A Student of Art
As Jeanne O’Neal paints, she thinks in hot pink. The vision pours onto her canvas, a twist on traditional landscapes that infuses chromatic hues in the sky or a tree branch glowing from a beam of sunlight. Once a teacher, she’s now the student, and every day she paints, O’Neal learns more about her work […]
Who’s Intruding On Whom?
Artist Larry Moore loves to tell a good story. He may work an allegory into his paintings, or he may simply paint a narrative he has created in his imagination. His background in narrative illustration and graphic design for theaters and book authors piqued his interest in the art form of telling a good story. […]
Go Where The Art Goes
Saying Cambodian-born artist Pakan Penn’s résumé is impressive is an understatement. His first artworks were sold as a child, his paintings hung on the walls of the West Wing for eight years, and he was recently named World’s Best Animal Impressionist, as selected by the top 25 U.S. galleries by the American Art Awards. It’s […]
Building Furniture and Counting Blessings
When Josh Miller was 11 years old, he swept the floors at Oak Heritage, his father’s woodworking shop in Pennsylvania. He jokes that his mother was nervous for her children to be around saws, so he picked up the broom. While sweeping sawdust, Miller learned about the raw materials needed for woodworking and how to […]
Details in Pastels
Artist Rita Ginsberg captures the attention of Lowcountry admirers with her realistic pastel paintings of native birds, which she paints in intricate detail after spending an abundant amount of time photographing and studying them in their natural habitats. Using both soft pastels and pencil pastels, she reproduces the nuances of the colors, habits, positions and […]
Universal Appeal
Recently, universal marble & granite teamed up with designer Andy Bennington on a complete remodel of an Ocean Club home in Isle of Palms. The clients needed 178 square feet of stone, and they wanted everything to feel fresh, light and contemporary. The builder, Maintain Inc., sent their customer with Bennington to Universal Marble’s expansive warehouse and showroom […]
The Wind Beneath Her Wings
Victoria Platt Ellis is a prolific artist and so much more. A veteran advocate for all things culture, she’s been a pioneering presence in Charleston art circles, bringing innovative ideas to the local art scene while managing her own gallery in Summerville. For two decades, she held a volunteer post coordinating Piccolo Spoleto, the companion […]
NATURE VS. NURTURE
Aesthetician Stephanie McChesney has been a respected expert on skin care for more than three decades, which is why, when she drops loving truth bombs about the skin care industry, people like Oprah listen. Here’s her first one, delivered with the kind and gentle energy that comes from wisdom and experience: “People are having plastic surgery […]
INSPIRED BY THE SEA
It was getting lost at sea 35 years ago that changed the trajectory of artist Stephen T. Vadakin’s life. While sailing on the Intracoastal by Captiva Island on the west coast of Florida, he and a friend were disoriented as the winter sky got darker. For two hours they tried to work their way back to the marina, when […]
LET THEM EAT CAKE
When Natalia Akst texted to let me know she’d just put together a sampler for me, I was excited. I had already spent time aplenty on her website, browsing page after luscious page of her pastries, bonbons, cookies and cakes of all kinds: signature cakes, sponge cakes, cupcakes—my mouth watered at the prospect of trying some […]
