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| Killian Albritton
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| Killian Albritton’s work space is like none other. Having limited space in her home, she ingeniously created a work space in a bathroom. The unused garden tub went out the window and in came a work surface, lighting, sewing machines, and materials. |
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| Serena Allen
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| Serena has always loved to design and create clothing. She is fascinated by the process of using basic components to create extraordinary outcomes. |
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| Michael (P.I.) Annis
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| Michael (P.I.) Annis was first introduced to the creation of pottery when he was in high school. The only teacher whose name he remembers was his art teacher, Mrs. Cox. She inspired him to express his talents through the hands-on work of clay. |
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| Patricia Austin
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As a spin-off of quilting, Patricia Austin, of Gordo in Pickens County, has been creating dolls for the past twenty years. |
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| Natalie Johnson and Jan Autrey
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| Quality fabrics and trims are a design feature of the items created by Natalie and Jan. Inspired by the availability of supplies, the two women work together to make useful items that reflect current fashions and needs, while maintaining classic lasting quality. |
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| Roy Barnett
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| Roy finds that, for him, pastels are less messy and less time consuming than oils and acrylics. He is attracted to the way that paper holds the pastel colors and the ease in blending that pastels afford him. |
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| Robert Baynes
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| Robert’s love is his art. He feels that he has a responsibility to continually create his art and that it would be selfish of him not to paint. |
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| Henrietta Blackmon
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| Henrietta Blackmon grew up in a family of artistic people. As a young child, she often painted and saw herself as an adult artist. |
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| Barbara Brasell
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Barbara Brasell, of Thomasville in Clarke County, has been producing great Southern art scenes for almost forty years.
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| Amy Bryan
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| Amy Bryan has been creating three-dimensional artwork since she was a young child. She drew faces on the dolls that she and her grandmother created. Amy’s family encouraged her natural art abilities and provided her with materials and classes. |
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| Scarlett Butts
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| Scarlett Butts is a self-taught artist and seamstress. Although she does not classify herself as an artist, she admits that crafting is an art-form. |
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| Clay Cain
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| Clay Cain cannot remember a time when he was not drawing or painting. His mother recognized Clay’s talent and supplied her son with the materials and lessons needed to foster this “God-given talent”. |
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| Teresa Cammack
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| Teresa Cammack has always had a passion and desire to paint. But she did not have the confidence to show her work to the public until she was an adult. |
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| Deborah Carter
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| Deborah Carter learned basic quilting techniques from her mother. After Deborah’s husband retired from the military and they moved south, she took up her needle and began creating her own works of art using the same method as her ancestors. |
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| Arthur Chambless Jr.
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| Terry has been drawing his entire life, and he has been carving for the last ten to fifteen years. The most rewarding aspects of this part of his life are when people appreciate his art and the self satisfaction of completing a piece. He has been asked to teach a class on the art of carving, but doesn’t believe he could teach this art due to the fact that he carves what he sees in pictures. His work is also available at the Burris Outdoor Art Gallery NWTF Chapter in Grove Hill, Alabama. |
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| Patti Clark
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| Patti Clark began her work with watercolors only in the recent past. Pushed by friends to explore her artistic side, she is mainly self-taught with the aid of instructional books. |
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| Michael Clements
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| Michael is ever conscience of the waiting involved with capturing the “right” shot. His stunning photographs come from his ability to be patient, observant, and prepared. |
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| Fletcher Cox
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| Fletcher has been making woodwork for twenty-five years. The most rewarding aspect of this part of his life is seeing children enjoying the toys that he makes. His work is also available at the Alabama Rural Heritage Foundation in Thomaston, Alabama. |
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| Mary Croley
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| Mary Croley did not have the privilege of art classes when she was a youngster, but she instinctively knew that she was an artist. |
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| Cynthia Dahlstrom
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| Cynthia Dahlstrom has more than a quarter of a century’s experience when it comes to creating art from the earth. When asked at a very early age what she wanted to be when she grew up, Cynthia immediately responded “an artist”. |
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| Patty DeBardeleben
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| Although she has only recently begun selling her work, Patty has been creating necklaces from antique buttons and beads for several years. She calls her workroom “The Magic Kingdom”, because she loves to escape to it and lose herself in her work. |
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| Lolita Dickinson
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| Lolita Dickenson is an enthusiastic painter who loves the creative process. She has done various forms of art over the years and has won many awards, mostly for her paintings. |
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| Annie Lou Downey
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| On a whim, Annie Lou Downey took a ceramics class in the early nineties. She enjoyed the creation process so much that she moved on to doll making. After many seminars and classes, she now holds a master’s degree in doll making from Seely Porcelain Studios and is a certified Seely instructor. |
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| Sharon Dozier
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| Sharon Dozier watched her father build furniture and instinctively knew that his hands-on creativity had been passed on to her. Nearly twenty-five years ago, Sharon began taking toll painting and folk art painting classes. |
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| Linda Etheridge
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| Linda Etheridge started taking pictures with a Brownie camera when she was a young girl. She took thousands of pictures of her family and friends, sharing some and keeping the rest. |
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| Dennis Feany
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"Through my work and teaching I want to stimulate an awareness and sensitivity to the physical and imaginary worlds which touch our senses and imagination to shape our lives."
