Michelle Oglesby
My name is Michelle Oglesby, and I am the artist behind Michelle O Design. I grew up moving throughout the U.S. and Europe as part of a military family, an experience that shaped my sense of place, pattern, and belonging from an early age. After earning my BFA in Sculpture from Winthrop University, I moved […]
Melanie McClure – Mountain Muse
Artist Statement: Learning to work with clay continues to loosen up my typically defined lines of life. Having spent much of my time in structured, rules-based environments, pottery offers me the freedom to stretch, bend, and reimagine those boundaries through form and surface. I am enjoying stretching out, bending those defined lines in new directions. […]
Mikaela Darnell
Mikaela Darnell grew up in a small town in Western North Carolina. Her childhood was spent making art and exploring the natural wonder NC has to offer and in her adult life she has spent much of her time doing the same. Drawn to the Blue Ridge Mountains, she attended the University of North Carolina […]
Michelle Oglesby
My name is Michelle Oglesby, and I am the artist behind Michelle O Design. I grew up moving throughout the U.S. and Europe as part of a military family, an experience that shaped my sense of place, pattern, and belonging from an early age. After earning my BFA in Sculpture from Winthrop University, I moved […]
Laura Jo Thompson – Nana’s Quilts
I have been sewing most of my life. I come from a family of quilters and seamstresses, so my passion for quilting in is my blood. I’m happy to make any size quilt, but my favorites are baby quilts. My talented daughter is my designer and our quilts are custom designed and one of a […]
Carol Anderson
Business Name: L.Z.Mac Jewelry by Lizzie Mac While I expected to be an artist growing up, life took me in a different direction. After a few decades in the business world, I missed being creative. I took a simple class in beading and was hooked. Somehow, I realized that it was stone and metal that […]
Ariel Andresen
Ariel Andresen is a Clyde-based Artist who specializes in oil painting. She creates art for those who feel a deep, intuitive connection to the natural world. Her work is impressionistic and expressive, floating between abstraction and fantasy, with loose, fluid brushstrokes that emphasize movement, emotion, and energy. Her art features stylized, surreal flowers and leaves, […]
Jeff Marley
Jeff Marley is a visual artist rooted in the cultural and natural landscape of Western North Carolina. Raised in the Smoky Mountains, his upbringing in Swain County and the Qualla Boundary deeply informs his creative practice. He earned a BFA in Studio Art from Western Carolina University in 2005 and an MFA in Visual Art […]
Laura Talbert
Because I am outdoors most of the day my subjects are what I see around me. While I’m working outside, I am often caught clicking pictures with my phone to be used later in my paintings. I’ve learned that there is beauty in nature in everything we see. Working as a self-taught artist since 2014 […]
Patricia Maguire
Born in Argentina, prelude US citizen for over 35 years. Studied Art at Skidmore College, BS in Fine Art MBA from Florida Atlantic University Teach painting out of my studio in Delray Beach, Florida. Became a part time resident of Waynesville in 2024. I am a life long student of light and how it reflects, […]
Anna de la Torre
I’m originally from Brevard, NC, but moved to Waynesville this summer. I am mostly self-taught but give credit to my aunt and grandpa for instilling in me a love of painting at a young age. I started devoting a lot of my time to it in the last year. I like to explore different styles […]
Lauren Clontz
My work is inspired by the natural world, my career as a Wildlife Conservationist, and my home here in the Appalachian mountains. I aim to capture the details of the world around me through pen/pencil, paint, photography, and other mediums. My artwork allows me to connect with my surroundings in new and creative ways. I […]