Photography through the eyes of a native Ashevillian. I've got a really great wife and a cool dog and then there is me.

Merlin’s Angel presents craft jewelry “with a Celtic flair.” It began with beaded jewelry created by Mary Doll for the Celtic Fairs she worked for decades around the country. Linda Doll Cluxton worked many of the Celtic shows with her sister Mary and inherited her inventory of both jewelry and gemstone beads.

Linda started her own collection of crafted gemstone jewelry with a wearable, fun Western North Carolina feel. She writes, “Merlin was Mary’s nickname, and now she is among the Angels.” Linda loves the healing nature of the gemstones and honors her sister’s memory with profits from her jewelry going to local food banks.

Long before I first peered through the lens of a camera, I fell in love with the natural world. As a boy, I felt the wonderment of nature stir in my soul. As I grew, this profound relationship with the Earth also grew and one day, my inner artist awoke. With the camera as my tool, I came to see the world in a new way. As the awareness of the light around developed, so did the light within. The instantaneous capture of a moment in time becomes eternal when shared and experienced through the eyes of others. Each of you are part of this process.

southimage@bellsouth.net

828-299-7867

Multifaceted is a good description of my work. I design and create jewelry and oil, acrylic and alcohol ink paintings and prints. I enjoy sharing my ideas and methods by teaching a variety of art classes and workshops.

Art in various forms has always been part of my life and a way for me to express myself. My mother was my first influence in being creative when I was very young. I see color and designs all around me. I am constantly jotting down ideas for paintings and love learning new techniques. I have painted for over 45 years. I trained in oils and acrylic, but fell in love with alcohol ink and water colors. I love to wear jewelry and feel like wearing it is art. When I create my jewelry my hope is that others will enjoy wearing it as well.

I grew up in Levittown, PA and moved to Asheville 36 years ago where I have raised my two children and found my wonderful husband. Asheville is also home to JLArt studio. Asheville’s beautiful surroundings have become part of my art.

I have a degree in education and minor in art. I believe that being creative is an important part of our wellbeing. I am happiest when I am working in my studio creating something.

Life is sweeter when art is present.

Janetlink99@gmail.com or etsy.com/it/shop/JLArtandCraftStudio

I am a woodturner specializing in miniatures, specifically 18th and 19th-century replicas in a scale of one inch to one foot. I research wood types and finishes in an attempt to get as close to the original object as possible, only in miniature!

I have a BFA and own and operate Jan's Art Academy in Asheville, NC. Currently I teach the basic skills of art to students 6 years old through adults.

My work is currently in Re.Imagine, and soon to be at Asheville Gallery of Art in downtown Asheville. Loving to paint in all types of mediums - graphite, in, oil, acrylic, pastel, realistic, and abstract - I have found printmaking my favorite, collaging my next favorite.

My focus presently is on creating my own papers and monoprints and rearranging them into abstracts relying on color, shape, value, line, etc. being my guide. I absolutely am mesmerized by how beautifully nature displays, so perfectly and magically balanced, all these elements with such grandeur. Every collage piece is exciting and full of surprises as colors and patterns juxtapose one to another.