~ Dennis C. Feany |
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| Shirley Feany
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"With the use of line and color I wish to bring an awareness to others of the diverse visual possibilities that encompass the world around them."
~ Sherley Feany |
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| Dean Fields
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| An avid gardener, Dean uses her flowers to help her create her still life paintings. She presents her painted flowers like her fresh arrangements, as gifts to the recipient. |
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| Rosie Floyd
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| Rosie Floyd has always enjoyed working with her hands, either in her chosen profession as a hair-dresser or in the many flowerbeds around her home. A few years ago, she decided to try her hand at pottery as a way to escape from her everyday life and as an expression of her creativity. |
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| Freedom Quilting Bee
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| When the Freedom Quilting Bee was begun in the mid-sixties in Alberta, the civil rights movement was in full swing. As a way to create a supplemental income, several women came together to create quilts using patterns that their mothers and grandmothers had passed down to them, using a skill that was rapidly disappearing into the ready-to-wear world. |
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| Cynthia Gamble
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| Cynthia Gamble learned basic hand sewing techniques from her grandmother. As a child, Cynthia created clothes for her Barbie dolls out of Kleenex before moving on to the use of cloth scraps to fashion more wardrobes. |
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| William Harris
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| William Harris’s vivid life has formed a backdrop of experiences for his artwork. With only one year of art classes, he took his painting hobby most seriously and began selling his art in the late 1950s. |
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| Frances Hicks
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| Frances Hicks learned at an early age basic sewing techniques from her mother and sister. These skills grew from sewing simple clothing for the public into designing and sewing detailed works of art for her thirteen grandchildren. |
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| Mary Hicks
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| Mary has been weaving baskets for twenty-four years. The most enjoyable aspect of this part of her life is teaching others how to weave baskets. She also enjoys attending arts and crafts shows and receiving rewards and plaques for basket weaving. |
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| Joyce Huizinga
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| Joyce Huizinga was taught basic weaving and knitting by her mother and grandmother. She continued her training with coursework at colleges and universities, completing a BS degree in Apparel and Textile Design from the University of Alabama, New College. |
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| Stephen James
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| Stephen James has been an artisan of oil paintings for 30 years. |
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| Nancy Kenfield
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| Nancy Kenfield began her artistic career in the theatre. After living in France for a year, she moved to New York to enter the acting profession. Dissatisfied with this choice, she went on to obtain a degree in Visual Art from the Fashion Institute of New York. |
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| Jeannie Lambert
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| Jeannie Lambert studied visual art design in college with the hopes of designing useful household items such as dishtowels, linens, and dishes. |
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| Jane Latture
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| Jane Latture started painting with oils in art classes that she took in the 1970s. After receiving a B.A. from Judson College and a M.A. from the University of Alabama, she taught English at Jefferson State Community College until her retirement in 1994. |
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| Charlie Lucas
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| Charlie Lucas has been creating art since he was three years old. |
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| Judy McLean
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| Judy McLean knew she was creative as a young child and pursued some art classes in college. But being a realist sent her into the field of accounting for a profession. |
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| Dan Melvin
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| Dan Melvin has always had an interest in art. He received a BA in Fine Art from the Atlanta College of Art. |
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| Ken Melvin
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| Ken prefers to paint scenes that capture everyday people and the worlds they live in or could have lived in. He works to create scenes of realistic fiction where individuals and their surroundings blend together to tell a story. |
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| Sheila Lammie Mitchell
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| Sheila Lammie Mitchell was born and raised on the island of Jamaica. Always a lover of art, she wanted to become a “starving artist” but followed her practical parents’ rules and led a life of order as a teacher. |
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| Debbie Moore
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| Debbie Moore received a B.S. in Interior Furnishings from Auburn University, but chose a career as a flight attendant instead. When her daughter was five-years-old, Debbie enrolled the two of them in a ceramics class. |
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| Jean Moore
