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Tidewater Gallery is located at 107 Front Street on the historic Swansboro waterfront. The two floors of the 1901 W.E. Mattocks House offers an eclectic collection of fine art and fine crafts by local artists as well as those from around the United States, Canada, Peru and Haiti.

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ANNE FISKE
Painting
Print
Anne Fiske received a B.A in art and printmaking at Antioch College, attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Univ. of Washington School of Art,Seattle, where she earned an M.F.A in painting. Anne presently has a studio in Newport and is an art instructor at Carteret Community College. Anne's works have been included in many selected exhibitions and are in many collections. Works below are prints.



Charles Iarrobino
Born in Annapolis, Maryland in 1952, Charles studied painting and printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University and Syracuse University, graduating in 1974 with a BFA in Painting and Printmaking. A member of The American Impressionists Society and Oil Painters of America, in the past three decades Charles has had numerous one-man shows on the East Coast as well as in his adopted state of New Mexico; Sante Fe has been his home since 1981.

 A lifelong fascination with color expressed itself initially in abstract painting, but since moving to northern New Mexico, the brilliant high desert light dictated a change in the direction of his painting. Years of attempting to capture aspects of that light have resulted in an artistic output dominated by landscapes, street scenes and gardens. Numerous visits to France and his ancestral home of Italy, have provided an opportunity to explore water subjects, such as the canals of Venice and have provoked a growing interest in human interaction.  

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SUE SEAMON
Sue Seamon attended Peace College and Florida State University, where she worked toward a BFA degree.

Prior to moving to Beaufort in 2010, Sue lived and worked in High Point, N.C. where she was an artist and copy writer for the furniture industry, manufacturer’s showroom designer and textile marketing director.

Diverse subjects and techniques set Sue's art apart from the expected, with foreign travels in Italy and France adding other inspirations. Her love of the sea is evident in current work.

Sue's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and is included in many public and private collections.
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BARBI DALTON
After earning a degree in Fine Arts from Kansas University, Dalton experimented with various artistic endeavors in New York City. She travelled through Europe to study the Italian masters, and afterwards became an established artist in the Chicago area. When she moved to North Carolina in 1998, Dalton broadened her range through “plein-air” painting and working in oil.

Dalton employs a skillful use of impasto painting in her latest series, “Ebullient Creeks.” This technique of thickly applying paint with the palette knife has enabled her to create a powerful and complex water series inspired by years of contemplating the stream that flows by her home. Dalton’s award-winning work is included in permanent and private collections.

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SUSAN SCOGGINS

With a minor in art at Mississippi College, Susan was
also heavily influenced by her uncle, Dr. Sam Gore, a respected painter and sculptor. Creativity became an ingrained thread in her life, but lay dormant for many years.

After raising their children, Susan and her husband were faced with his diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimers. After a period of adjustment, Susan started focusing on the positive and began journaling and putting happy memories on canvas. Smiling-face reactions to her work acted as a catalyst to continue her passion with renewed vision and gratitude.

In the last few years, Susan has participated in many workshops with noted artists and exhibited widely, including juried shows. She is also a member of several associations including International Plein Air Painters and Onslow Outdoor Painters.  MORE ...

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JILLIAN WEBB
A North Carolina native, Jillian Webb Martin Herrmann earned her B.F.A. from UNC-CH where she became fascinated by the study of color, abstraction, and conceptual art. 

 The works of Hans Hofmann, Edvard Munch, and Mark Rothko have all influenced Jillian’s painting style and technique. 

 Texture and color are elements she uses to develop tension, creating depth and mood in her work. Jillian’s artwork is now in collections and households across the United States.  MORE...

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DEBORAH BEARD PHILLIPS

Debbie grew up in Kinston, NC and graduated from East Carolina University with a BSN. She went on to get an MSN from Duke University with a concentration in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. Her career eventually brought her to Morehead City.
 
Most of Debbie's spare time is spent painting, attending art workshops or touring art museums. She has attended many workshops given by renowned American artist James Sulkowski and has been awarded certification by John Howard Sanden, one of America’s top ten portrait artists. She has also studied the art of portraiture with John De La Vega, a well known artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 
Debbie prefers painting with oils but also enjoys acrylics and pastels. Her favorite technique when painting portraits is the discipline and structure of the classical academic method of the old masters such as William A. Bouguereau, a nineteenth-century French artist. For landscapes and still life she prefers the avant-garde method as used by John Singer Sargent. Debbie has been juried into several art competitions and has been the recipient of numerous awards. Her works are in many private collections.

