Stephanie Henderson uses simple geometric forms and playful color combinations in her abstract paintings. The Atlanta-based painter says that her art is about color and how colors speak to each other – and affect you. Artist: The Georgia native grew up in Thomasville. She graduated with a BA in English literature from the University of Virginia…
Harry Underwood, a self-taught painter in Tennessee, creates scenes of everyday people on vacation or enjoying themselves in his nostalgic, outsider-style works. “My paintings look like postcards from a better world” said the soft-spoken artist. “But if you read them, you find more depth than that. “I think that people dream of wealth and identify…
Drawn to the fingerprint as a symbol of identity and a clue to a unique existence, Alabama’s Marie Dutka Brix explores the marks we leave behind in her abstract typewriter ribbon collages and paintings. Artist: Born in Merced, CA, she grew up in Aurora, IL. Brix earned her BFA, with a minor in French, from…
Using a combination of oil paint and gold leaf in her contemporary works, Georgia artist Gwen Wong features hummingbirds in detailed and dynamic poses, capturing their delicate beauty. Artist: A fourth-generation Chinese American, Wong was born and raised in Augusta, GA. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a BFA in scientific illustration. She also…
In her abstract, color-interactive work, Mary Zio occasionally suggests a subject. But more frequently, the North Carolina artist wants her paintings to be open to the viewer’s interpretation. Artist: Born and raised in Syracuse, NY, Zio said there was never a time that she wasn’t exploring or making art. She graduated from SUNY Purchase in…
Maurice Evans is known for the African-inspired “Waterbearer” series and his dynamic mixed-media works celebrating jazz music and its innovators. But, in a new series, the Atlanta artist offers something different. Abstract portraitures – with deeper color palettes and added texture – that are about more than what appears at first glance. Artist: Born in…
Growing up in Colorado, Chad Hayward experienced the feeling of openness and expansive space that today influence the Georgia artist’s wide-ranging and interdisciplinary work. Artist: Born in Summit County, NJ, Hayward moved to Colorado at the age of 7. After high school, he studied fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,…
For Julia Roland, the face is the focal point of her bold, attention-getting paintings. The face, the Savannah painter believes, is the window to the essence of the soul. Artist: The Georgia native was born and grew up in Savannah, going to art shows and galleries with her mom. Roland attended Garrison: School of Visual…
Over the last few years, Georgia’s Jason Matherly has found himself thinking of his colorfully shaped paintings as “brooches for walls.” Artist: Born in Danville, VA, Matherly grew up in Gastonia, NC, near Charlotte. He graduated with a BA in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and earned a master’s degree in…
In her bright and graphic depictions of people in their everyday places and spaces, Charleston painter Kate Hooray Osmond celebrates community, connection and optimism. Artist: Osmond was born in Washington, DC, and grew up outside the city. She studied art at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and earned an MFA from Maryland Institute College…