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| Jean Moore learned basic sewing techniques in home economics classes in high school. As a young mother, she sewed clothes for her daughter, but stopped when the young girl became a teenager. |
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| Joanna Nichols
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| Joanna Nichols was exposed to the art of painting in her homeland of Scotland where many of her female relatives painted as a hobby. |
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| Sharon Noble
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| Sharon Noble has always written poetry. She began practicing calligraphy when a friend gave her a set of pens and encouraged Sharon to rewrite her work in her own beautiful, self-styled script. For 15 years, Sharon has worked in the framing business. She is honored to have her customers trust her to turn their memories into permanent works of art for their walls. Sharon preserves the cherished memories of beautiful objects. |
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| Frances Ohme
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| Using Canon equipment that includes a 600mm lens with converters, Frances loves to get the closest of close-ups. This allows her to focus on one object while removing the extraneous distractions in the background. |
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| Carol Orler
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| Carol Orler found a love for art and crafts at a very early age and has began to earn a living by doing what she loves to do. |
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| Jody Strong Page
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| Jody uses aluminum flashing as the basis of her paintings. After cleaning with vinegar to remove any unwanted chemicals and residues, she paints the surface with bright and cheerful enamel paints. |
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| Wade Parnell
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| Wade Parnell always felt he had a natural gift for creating artwork. Although he has a minor in art studies from the University of South Alabama, Wade also considers himself self-taught. |
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| Lynn Pearson
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| Lynn picked photography back up about five years ago and started taking it more seriously. The most rewarding aspect of her life is the atmosphere of being outdoors. She feels very relaxed while walking and taking photographs. She also enjoys seeing the results become a piece of art. |
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| Martha Phillips
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Martha utilizes her patient nature to take a plain piece of white china to the highest level of adornment. The time consuming process of china painting begins by tracing or freehand drawing a pattern onto finished white china. |
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| Jannice Poole
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| Janice is a resident of Sumter County. She has been a stain glass artist for 2 years and have been working with canvases for 1 year. She loves coming up with an idea and seeing it through to completion. She also takes orders from her home and have also displayed at "All in the Past" in Livingston, Al. |
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| Edward Pryce
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| Edward Pryce has been an artist since he was nine-years-old. Although he was praised and encouraged by an art teacher at his Los Angeles, California school, it would be many years before Edward would be known to the public as an artist. |
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| Linda Ray
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| Linda uses oils, watercolors, pencil, and pen and ink to create artwork that is a realistic representation of living objects. She loves to capture details and the intricate play of light on color. |
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| Jack Reed
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| Jack’s fascination with Civil War history led him to paint historically accurate scenes from this period. |
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| Mark T. Riffe
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| Mark is a resident of Marengo County. He has been an artist off and on for about 16 years. He enjoys being able to take a piece of wood which may seem worthless to most, and make something of use, worth, and to some beauty. |
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| Bud Rogers
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| Frank "Bud" Rogers, of Jackson in Clarke County, has been making wooden ornaments and ceiling fan pulls for 40 years. He enjoys taking a piece of wood and creating an item that is useful or delightful to the eye. |
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| Robin Rogers
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| Robin Rogers has been legally blind for nearly twenty-five years. Always the crafter, she found that the process of making pottery was a satisfying way to continue to express her creativity even though her eyesight had failed her. |
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| Rose White Rolison
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| Rose White Rolison was inspired to learn the art of china painting when as a young girl she observed the beautiful work that her grandmother created with paint on china. |
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| Edward W. Salter
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| Edward has been creating metal sculptures for two years. The most rewarding aspect of this part of his life is that he has the opportunity to recycle and create art from scrap metal which gives cast off items another life for others to share. |
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| Megan E. Scofield
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| Megan Scofield is a resident of Butler County. She has been an artist since she was a teenager. The most rewarding aspect from her art is to see and receive the appreciation from others. |
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| William Scott Jr.
