Elizabeth Corsa Prints
E.M. Corsa is passionate about her art and nature, the combination giving birth to vivid watercolors portraying wild and domestic animals in an anthropomorphic style. She paints what she knows best. The appeal of her work stems from a keen eye for accuracy and detail blended with a wry sense of humor.

Robin Grazetti

 
Robin Grazetti, a coastal North Carolina potter, creates whimsical sea creatures that reflect her coastal environment. Her hand-built mermaids and sea creatures come in many colors.

Ann Huml - Print

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Despite the lack of formal art study, Ann painted sporadically until her retirement. In 1995, when she and her husband moved to the Emerald Isle, NC area, Ann took a watercolor painting course with Rebecca Patman Chandler and has been painting ever since. Ann has continued to study with many well-known artists and paints "things that speak to her" in a variety of media.

Margo Dizney Loy - Oils

Margot began painting and drawing as a very young child. Noting Margot's interest, her mother enrolled her in oil painting lessons when Margot was in elementary school. Margot continued taking art classes through high school and while working on a double major in psychology and sociology in college. 

Although for many years clay sculpture has been her predominant medium, Margot also continues to work in watercolor and oils. Margot usually begins a work with the idea of evoking or communicating an emotive state or a concept. Many of her paintings begin with dream imagery. Margot presently lives in North Carolina and divides her time between the mountains and the coastal region our state.

Michael Brown

Extensive travel as a Naval dentist afforded Michael Brown the opportunity to take many photographs. In 2004, Michael decided to retire and follow his passion for picture making by focusing on natural light photography. His images are often shot from dramatic and creative perspectives. Brown researches his subjects and locations often re-visiting to capture the ideal light. Landscapes lighthouses, flowers and nature especially appeal to him - their colors, patterns and textures never fail to amaze. Michael has received several awards for his work.

Mary Erickson Print

Mary Erickson grew up in Connecticut. She studied at the University of Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University. Her passion for painting, and a move to Florida in 1986, stirred the desire to pursue her art. Preferring to work on location, in the tradition of the French Impressionists, Mary continues to seek new opportunities to capture moments in time and place.

Raymond Voelpel

Raymond Voelpel holds a Master's Degree in Art Education. He taught art in the public schools in Western NY for nearly 30 years and was recognized in Who's Who in American Teachers for two consecutive years. During his teaching career many of his students were recognized for outstanding achievement and some have pursued careers in the visual arts.

Raymond studied sculpture with Joseph Bolinsky. In the early years he concentrated his efforts in stone carving while today his works also include bronzes. He has work in many private collections. Upon his retirement from teaching in 1998, Voelpel founded Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro.

Catherine Thornton

Catherine Thornton earned her BFA in Painting and Sculpture from Longwood College, now Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, while in her mid 30's, but was not able to consistently pursue her art career for another fifteen years. During that void however, she was filing away ideas, concepts and techniques on sketchpads, envelopes and dinner napkins....all assigned to the future. Today, Thornton is among the most productive and imaginative artists in North Carolina. Her thought provoking works, many of which are figurative paintings and sculpture, are compelling pieces which evoke an edgy twist, inviting the viewer to question their intended message.

Catherine, tenaciously inquisitive by nature, with an appetite for discovery, says: "I would regret the day I woke up to find no new thing; no reason to grow." Catherine is the recipient of many awards. Her works have been in many solo and group exhibitions and are in many private collections.

Kathy Ammon
Ammon is an expressive and passionate painter of love, relationship and the human spirit. Born in the southern town of Spartanburg, SC, Kathy grew up in a large and supportive family and credits that experience with her passion for creating works that express of love and relationships.

"Personal experiences, world events, and faith inform my work and inspire art that speaks of life and the experiences that give life substance. Exploring concepts of love and relationship through vibrant color and expressive brush, my paintings are whispered stories of faith in the midst of life and love."

Dianne T. Rodwell

Dianne captures the spirit of nature on paper and canvas with watercolor, acrylic, pastel, oil stick and traditional oils. A North Carolina native, Dianne studied painting at the College of Great Falls in Great Falls, Montana home for ten years of her career. In 1974 she began exhibiting in national juridic competitions. By the late 70's her paintings had joined private, government and corporate collections throughout North America and abroad. In 1980 Dianne’s internationally awarded and published works first became available as limited edition fine art reproductions.

