MEET THE ARTISTS! Crystal Hyatt (jewelry designer) and Pamela Powers January (artist and illustrator)
November 2nd (Saturday) from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Come share a glass of wine with Crystal and Pamela!
Crystal is a talented jewelry designer who uses wire wrapping with beautiful natural gemstones to create her one-of-a-kind pieces. She began making jewelry more than eight years ago and switched her focus to wire-wrapping four years ago. Her favorite gemstones are moonstone, labradorite, and turquoise. Crystal says that “Wire wrapping is such a soothing method of creation and allows such unique and individual pieces … each just as unique as we are.” Crystal is from Wagram, NC.
Pamela is a gifted artist and illustrator whose animal drawings and portraits capture the heart of each subject. Pamela has worked for the American Kennel Gazette, a monthly magazine published by the American Kennel Club, where she served as Assistant Art Director and created illustrations for their articles and columns. She has also created artworks for Hills Pet Products. Pamela currently lives in Southern Pines, and continues to draw and paint beautiful portraits and scenes of cats, dogs, horses, and wildlife.
We look forward to seeing you on November 2nd!
Nanette Zeller, who lives in Southern Pines, received her Master’s Degree in wildlife biology from North Carolina State University. In addition to her love of science and nature, she has always loved art and has explored a variety of artistic expressions: painting, photography, mixed media, collage, and textile art, the latter of which has become a major focus. Combining stitching, quilting, and painting, Nanette has created truly unique and lovely creations, all of which reflect her interest in and love of nature.
Jennifer McRae began her artistic career as a museum designer and marketing director before branching off to become an artist herself, creating artwork utilizing vintage paper, fluid art, and college. Playing with various media spring-boarded her into the medium of jewelry design. Her jewelry reflects playfulness and whimsey and is just plain fun to wear! Jen lives and works in Laurinburg, where she maintains a studio and teaches adults and children to explore the art within themselves.
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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.
