LINDA & FRANK ABBOTT  Linda and Frank Abbott from South Car­olina cre­ate whim­si­cal and dec­o­ra­tive boxes, cards and mag­nets con­tain­ing delight­ful chunks of inspi­ra­tions, words to live by and grow with, and vin­tage pho­tographs. The Abbott’s say, “we are for­ever exper­i­ment­ing and evolv­ing as we explore our love of vin­tage pho­tos and words that make us smile and that guide us on our journey.”

SUSAN MARIE BROWN  Susan Marie Brown of Alabama cre­ates col­or­ful, con­tem­po­rary folk art — with a twist. Her work is 100% hand­painted wood­ware that includes inspi­ra­tional gift­ware, clocks, sculp­tures, wall decor & gift­ware cel­e­brat­ing the ele­ments of the earth, sky, soul, & home. — uniquely fresh & original.

JAY PFEIL  Jay Pfeil’s pri­mary medium is etch­ings and engrav­ings, depict­ing the nat­ural beauty of West­ern North Car­olina and other nat­ural areas which she encoun­ters on her daily hikes. Jay states, “It is my hope that con­vey­ing my enthu­si­asm and rev­er­ence for the wild world, that oth­ers may enjoy, respect, and con­serve the envi­ron­men­tal diver­sity that sur­rounds us in a sus­tain­able, coop­er­a­tive and joy­ful balance.”

JOHN D. RICHARDS  North Car­olina artist John D. Richards describes him­self as an “Art Machine” and works with all types of mixed media, from old com­puter parts, dis­carded toy pieces and spark plugs to cre­ate his 2 and 3-Dimensional works of art. His stu­dio is pop­u­lated by wire and vinyl­ized paper lamps, funky found object sculp­ture, and life size wire and trash fig­ures. A mem­ber of the South­ern High­lands Craft Guild, his work has been shown and pub­lished nationally.

JULIA SOKOL  Penn­syl­va­nia artist Julia Sokol repro­duces fun wall and pen­du­lum clocks, many ani­mal themed, from her orig­i­nal art­work. Ani­mal pen­du­lum clocks include dog bones, fish, tails, or tongues as pen­du­lums, while the clocks second-hands are tipped with a mouse or dog bone. It is the artist’s belief that every home deserves some fun, funky, func­tional art.

CATHY TAYLOR  North Car­olina multi-media artist Cathy Taylor’s water media art­work is a cel­e­bra­tion of the pat­terns, tex­tures, and color found in the nat­ural environment. Cathy is known for her abil­ity to inter­pret a sub­ject in a vari­ety of styles.

LANCE TURNER  North Car­olina artist Lance Turner’s cre­ations are process based pho­to­re­al­ism. Turner received his BFA from Mem­phis Col­lege of Art, fol­lowed by his MFA in Paint­ing at Savan­nah Col­lege of Art and Design. The artist says of his paint­ings, “The por­traits that I paint allow for me to relate ideas and are only the prod­uct of my expe­ri­ence. There­fore, they more accu­rately depict what I believe to be the essence of paint­ing, which is self-reference. My paint­ings are about my thought process as I cre­ate fic­tional char­ac­ters through the rela­tion­ship of styl­is­tic devices.” Orig­i­nal paint­ings and signed lim­ited edi­tion Giclees are available.