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 […]
GINNY VERSTEEGEN FINE ART
FORMALLY trained in art education, Ginny Versteegen spent her entire professional life immersed in art, teaching its history and its techniques to students of all ages. With a love of all things creative since she was a child, Versteegen was selected to be part of a pre-college group at Carnegie-Mellon University and then went on […]
MEREDITH POSTON
FROM an early age, Meredith Poston wanted to be a fine artist. She focused on human and animal subjects, often copying the work of her father, who was a medical illustrator. Throughout her adolescence, Poston’s passion for art grew. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Western Carolina University, double majoring in fine […]
GAYE SANDERS FISHER FINE ART GALLERY
GAYE Sanders Fisher grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, but her passion clearly lies in the Lowcountry, where she opened her gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, more than 20 years ago. Situated amongst the picturesque pastel homes on Church Street, the pale yellow house is where Fisher displays all of her watercolors and prints of […]
SANDRA W. ROPER
SOUTH Carolina artist Sandra Roper was an art major at the University of South Carolina before her path led her to a career in advertising. But 17 years ago, the Greenville native left the corporate world to stay at home with her two sons. “I wanted to go to all of their ball games,” she […]
ELLA WALTON RICHARDSON FINE ART
ELLA Walton Richardson Fine Art is home to dozens of award-winning and highly collectable national and international artists. Richardson recently added impressionist oil painter Richard Oversmith, who received formal training in fine art and illustration at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While at Kendall, he was invited to study at […]
CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD
THE Charleston Artist Guild (CAG) was founded in 1953 by a small group of local artists, including Anne Worsham Richardson, Alfred Heber Hutty and Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, who sought a way to display their works, network with other artists and become more involved in the community. Today, the CAG has approximately 700 members and operates the […]
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 […]
REINERT FINE ART & SCULPTURE GARDEN GALLERY
OWNED by contemporary impressionist painter Rick Reinert and his wife, Ann, Reinert Fine Art showcases more than 50 regional and nationally acclaimed classical painters, as well as figurative and abstract sculptors. Each gallery location is thoughtfully curated to appeal to both the connoisseur and casual collector. The owners are pleased to present a collection of […]
PAT PUCKETT FINE ART
PAT Puckett has long been immersed in a world that rotates on the axis of art. It wasn’t until she left her 23-year career in interior design, however, that she was fully able to pursue her love of painting. Using oils to capture the landscape of the Lowcountry, which has been a part of her […]