PERFECT COMPOSITION
Growing up, ben ham spent carefree days trolling through the pluff mud of the Lowcountry marshes in a little boat, captivated by the ever-changing tides, moss-draped trees and oyster beds. A lover of the outdoors, landscapes became his muse, and as a teenager, his camera was a constant companion on those boat rides, hikes, backpacking and […]
REINVENTING HER WHEELHOUSE
Artist Hilarie Lambert has found a way to feed her wanderlust and fuel her creativity during the pandemic. The Charleston painter’s salvation came about last May when a teardrop trailer she named Cha-Ching entered her life. Lambert was in Paris visiting her daughter when the spread of the coronavirus shut down normal life. She came […]
ART EDUCATION
The Sweet Art Gallery in Naples, Florida, is a 14,000-square-foot contemporary art mecca that is home to works by more than 45 established artists. Opened in 2005, the gallery was one of the first to offer contemporary art in a more traditional market. The owner, Dede Sweet, set out to educate people about art and […]
Transfer of Power
Look around your home. Outside of the mass-produced furniture or the chosen color on the walls, what makes your home uniquely you? For many of us, it’s the art that adorns our walls and spaces that best showcases our distinct personality. “Art is the most personal thing you can have in your home aside from heirlooms. What you […]
MARGARET DE CARLI BARRY
AWARD-winning artist Margaret De Carli Barry has been painting for nearly 20 years. Studying under artists such as John Massimino and Kyle Stuckey, she has learned a variety of techniques and styles, which she enjoys teaching to her own art students. Says the artist: “I think it’s important to keep progressing. I continually challenge myself […]
BEN HAM GALLERY
BEN Ham is a world-renowned fine art nature photographer. His stunning black-and-white landscapes, captured on film, hang in private, corporate and government collections from Australia to Africa and all points in between. Ham is a self-taught photo-grapher, inspired as a teenager by the work of Ansel Adams. He works with an 8-by-10 folding wooden camera, […]
STUDIO 151 FINE ARTS
LOCATED near the corner of Church and Market streets, Studio 151 is filled from floor to ceiling with pieces from more than a dozen local artists, all of whom use their art to respond to what’s around them here in the South. From Bob Graham, a Civil War painter, to Daryl Knox, who’s inspired by […]
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 […]
WINE FAMILIES
WHEN YOU TIE YOUR BUSINESS FATE to Mother Nature, you sign up for the uncertainty of frost, hail and seasonal swings, not to mention the volatility of climate change. The 2020 harvest delivered more than its share of challenges. From COVID-19 to wildfires in the West, last year’s vintage was heroic in many ways. Wine […]
MARY BRIGMAN FINE ART
WHILE Mary Brigman spent her professional life either in an Army uniform or working in the human resources department of the Medical University of South Carolina, there was always an artist in her. It wasn’t until she retired in 2018 that she was fully able to concentrate her creativity and pursue art as more than […]
