Your Guide To: Asheville’s Local Artists
Your Guide To: Asheville’s Local Artists. Asheville is known for its vibrant art scene, from art galleries to museums and our River Arts District we are an epicenter for art in the Southeast! Check out our round up of some of the best local artists in the area ⤵️
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1. Molly Courcelle Fine Art
Instagram: @mollycourcellefineartist
Molly Courcelle is an abstract oil painter who has been working on the second floor of the Wedge Studio Building since 2008. Her Christian faith is expressed in her artwork, each piece related to a Bible verse or spiritual theme. Other than in her studio (open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-4) Molly’s work can be seen in Asheville at The Woolworth Walk Gallery, Marquee and H&L Goods.
2. L Rowland Fine Contemporary Art
Instagram: @lrowlandfinecontemporaryart
Works by Leslie Rowland in large scale and wonderful colors merging art and science. Hummingbirds composed with images of flowers they pollinate, trees presented with birds they rely upon, binary code paintings with mantras in computer language and sound waves based on music we love.
3. Dana Denham Marsh
Instagram: @danadenhammarsh
Dana is a fine artist currently living and working in Asheville. She lived in Los Angeles and NYC combined for about 20 years. She shows locally and up the east coast. She also sells privately across the country. Her bold and unapologetic paintings reach into your soul with every brush stroke. A born artist, Dana feels most free and alive when she is creating.
4. Frederic Payet Fine Art
Instagram: @fredericpayetart
Palette knife technique using modeling paste and acrylic. Visit my website at www.fredericpayetart.com
5. Illume Studio
Instagram: @jodiohara.art
Unique and meaningful oil paintings by Jodi O’Hara. “I believe there is a place where logic and intuition simultaneously exist, where they both challenge yet champion one another. It is my pursuit as an artist to place my audience within this convergence.”
6. Selene Plum Art
Instagram: @selene_plum
I am now living in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I am living in the bone structure of this landscape and everything beneath it. These works are my daily journals rendering sky and dirt with wax + fire.
7. Aaron Fields
Instagram: @aaronfields24
A local native to Asheville, Aaron is known around town as a mixed media artist specializing in painting landscapes and abstracts. His vision is to not only create something for himself but to also collaborate and share ideas with others.
8. Kris Morgan
Instagram: @kris_morgan
Location: 344 Depot Street #104, Asheville, NC
Kris Morgan is a 1st generation artist that studied drawing at UNCA. She loves to use color as a way to evoke emotion or create a mood, and enjoys making 3-dimensional paintings to push the sense of depth. Recently, she’s been making miniature versions of old masters in hopes to reach those that don’t have the opportunity to afford the originals or go and see them.
9. David Sheldon
Instagram: @dqsheldonpainting, @dqsheldon
Sculptor and painter with over 30 years experience in both mediums. Resume includes public art commissions, gallery representation, grants, and honors. BFA, RISD, MFA, UMD. Represented in Asheville by Mark Bettis Gallery. www.SheldonStudioworks.com
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