True colors: Columbus artist mines a world of imagination and whimsy
Spend some time with Frank McGuigan’s paintings and soon his colorful world of whimsy seems like a pretty chill place to visit. Blue people, self-possessed felines and dreamlike settings fill the canvases he hopes will light up someone’s day.
Second blooming: Retirement fuels inspiration and a new series for Funderburk
“No one told me I couldn’t do it,” said Brent Funderburk. And so, he did.
Funderburk began decades ago honing his unique style of painting with watercolors, of interpreting with intensity, of teaching with passion. For 36 years at Mississippi State University, he inspired next generations of artists, gathering academic, teaching and research honors along the way.
Main Street heads effort to paint utility boxes downtown
Since Friday afternoon, for a few hours at a time, Jennifer Garrard has been at the intersection of Fifth and College streets with a set of paints and a job to do that she hopes will be the first of many.
Former rodeo rider exhibits tribute to unsung heroes
An exhibit of pencil drawings by Clay County artist Tommy Valentine opens with a 2 p.m. reception today at the Louise Campbell Center for the Arts at 235 Commerce St. in downtown West Point.
A natural fit: This Columbus artist doesn’t have to look far for inspiration
Windows were the “decider.” To a painter, they were nigh irresistible. Prospective home buyer Jeanette Jarmon knew the minute she stepped through the front door of the bluff-side house a year ago that it should become her new nest.
Alternative aspects: Challenging preconceived notions of ‘beauty’
Every culture has beautification rituals. In parts of the South, they entail rise and shine, put on makeup, do your hair a certain way, and don’t forget the pearls.
Personal expression: A home tour reveals ‘the world of Nawrocki’
Art deco was on my mind as I arranged a visit to Tom Nawrocki’s home in eastern Lowndes County. I’d learned he had more than 100 art deco-style lamps he’d made with his own hands.
Art finds a way: Using a lesson from the old masters, a resourceful serviceman captures moving images
Jerry Franks savors the quiet that surrounds his log cabin in the New Hope community. He shares it with Nancy, his wife of almost 37 years. He’s partial to sitting out front, looking toward the pond, watching magnolia trees adapt to the seasons. Life hasn’t always been this peaceful.
Finding a way: Vision loss and the emergence of an artist
Karen Powell is talented, straightforward, determined and witty. She is also blind. In one of her life’s great ironies, it was in losing most of her sight that Powell discovered the visual artist inside.
In the Resistance: Columbus artist’s designs for women’s march signs reach worldwide audience
Even those who don’t know Hayley Gilmore probably know her work. Saturday took care of that much.
Full circle: Artist, radio host renews an early passion for interpreting the faces around him
As an artistic soul, J.L. Summers has come full circle. After years of putting his talent to use as a professional sign painter and calligrapher, he has returned to an early passion for capturing people on paper.
McDill, popular artist and craftsman, dies at 33
Chris McDill, a local artist and craftsman, died yesterday after a lengthy illness.
At the intersection of art and music, that’s where you’ll find Chad Anderson
Chad Anderson has a clear memory of one of his early drawings — a “graphic struggle,” he once called it. He may not have been even 5 years old, growing up in Starkville.
Andre’s art: Of chiefs and cowboys, and one man’s inspiration to put brush to canvas
“The monster was eating all the animals … so coyote devised a plan,” said Andre Ray, relating a Native American legend about the origins of the Nez Perce tribe in the Pacific Northwest.
‘Vibrations of Color’ opens in Columbus Thursday
In his lifetime, artist Kennith Humphrey has lived in many places and had numerous jobs. He has been a carpenter, a shingler, a landscaper and
Museum: New Van Gogh identified
AMSTERDAM — The Van Gogh Museum says it has identified a long-lost Vincent Van Gogh painting that spent years in a Norwegian attic believed to