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Wild Brush Works

Erica Schaffel is an intuitive watercolor artist residing in Asheville, NC. Her lifelong passion for art turned to purpose in 2017 when an undiagnosed autoimmune disease left her bedridden for six months. During this time Erica desperately desired to paint, as a means of escape and to process the intense emotions she felt during this incredibly challenging time. But the acrylics of her past were far too messy to manage while confined to a bed.

Chrys Corn Goodman Fine Art

Chrys Corn Goodman is an intuitive painter who works in oil, encaustic and mixed media. She creates by responding to the mixing of differing art mediums, listening to songwriters, and contemplating history or memories and emotional or spiritual truths. She lives and works in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, and her work is currently in a gallery in the now-devastated River Arts District.

Radiant Earth Studios

Elizabeth Foley is an award-winning artist, author and creativity coach who has called Asheville, NC home for over 25 years. She is passionate about the power of creativity as a catalyst for growth and healing. Through her work she seeks to empower women to tell their stories, own their greatness and stand in their power.

Amanda McLenon Fine Art

Amanda McLenon is a conservationist at heart who started her career teaching high school biology in Michigan, and she completed her Masters in marine biology in Charleston, SC. During her studies, she started painting and she was quickly recognized for her accurate wildlife paintings and unique style. Cont.

Heartful Art

have been a self-supporting artist for over 27 years, creating art and art products in watercolor and acrylic to inspire, uplift, motivate, and enjoy. My love of nature and color are evident in my work. Full bio is here: https://www.heartfulart.com/ArtistStmt.html

Honeycomb Art Co

I started making watercolor paint as a way to “green” my own artistic practice. It evolved into a small business providing handcrafted, non-toxic travel sets to other artists.

Paige Houghton Art

Art has always been a huge part of my life, ever since my 2nd grade teacher confiscated my new box of six crayons. I simply would not stay inside the lines! And now I am making a splash with paint here in our tiny 1925 Asheville bungalow. I have worked in my tiny home studio as a fiber artist in Asheville for over a decade. I like to take my inspiration from all the beauty here in Asheville and the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains.

MAP Fine Art

Why maps? When I was a little girl in a shipwreck of a backwoods NJ town my Dad turned the beat up old 2nd house on our property into an antique shop. It was called The Dusty Dowery. It quickly turned into just another place for my Dad to hoard things. He was a product of The Great Depression. Each broken down car in the yard held it’s value in the recyclable “whatever” he choose to store in it. It was a sickness. Continued...

Jaime Byrd Contemporary Art

Jaime Byrd is a US based contemporary artist with an Emmy nomination in film editing. She’s known for her landscape paintings which capture the emotional energy of nature from around the globe. Jaime’s paintings often transport the viewer to a familiar place both current and nostalgic through layers of bold colors and mysterious markings.

Nicolette Leigh Arts

Born in 1981, I spent my first decade in the rural town of Stokesdale, just outside Kernersville, NC. Growing up, I explored the hunting trails and farm fields surrounding the farmhouse we rented, weaving epic narratives in my head about the spirit of the fields and forests and my relationship to what I observed. This early dreaming and exploration profoundly shaped my creative vision and continues to inspire my artwork.

Winter Magnolia Designs

I am a mural painter, print maker, and designer that has lived in Asheville, NC for over 20 years. The tagline for my business is "Art against all odds, rooted in deep love" My main focus over the years has been depicting animals, native plants, and quirky situations in a variety of images, sometimes funny, sometimes tender, and usually almost always with a pinch of sass.

Tall Greg Art

I paint nostalgic still lives of places and things that bring back warm memories. I studied painting in Asheville in 2013 and fell in love with the area and started my dream of being a full time artist. I moved here in 2020 and owe so much to the arts district.

Kate Kelleher Art

Hi, I am a freelance, self-taught artist and photographer in Asheville with my senior dog, Journey. My work has been featured in galleries, exhibits, and publications locally, nationally, and internationally from the River Arts District of Asheville to New York City to even Le Louvre in Paris, France. I work in multiple mediums, from ink drawings to oil or acrylic paintings, to mixed media on upcycled material, to photography; I hope to never stop learning and growing.

Li Newton Fine Arts

Most of my adult life was spent chasing adrenaline and adventure from sea level to 14,000’ mountains, working jobs from high altitude cooking to running the children's programs at a county arts council. Over the last 30 years I have explored a number of mediums including; soft pastel, oil pastel, silk painting, acrylics, oils, mosaics, charcoal, encaustics, cold wax, carving and mixed media.

Amy Massey Studio

Amy Massey is a visual artist and massage therapist living in Asheville, NC. She grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and received a BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design.

Stacy Kraft Art

Stacy Kraft was born and raised in the southern Appalachian mountains and a lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Stacy's work is inspired by the wildlife and natural beauty of the misty mountains that surround her, and their surreal and magical essence is honored and shared through her artwork.

Art by Shannon

I am a 30-year-old artist based in Asheville, a dedicated mother of two, and a proud Navy veteran. Alongside my passion for art, I am also a full-time real estate agent. I thrive in balancing these dynamic roles and take great pride in my work as an artist, which includes creating commissioned pieces, murals, window paintings, also paint parties for various events. I am actively seeking new opportunities to expand my artistic endeavors and contribute to the community through my creative projects.