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| William has been a wood turner for thirty years. The most rewarding aspect of this part of his life is making beautiful items that people appreciate. His work is also available on personal request or custom made items. |
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| Jeff Shaw
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| Jeff uses specially designed lenses to photograph wild animals at long distances, making sure he does not disturb their natural habitats. He is fascinated by bobcats and coyotes because they are so difficult to find and photograph. |
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| Wendy Slaton
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| Wendy Slaton began her creative career early in life. As a young child, she drove her mother to distraction when Wendy scavenged through the trash to retrieve objects that she turned into collages. |
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| Janette Stoker
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| Janette paints her true to life paintings with oils and acrylics. She paints from photos and nature’s objects. This way she can focus on the details and coloring of things such as bark, feathers, and rocks. |
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| Cindy Stoudenmire
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| Cindy calls her pen and ink drawings portraits of architecture. Her artwork captures the minute details and shadows created by the intricacies that fine craftsmen have molded in wood. |
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| Vicky Stoudenmire
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| Vicky Stoudenmire is a self-taught painter who has been studying art independently since she was in high school. |
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| Dot Stryker
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| Dot Stryker is a retired teacher who sewed clothing for her family for many years. This self-taught seamstress began making quilts a few years ago with the encouragement of a dear friend. |
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| Ruby Ward
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| Ruby Ward is a resident of Wilcox County. She began working with oil paintings in 1977 and started making flower pens about 4 years ago. She enjoys art and all the beauty around her that sometimes others take for granted. She has had her oil paintings displayed in the Governor’s Mansion. |
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| Cam Walker
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| Working mainly in oils, Cam paints in layers to provide a depth of color and texture. She uses a distinctive matte finish that is rare among oil paintings and she is quickly identified with this technique. |
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| LaFawnda Watson
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| LaFawnda Watson credits both of her parents as being artistic individuals who greatly encouraged her to explore her creative side. As a young child, LaFawnda worked with her mother on small pottery projects and kept her small child’s hands busy with the creation of dolls using scraps from her mother’s sewing materials. |
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| Donna Wesley
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| Donna Wesley is a self-described naturalist whose love of and respect for nature is paramount in her creations both in clay and wood. She has spent extensive time researching and studying Native American artifacts and techniques and has incorporated this style into her work. |
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| Ted Whisenhunt
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| Ted Whisenhunt began college hoping to continue his love of art by taking enough classes to minor in the area. His major professor saw Ted’s talent and pushed him to take a BA in Fine Arts from Birmingham Southern. |
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| Tammy White
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| Tammy White spent many hours by her mother’s side watching the older woman draw on meal sacks. Tammy instinctively knew at an early age that she was meant to be an artist. |
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| Sam Williams
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Sam Williams was exposed to pottery in his father’s farm store. The elder Mr. Williams had begun a collection of crocks and jars that Sam still has. Together, father and son took pottery classes at a Brewton junior college where Sam is still enrolled so many years later. |
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| Cynthia Woods
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| Cynthia Wood’s first experience with quilting was by the side of her caregiver when Cynthia was ten-years-old. This woman was a quilter and she encouraged her daughters and Cynthia to put their tiny stitches among hers. |
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| Anna Woolf
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| Anna Woolf was exposed to pottery in a high school art class. She went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in ceramics and a master’s degree in art education. |
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| Mary Bertha Zorn
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| Mary Bertha Zorn continues a family tradition of intricate sewing first taught to her by her mother when Mary Bertha was five years old. Mary Bertha holds a BS in History from Sewanee University. |
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| Andrew and Etta McCall
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| Andrew and Etta McCall are self-taught basket weavers and furniture makers. They say they are following a divine guidance by creating items using methods taught to them by God. |
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| Clayton Woodell
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| Clayton wants to leave his legacy in wood by creating pieces that will become antiques. His experience as a welder has instilled in him the importance of a firm, permanent joint (most noticeable in his box jointed cedar chests). |
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| Dick McDonald
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| Dick uses wood carving knives (no power tools) to meticulously remove tiny bits of wood to create his animal walking sticks. The filial (head) is carved from soft bass wood and the stick is native hard wood harvested on Dick’s property. |
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| Earl Hopkins
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| Earl carves statues that serve as furniture. He intends for his art to be utilitarian as well as decorative. |
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| Harold Moore
