Artist Jon Hair doesn’t just create mammoth sculptures. He lives big, striving to create artwork that inspires.
Carolina Art/Artist
Life As He Saw It
Talmadge Moose grew up in Stanly County in the 1930s and ’40s. He worked in his dad’s country store and for his uncles on their farms. Although his love of drawing led to a successful career that won him national acclaim, he never strayed far from his roots.
North Carolina’s Tin Man
Like his dad and his granddad, Peter Blum III can turn a piece of tin into art or a tool, or even a life.
Artistic Edge
Blending ancient practices with innovative approaches, Edward Wright and his artisans craft frames worthy of the objects they hold.
Ancient Etchings
Raising a family and pursuing a career with equal devotion, Kevin Cagle spends a lot of time at his kitchen table. The beauty of the art he creates there may open doors to a wider world.
The Hidden Garden
Throughout her career as a radiologic technologist, Frances Apple relied on the high-tech tools of her trade to reveal her patients’ conditions. Today, she uses those same X-rays to peer at the beauty within some unexpected subjects.
High Art: The Bascom
The Bascom visual arts center in Highlands brings the community together through craft, art, and classes, all within a setting to take your breath away.
Two Easels, One Vocation: Originals Only in West Jefferson
Painting is a way of life for Lenore De Pree and Joan Bell, owners of Originals Only in West Jefferson.
Small Strokes
An avid fisherman from an early age, wildlife artist Duane Raver Jr. built a career on perfecting tiny details — the shimmer of a scale, the translucence of a fin.
