TOMMY BEAVER
AFTER a career in furniture design and sales, Tommy Beaver started painting roughly 15 years ago. Beaver says: “I started col-lecting vintage artwork from the 1960s and ’70s out of Florida. … Eventually I thought, ‘I might do that.’ I didn’t even know I could paint.” The award-winning, self-taught artist works with oils in a […]
DEBRA PAYSINGER
DEBRA Paysinger’s master’s degree in biology has informed her subject matter, as she primarily paints birds, lures, sea life and rabbits—or the raddits, as she endearingly refers to them. She owns the registered trademark for the term “the raddit” and each whimsical creation is uniquely numbered within the painting. Paysinger assigns a not-to-be-repeated human name […]
RHONA LK SCHONWALD
“OH, my heavens! You are such an extraordinary talent. The images took my breath away. … I really do love them all. It would give me such great joy to have them in my home and view them every day,” writes one of Rhona LK Schonwald’s happy clients. Schonwald’s highly acclaimed paintings have been featured […]
ALLISON CHAMBERS
ORIGINALLY from Wilmington, North Carolina, Allison Chambers is an impressionist painter who refers to herself as a Carolina artist. She calls both Charlotte and Charleston home and receives her inspiration from the region’s landscapes; the Lowcountry’s marshlands particularly capture her eye. This is easy to see in her paintings, which exhibit elegant brushstrokes that play […]
PERSPECTIVE GALLERY
TAKE a moment from your busy day and visit East Cooper’s largest and most diverse gallery yet. Perspective Gallery, located at 1055 Hwy. 17 N., Mount Pleasant, in Crickentree Village Plaza, is a treasure waiting to be discovered. Tucked into the corner of the shopping center, its humble facade may seem unremarkable, but once you […]
HILARIE LAMBERT AND ELEANOR PARKER
PAINTING the Lowcountry is a passion for both Eleanor Parker and Hilarie Lambert. The beauty of the marsh, the architecture and the people have been captured in the work of the artists. Both are devoted to their craft, whether they’re on location or painting in their studios. Lambert has received numerous awards nationwide and participates […]
WILLIAM TURNER
OIL painter and Charleston native William Turner began showing an interest in art by drawing at the age of 5. A graduate of The Citadel, he counts among his many accomplishments walking onto the military college’s football team and once winning a fight by decision over the future Golden Gloves State Champion. Turner is now […]
EMILY JAMES ART
TUCKED into a charming courtyard on Naples’ 5th Avenue sits the wondrous gallery of native Floridian artist Emily James. It’s no surprise her gallery was voted “Naples’ Best Gallery” for the fourth year in a row, and two of her images have been among the top 50 selling prints worldwide. James was also selected an […]
WENDY L. JACKSON
WHEN her mother passed away in 2001, Wendy L. Jackson turned to her poetry. “Everywhere I traveled, I took photographs and drew the scenery for the poems I wrote,” says Jackson, a South Carolina native who now lives in Georgia. “The writing and photography got me through my grief, and I longed to share my […]
JOHN DUNCAN
FOR John Duncan, “painting” is different than it is for most people. Instead of using a canvas and oils, he does something totally unique to create his masterpieces—he cuts cotton paper into thousands of intricate little pieces that are used to build incredibly detailed renderings of homes, churches, buildings and other architectural scenes of the Lowcountry. Artistic […]
