Terri, who resides in Pinehurst with her husband, David, and treasured dog, Theo, began her artistic career as a commercial artist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over the years, she has studied under many fine artists, and her paintings have evolved from realism to impressionistic to abstract – and points in-between. In her words, she tries to “convey a sense of expression and capture just enough of the moment to let the viewer escape into the painting.”
After a career in social work, Jeff, who resides in High Point with his wife, Debbie, now enjoys time to pursue his passion – creating a sculpture from wood – almost full time. His art is primarily an expression of spiritual themes, human emotion, and the drama of the natural world. He uses curves and flowing lines to blend seemingly separate parts together, and the results are peaceful and calm sculptures that beg to be touched and caressed. Jeff will be offering a small piece of his sculpture as a door prize to someone in attendance.
Please plan to stop and view the work of these two superb artists.
Paula Montgomery is a name well known throughout the Moore County art community – and well beyond. Her effervescent paintings have graced many shows, won many awards, and currently, hang in a multitude of homes and businesses. Paula has had a love affair with flowers since she was a child; she relies on them as her inspiration and uses brushes, palette knives, bubble wrap, and anything else she can find to apply paint and paper to take the image of the flower a step further. The results are exquisite, elegant, and unique visual poems.
When Marshall Davis was a child, his understanding parents allowed him to keep a small zoo in his room, and he spent hours watching his pets climb, jump, swim, fly, slither, and whatever else they did. That love of animals and a love of painting them have stayed with him throughout his life. Recently retired from his life as an elementary school teacher (can you imagine what his classroom must have been like?), he now devotes his time and energy to his passions of painting and taxidermy. Come and see Marshall’s “critters,’ and be prepared to be amazed!
I love art. I love to look at it and to create it. Santa brought me my first set of oil paints when I was nine and a couple of years later, I won first place in an art show in my hometown. The painting was an abstract with flowers. Ever since, I’ve had a love affair with painting flowers. My artistic process begins with a design concept and a color scheme. From there, I smear paint on canvas, paper or board using colors that are complementary to the dominant color in my scheme. I loosely sketch in the design and then apply paint and/or paper using brushes, palette knives, sponges, bubble wrap, textured fabrics, etc., to develop the composition. I paint and scrape until shapes emerge that are pleasing to my eye. My goal is to create images that are my unique creation. For me, a rose is not a rose but merely an inspiration for something yet to come. I feel I do my best work when I make it up as I go along.
Why do I paint? I’ve always admired the work of talented artists but never really considered myself exceptionally artistic. Since my youth I have dabbled with woodcarving and painting and the subjects have always been some type of wildlife. The love of nature and wildlife have led me into various pursuits such as taxidermy, falconry and now painting. In my youth I was surrounded by living things and because of understanding parents I kept a collection of “critters” in my room. I could spend hours watching the gliding, hopping, digging and flying creatures in my personal zoo. Now as an adult my living collection may not be as diverse, but with paint I can still be surrounded be the creatures and wildlife that I love.