful handmade Georgia clay pots filled with spring plantings. Also, other interesting containers for growing indoor and outdoor contained gardens.
Josh Thomas
Josh is a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting as well as a minor in Portrait Arts. He lives in Thomson, GA and works as a middle school art teacher during the day and paints by night.
Josh is a commissioned portrait artist and works with many mediums including oil paints, watercolor, soft pastels and charcoals.
Valton Murray
Recalling a childhood memory, Murray fondly remembers drawing pictures in his mother’s freshly raked yard. About Murray and his work, Morris says, “He possesses a keen memory and a natural gift for storytelling that successfully translates into his paintings filled with rural landscapes and images of barns, children playing, and people engaged in the daily activities of rural life.” Valton Murray grew-up in Mesena, Georgia and was a member of a large and loving family. Murray’s life-long career as a visual artist has led him to exhibit widely throughout the State of Georgia, and he has garnered national acclaim as an artist. Murray’s 2004 selection by VSA, The International Organization on Arts and Disabilities, to participate in its international festival and exhibition led him to further notoriety. Having exhibited in The Kennedy Center and featured in the House of Blues Collection, Murray continues to attract collectors and receive awards for his art.
Elle C Designs
My love for jewelry has always been a part of me. I started making jewelry many years ago when my twin girls were in high school. Jewelry is the best accessory statement in my opinion! I live in Watkinsville and so enjoy meeting people while selling my jewelry.
Bongo Peter Loose
Georgia self-taught artist Peter Loose saturates the surfaces of his works with dots upon dots of vivid color. Loose celebrates the animal kingdom in his creations, painting all manner of birds, dogs, snakes, and other creatures in palettes that break all conventional bounds. His love of animals can be traced to his works as a naturalist at a nearby nature center, where he teaches young and old about the native animals of Georgia. Loose’s works include birdhouses and elaborate working dulcimers.
Alice Searcy
Alice is from Carrollton, Ga. She graduated from West Georgia College with a B.S. in Early Childhood Education, and a minor in Art. Working as a Flight Attendant at Delta Air Lines for over 31 years, she was given the opportunity to visit art museums throughout the United States and Europe. As her love for the visual arts increased, she started studying with various artists, as well as taking workshops throughout the United States. After retiring from Delta in 2005, she returned to the University of West Georgia, completing classes toward her BFA in Art, receiving the Gloria Covert Memorial Scholarship. She continued her studies through workshops and has participated in numerous juried art festivals and shows in Georgia. Working primarily in oils, Alice is a member of the Carrollton Artist Guild.
June Klement
June Klement was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and now calls Augusta, Georgia her home. Her work focuses on translating the emotions that she feels when exploring urban and natural environments into paint. Her impressionistic style of lively, vibrant, and bold brushstrokes highlights the ephemerality of color and light through textures on canvas. Klement enjoys painting in the studio and painting en plein air. Painting en plein air allows her to communicate nuances in light and feelings that change quickly in an outdoors environment and cannot be captured in the studio. She has always enjoyed painting, and, after working and raising a family, she returned to painting to translate the beauty, joy, and love that she experiences into brushstrokes. Klement is an award-winning artist, and her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a member of the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Mascaro Art Group and Aiken Artist Guild.
Sapphina Roller
I’m primarily a painter and collage artist, though I enjoy exploring various mediums. My work focuses on material, narrative, and worldbuilding using anything I’ve got on hand. Resourcefulness and playfulness are important aspects of my creative process. I love the power that art has to transform any space. Creating something from nothing excites me and the potential of a blank canvas inspires me. Every space, every studio I’ve ever had is quickly filled wall to wall with work, ideas and inspirations. I often work where I live and vice versa. I’ve learned to create anywhere, with anything- my superpower. In Paris, I crafted collages for a gallery show inspired by nude portraits, using scraps collected during my trip and a glue stick in my small apartment. This experience highlighted the extent of my resourcefulness and creativity.
Kim Gates
I make handbags out of old saddles. I upcycle, repurpose, and salvage leather from old or broken quality english saddles and strap goods. My purses have a unique and timeless equestrian style.
By trade I am a saddle fitter, and a saddler. I am also a lifelong horse woman. My husband and I have a small horse farm in rural Georgia. Martin is a farrier and blacksmith so our lives revolve around HORSES! I love to restore older and damaged saddles and if I can bring them back to life, to be used as a saddle, I will. But the ones that can no longer be used ended up in a heap in my saddle room.
After making a few bags and sharing them with others I started hearing a lot of stories about peoples beloved old saddles. How they were just collecting dust and taking up room. But that they couldn’t bear to part with them. They held too many great memories! Now the bulk of my work is making custom keepsakes.
Butchie Neely
Butchie Neely has a degree in Fine Arts from Georgia State University. She is most comfortable with portraiture and has studied with Marc Chatov. Butchie began plein aire painting for the camaraderie of being outside with other artists. In this area she has followed Bill Davidson, Cindy Barron, and John McDonald. Butchie paints mainly for pleasure. Her work has been in the Booth Artists Guild annual exhibit and the Downtown Gallery.
About the Venue...
The Court Street Livery is a beautiful 19th century barn just off the charming town square in Washington. The rough cut board and batten siding and metal roof gives a nod to rustic Americana while the historically rich interior space provides a wonderful canvas for imaginative decorating from rustic farm to urban chic, whatever the occasion.