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| Harold’s family members began requesting more of his furniture pieces and suggested he try making toys for the children in the family. Harold loves to work with his hands and keep himself busy. |
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| Homer Johnson
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| Homer is fascinated by the challenge of crafting a mask (which represents human form) from wood (which is non-human). He prefers to use hardwoods that are native to the southeastern United States. |
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| James "Winky" Hicks
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| Winky begins his instruments with salvaged wood from the depth of the Great Lakes. Long exposure to the cold water causes the cell structure of the wood to expand, which allows sound to travel more evenly. |
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| Jerry Thompson
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| Jerry Thompson would not want to hit a snake with an ugly stick so he has created beautiful works of art to do the damage. |
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| John Sheffey
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| John creates birds so detailed and anatomically correct that the desire to touch the carvings is irresistible. He uses Tupelo gum that he harvests from surrounding swamps. |
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| Larry Knight
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| Larry Knight began working with wood while he was assisting a family member with carpentry work. He used these early skills to make his first rocking horse twenty years ago for his daughters. |
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| Lawrence Moore
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| Lawrence Moore’s first experience in the wood industry was as a teenager helping in his father’s sawmill. After retiring from the chemical industry, Lawrence returned to his love of wood and began creating furniture as a self-taught carpenter. |
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| Ric Wilson
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| Ric Wilson’s talent as a jazz and blue grass musician has spilled over to include the intricate detailed art of decorating gourds. This music teacher began using pyography on gourds very recently and has become enthralled in the ancient art. |
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| Rodger Carroll
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| Rodger Carroll was first introduced to the art of wood turning by his carpentry teacher in high school. Rodger continued his education at Auburn University with a degree in Trade and Industrial Education. |
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| Sam Cheek
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| Sam Cheek grew up in the backwoods of Tennessee, a background that he feels greatly influences his artwork. From early childhood, he drew cartoons and painted, and furthered his education at Middle Tennessee State with a minor in art. |
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| Sam and Martha Dees
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| Sam and Martha Dees find that being married and working together on a daily basis gives them the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company and still create furniture that they both love. While Sam did work in the wood industry for many years, he and Martha are both self-taught wood workers. |
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| Terry Stifflemire
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| Terry Stifflemire worked in mill maintenance where he learned to use a metal lathe. He transferred this training to the wood lathe and experienced satisfaction with the free hand motion of working with wood. |
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| White Smith
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| White Smith grew up around his father’s saw mill. He used the scraps that he found to create objects both useful and decorative. Capitalizing on his natural ability as a wood worker, White has taught himself with much trial and error and has developed a keen sense of touch and sight. |
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| Woody Ryals
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| Woody Ryals grew up around woodworkers. As a youngster, he used simple tools to construct small projects and went on to work in construction as a young man. Before his retirement from Woodman of the World Life Insurance, Woody began making boxes to hold kindling. |
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| Donna-Marie L. Crocker
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| Donna-Marie L. Crocker began writing fiction when she was eleven years old, but did not become published until she was in her late thirties. An avid reader who often rereads classical literature, she became an elementary school teacher in order to pass her love of reading and writing on to others. |
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| Hank Sanders
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| Hank Sanders started writing fiction while he was a student at Talladega College. He continued writing while at Harvard Law School during which time he wrote a play. After a powerful, personal experience, Hank wanted to write again in order to capture the essence of that experience. |
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| Kathryn Tucker Windham
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| Kathryn Tucker Windham’s first job as a writer was at age twelve when she wrote movie reviews for the Thomasville News. After finishing college as an English Major, Kathryn began a career in journalism that spanned forty years. |
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| Gail Doggett
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| Gail Doggett was privileged to have learned sewing and quilting from her paternal grandmother. Gail began sewing clothes for herself at age fourteen. Her grandmother took scraps from these early projects and created a “Trip Around the World” quilt for her budding seamstress of a granddaughter. |
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| Kim Lyon
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| Kim Lyon was looking for a creative outlet that would enable her to stay at home with her young children and still earn a small income. After observing a friend’s success in the candle making industry, Kim tried it herself. |
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| Mary Duncan
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| Mary Duncan would rather buy soaps than shoes. This industrious woman was looking for a hobby when she remembered her grandmother saying “it takes grease to cut grease”. So, nearly seven years ago Mary borrowed a library book and taught herself the ancient art of soap-making. |
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| David Gaston