The artist's travels have taken her to Monet's home and gardens in Giverny and on to Provence where she followed the footsteps of Van Gogh. Among the artist's awards are two National Grumbacher Awards and Artprint Magazine's National Publication Award. Raleigh City Market gallery directors and executives selected Rodwell's painting to become the 1994 Moore Square Art District poster. IBM executives chose Dianne to create the 1994 United Way campaign poster.

Linda Anderson

Linda Anderson moved to the Emerald Isle area nearly twenty years ago after leaving her home in coastal Long Island. Her love of the water and coastal wildlife provide inspiration for much of her work. Linda works in the watercolor, acrylic and pastel media, but pastels are her medium of choice. She is an active member of the Coastal Pastel.

David Sobotta

David Sobotta, a Harvard graduate, is a writer, photographer, technologist who has a second home on the shores of the White Oak River. David worked for Apple Computer for nearly twenty years. Before that he lived in Canada where he and his wife, Glenda, ran Tay Ridge Angus a purebred cattle operation in northern New Brunswick. David and Glenda have lived on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, in the city of Halifax, in Columbia, Maryland and most recently in Roanoke, Virginia where they've lived for 18 years.

Hyun Kwon

Hyun Kwon was born in South Korea and came to the U.S. for her high school education where she became an outstanding art student. Prior to her arrival in this country, Hyun had extensive art training while in the primary grades in Korea. She studied fashion design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and graduated with a degree in fashion design.

Following graduation, Hyun became an American citizen, enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a 1st Lt. She is currently out of the army and living in the U.S.

Kwon is highly proficient in all areas of the visual arts including stone carving.

Rebecca Carden

Rebecca Carden is a New York State artist whos interest in art began in early childhood. By high school she had established herself as a promising artist and had determined she would pursue the study of art in college. Following graduation from SUNY at Buffalo, Rebecca became employed as a graphic designer on staff for a major U.S. toy manufacturer. In addition to her corporate work, Rebecca continues to pursue her interest in flowers as subject matter. Her evocative florals, whether drawn or painted, are imbued with tension and mystery.

ANN HUML
Ann grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. As a child she enjoyed drawing and painting and had planned to major in Fine Art, but changed her mind when she went to college choosing English instead. Ann's interest in drawing and painting remained despite her lack of formal art study. Her early artistic works were self taught accomplishments, painting sporadically over the years as she and her husband raised their family, moving where their military orders directed.Today, Ann studies with well known artists through workshops. She paints a variety of subjects: landscapes, still life, florals and people and is the recipient of numerous awards. She has works in many private collections.  MORE HUML...

Susan F. Moses
Susan Moses earned her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1976. Her paintings express her love of nature, passion for color and composition.

A fan of realism and pleine air techniques, she feels a strong need to paint outdoors whenever possible, and even tolerates Mother Nature’s extremes to capture the color and light. “I prefer to paint on location…to be right out there in the elements,” she says.

Sue has studied extensively under watercolorist Skip Lawrence, and currently trains with local artist Martha Siegel.

“I love the challenge of playing with a mix of colors and a puddle of water, to create an image.

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Suzanne Clements Prints

Suzanne Clements is a full-time fine artist working from the seaside town of Melbourne, Florida. Primarily a figurative painter, she builds lush storylines and narratives with each series. Her subjects convey deep emotion through their posture and expression, while her strongly modern and graphical style lends a unique perspective to each work.
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Karen Crenshaw
Karen Lee Crenshaw, currently residing in Jacksonville, NC, was born in South Dakota and reared in West Virgina where she obtained a BS degree in Art Education from Concord University. After teaching in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Karen received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from George Washington University.

"Having grown up in a sheltered valley in the mountains of West Virginia, I am fascinated with open spaces and vast water vistas. I am particularly intrigued by the pinkish-blue tones of the early morning and the amber light of late afternoon."

Karen's palette shows the influence of the Impressionists with her use of high-keyed hues--soft cobalt and cerulean blues and deep rich greens and violets. The play of light is reminiscent of Edward Hopper, yet the mood and image are warm and comfortable.

Kevin Geraghty

Geraghty is an amateur photographer who learned his love of sea turtles while being a volunteer with the Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Protection Program and at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. He photographs the sea turtles and other beauties of nature whenever possible.