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MICHAEL RHINEHARDT

An eastern North Carolina native, Michael Rhinehardt studied at East Carolina University from 2003-2007 where he earned a BFA in Art Education. Rhinehardt recently completed his fifth year of teaching K-8th grade art in the Carteret County Public School System.

In recent years, Rhinehardt has gained recognition for his depiction of the female figure and a constantly evolving style. While deeply personal and cathartic in nature, his paintings can also evoke emotions from viewers based on movement, expression, and symbolism found in his figures. Each painting carries a significant personal meaning while calling on universal themes of life, death, love, and redemption.
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FERNANDO OLIVERA

Fernando Olivera was born in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico in 1962. He studied art at the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Benito Juarez University in Oaxaca. He went on to study lithography with Japanese print-maker Shinzaburo Takeda at the Taller de Artes Rufino Tamayo.

In addition to five solo shows in Mexico, Olivera has participated in group shows in Mexico City, El Salvador, Montana, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Chicago and Philadelphia.

He illustrated the award-winning children's book, The Woman Who Outshone the Sun, based on a Mixtec folk tale, published by Children's Book Press. Olivera's work was included in the 1994 show "Myth & Magic: Oaxaca Past and Present" organized by the Palo Alto Cultural Center. His work was also included in The Tree is Older than You Are, a 1995 collection of Mexican poems and stories published by Simon and Schuster.

Olivera's vision is grounded in the traditional life of Oaxaca and the myths and legends of its people. But his work also reflects his social and political concerns. Much of his recent work is preoccupied with the ongoing Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. 

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CATHY KIFFNEY

Cathy Kiffney creates one-of-a-kind ceramic wall works, tiles and vessels with intricate surface carving, using imagery from ancient myth and fantasy and from the natural world of flora and fauna.

Kiffney is known for a painterly approach to the surfaces of her clay work. Numerous slips, glazes, lustres and crystals are used in her palette, laboriously layered in order to achieve the distinctive and vibrant surfaces which characterize her art.

Cathy Kiffney is a juried exhibiting member of the Piedmont Craftsmen's Guild and the Carolina Designer Craftsmen, from which she was awarded the 2003 Dino Reed Award. She is also available to design custom tile work such as fireplace surrounds, back splashes and tables.
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Hand-blown Glass by
  MICHAEL EGAN

Born in 1968 in the small farming town of Fayston, Vermont, Michael became fascinated by the power and majesty of glass at a very early age. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in sculpture at the University of Vermont, Michael began working with Alan Goldfarb as a glassblower as he solidified his hand skills and developed his talent.

After studying with many glass artists, Michael opened Green Mountain Glassworks, his own studio and gallery in Granville, Vermont, located just south of the Mad River Valley near the Green Mountain National Forest.

"Much of my work is an exploration of possibilities using intricate traditional Italian cane, in the Murano tradition. During a visit to my studio you might see my team at work producing these remarkable glass rods. Using a wide array of ancient techniques I blend clear base glass with colored glass from Germany and New Zealand, drawing and twisting large masses of glass into rods up to 50 feet long and sometimes no thicker than a familiar yellow pencil. Making my own cane allows me the latitude to carry a creative concept from the very first hint of an idea to its full fruition. This cane, when broken into shorter lengths, informs the final design of much of my glasswork, both functional wares and sculpture." -Michael Egan  

Egan on display in the gallery...

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Donna Robertson
Donna began her art career in Kansas City in 1979. She moved to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1989 and currently lives in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Until 2002, Donna worked almost exclusively in watercolor and collage. A non-credit course in the French impressionists led to an interest in oils, which is her current focus. 
 

"There is a special quality to the light of coastal North Carolina. I happen to live at a site where the creek meets the Intracoastal Waterway and there is no end to the possibilities for painting that light. The water, the marshes and the light hold endless fascination for me, here and on the Outer Banks. I most enjoy painting them 'en pleine air.'" 

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