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| David Gaston considers himself most fortunate to have grown up in a hunting community. He has been an avid hunter since he was a very young boy, enjoying the outdoors as an extension of who he is. |
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| Amanda and Carole Smith
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| Amanda and Carole Smith utilize their close family relationship to produce distinctive items for mothers and children. Carol is Amanda’s mother-in-law and relishes these shared activities for cementing special family bonds. |
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| Astrid Knudsen
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| Astrid Knudsen majored in art at Florida State University, but spent more than twenty years as a public librarian before her retirement. Astrid was always interested in artistic endeavors and studied many painting and craft classes in college. She also took a jewelry making class as part of the curriculum, but did not begin making her own jewelry until many years later. |
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| Camilla and John Stuver
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| Camilla and John Stuver began making jewelry as a hobby to occupy their time indoors during the long winters on their ranch in Montana. Camilla (a Camden native) studied art in college and she and her husband both took classes from the Homer Holland School in jewelry making. |
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| Pat Bryant
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| Pat Bryant learned the intricate technique of jewelry making while working in a jewelry store during her teenage and young adult years. She went on to earn her education degree from Clemson and now works as a pre-school teacher. |
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| Linda Williams
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| Linda Williams is a high school English teacher who loves country living. During a vacation to Arizona, she was inspired by the regional art to come home and try her hand at barbed wire sculptures. The rustic look of barbed wire sculptures reflects Linda’s interests in old-west history and culture. |
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| Sheila Hull
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| Sheila Hull remembers her love of painting beginning as a child when she mixed food coloring and house paint to cover any surface she was allowed. Influenced by a crafty aunt, Sheila took some art classes, but is mainly self-taught using art instruction manuals. |
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| Ann Morris
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| Ann Morris has no formal art training, but has always been creative with hand work of many kinds. When she came into possession of Pebble Hill Farm, Ann found herself “blessed” with vines. Planted by the previous owner, Earnest Dyess, the muscadine vines became Ann’s inspiration for creating displays of faith that she felt she shared with Mr. Dyess. |
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| Betty Bain
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| Betty Bain has always been enthralled with basket weaving. So, when a neighbor volunteered to teach her, she jumped at the chance and fell in love with the art form. Although Betty is mostly self-taught, she does belong to the North Carolina Basket Association where she takes and teaches classes once a year. |
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| Jane Ellen Clark
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| Jane Ellen Clark began working with hand crafts while she was studying to become a teacher. After graduation, she even taught one year of high school art classes before teaching in her degree field of mathematics and English. Jane Ellen is currently serving as the Education Director for the Monroe County Heritage Museum. |
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| Walter Brooks
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| Octogenarian Walter Brooks is a self-taught basket maker who began his art in the late seventies after his retirement. He studied various instructional books to learn techniques and structure. |
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| Mary Catherine Watson
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| Mary Catherine Watson is a multi-media artist with a love of nature which is expressed in many of her works. |
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| Edi Burch
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| Edi Burch, from Valley Grande in Dallas County, |
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| Faye Dixon Bennett
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| Faye Dixon Bennett, of Pine Apple in Wilcox County, says the most rewarding aspect of art is "using a talent that God has blessed me with to make others smile. I want people to see the beauty in all things made by God, even if it is a purple cow!" |
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| Arthur McLean
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| Arthur McLean's photographic prints are a mix of pigment ink prints on paper and traditional darkroom photographic prints. |
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| Linda Baxter
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Linda Baxter, of Ward in Sumter County, has enjoyed arts and craftwork throughout her life, dabbling in china painting, wood carving, and crochet, but she has been a serious painter for the last twelve years. |
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| Sherry Barnes
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| Sherry Barnes, of Grove Hill in Clarke County, started china painting less than ten years ago, and discovered a passion for the art. |
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| Susan Alsup
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Susan Alsup has been painting just about as long as she can remember - oil paintings on canvas, acrylic paintings on tole trays, and paintings on a various pieces of furniture. Susan's latest endeavor is painting ceramic plates and platters. |
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| Sandy Greene
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| Sandy Greene, of Selma in Dallas County, enjoys the use of a variety of art mediums from photography to painting. |
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| Jean W. Watson
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| Jean Watson, of Newbern, in Hale County, has been taking photographs of nature since childhood. |
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| Carol Potter
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Carol says that painting her gourds helps to break up stress. She does enjoy giving some away to friends and family members as gifts. |
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