Autumn is springtime in reverse. Spring, colors enter. Autumn, colors exit. Leaf colors are borrowed from last spring’s blossoms.

It’s your last chance to snap up all the color you can, October 19-20 from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. See all those magnificent colors splashed and brushed across canvas, jewelry, paper, wood, glass, pottery, textile, and photographs. Mother Nature is sharing her best with some of the finest artists in the region.

See this fabulous juried showing inside the Highlands Civic Center, rain or shine. Because this is an indoor show, you don’t have to worry about the weather. Plenty of parking, plenty to see, plenty of fun. Grab your spouse, your family, your neighbor and join the crowds. Fill your maximum monthly requirement of fine art and craft before there’s frost (and snow) on the pumpkin.

The best news is you get first dibs on holiday gifts for the upcoming season. All the purchases in big department stores are one-of-many. The Art League’s Fall Color Art Show guarantees only one-of-a-kind.

Zach Claxton is the show’s organizer, and he says, “Last year was a record show and we expect to break that record in 2024. As you enter the show (free attendance), pick up a trifold listing all the vendors and their booth locations. Find your favorite and make your choices.”

As always, downtown will be busy. For those who want a little exercise, it is a relatively short stroll down Fourth Street from Main to the Civic Center (Rec Park). But, if you think you may be leaving with some fine art (a strong possibility), you may want to drive.

However you get to the show, you won’t be disappointed. Several new artists, along with veteran exhibitors look forward to meeting you. Sponsored by the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers, this is one of only a few shows in the area that features fine art. See you there!

Contact Zach for more information about show details at zachclaxton@aol.com.

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This free indoor show offers ample parking.

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This free indoor show offers ample parking.

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About six years ago, John Cannon, then a newly retired Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon, sprang from his disciplined medical career to splash into a pool of wondrous watercolor. Imagine switching brain-gears from the meticulous to a kind of controlled looseness. He laughs, calling his latest endeavor a “dive into contrived sloppiness.” After years of hibernation, his inner artist re-awakened and is now happily wading knee-deep in a world of water, pigment, and wow.

Watercolor wasn’t Cannon’s first painting experience. In earlier years he’d experimented with oil and acrylic, but leading a physician’s life and putting kids through college demanded all his time. “I never had formal training. I was always in the sciences: medical training, head and neck anatomy, facial features, tissue and bones,” Cannon says. “Watercolor wasn’t on my radar until my dad started it.”

Watercolor’s challenge is that there’s no surgery this, or any surgeon, can perform to undo anything. Once it’s done, it’s done. It has a will of its own in which physics (gravity, absorption, dispersion, etc.) play a huge role. Yes, more science – perhaps that’s part of the Cannon intrigue. This doctor turned artist was welcomed into the Highlands-Cashiers Art League and Cannon found himself in the midst of kindred souls. He’s still shaking his head in wonder. “I’m so grateful to be on the Laurel cover … and to be in shows, and to sell work.”

Commissions and selling, however, are not his focus. To him, compliments on his contrived sloppiness from his artist peers and his audience are as good as gold. Though Cannon didn’t study art in college, he, like his dad, sought mentoring from Fred Rawlinson of Memphis. “He’s been a critical element in developing my style. Most of my compositions are done within an hour, a blend of realism with an impressionistic verve. But it has to be fresh. Strokes can’t be labored. The more spontaneous you are, the better the outcome.”

You can see Cannon’s work at the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers semi-annual shows, select exhibits at The Bascom, and other displays. For more information, contact him at john@cannondds.com.

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The indoor venue allows visitors to browse at their leisure without concern for the weather.

Ample free parking and free admission coupled with the quality of the pieces on display make this event a must-do.

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The indoor venue allows visitors to browse at their leisure without concern for the weather.

Ample free parking and free admission coupled with the quality of the pieces on display make this event a must-do.

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The indoor venue allows visitors to browse at their leisure without concern for the weather.

Ample free parking and free admission coupled with the quality of the pieces on display make this event a must-do.

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Norma Hendrix

The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers is pleased to announce that Norma Hendrix, lifetime honorary member of the Art League, will be the guest speaker at the May 22 meeting. Her presentation at 5:00 P.M. will follow a wine social at 4:30 P.M. All are invited to attend this free event. Her presentation will focus on her recent artist residency in Corris, Wales, and experiences in Bristol, England, where she presented as part of a four-women panel at an international conference.

Hendrix has been an exhibiting artist for over 40 years. She holds a BFA, an MA, and an MFA. She has been an artist in residence and presenter at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont; Atelier Four Winds, Aureille, France, and Corris, Wales.

She was a professor of Drawing, Life Drawing, Painting and Art History for 10 years at Western Carolina University. She founded and directed Cullowhee Arts, an internationally recognized non-profit arts organization. Hendrix participates in international cultural exchange through artist residencies and artist lectures. Most recently, she presented an arts-based paper at the International Conference of Autoethnography, July 2022, in Bristol, England. Her artwork is held in private and public collections in the US, France, England and Wales.

Practices of preparation, composition, and the use of vertical panels have emerged through her study of Asian art, philosophy and poetry. She says of her work, “Drawing and painting are ways I express my deep connection with nature. My art-making really begins during daily walks or hikes in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where I live, or other wilderness places where I travel…”

Hendrix is committed to using environmentally and health-friendly materials, and she therefore makes earth pigment, water soluble paints. She also incorporates other drawing media from graphite and charcoal chunks and powders, sumi ink, and art graf squares, black and red drawing stone from England, etc., all of which are also water soluble. Her supports are rice paper mounted on wooden panels and finished with archival UV protected acrylic varnish.

We know that this presentation will prove to be an interesting and informative one, and we hope you will be able to attend.

Visit artleagueofhighlands-cashiers.com for more information about the Art League.

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With all that art production, it’s clear he possesses an exceptional right brain, but his left brain is equally adept… in executive coaching. He counsels MBA students, motivated entrepreneurs, and global executives, from the U.S. to Australia.

How does one merge art – the physical, and business coaching – the thought-based?

Terry says, “Let these things blend naturally, and it influences how one works. Consider the word perspective. In art, perspective is about observation. Imagine two trees, one in the distance, one nearby. The closer one appears larger, yet we know the trees are about the same size. We take that into account using rules of perspective. In business coaching, perspective also applies to looking at things at different angles.”

Another core belief in Terry’s process is teamwork. Working solo limits one’s knowledge and wisdom. A-ha moments are limited. By tapping into an organization of experience (a treasure trove of brain power), skills multiply exponentially. Terry says, “The results are true in art and business – if you see how things work together, then your results will soar.”

The vocabulary of art and business, as well as many other endeavors, cross-pollinate perspective, clarity, focal point, contrast, balance, movement, harmony, variety. The more you ponder, the more you realize there is a network of elemental threads that stitch all manner of things together.

Terry splits his time between Tennessee and North Carolina. This season, find him at Art League of Highlands Cashiers events and at art openings. Visit his website at terrywwarren.com. Read his newsletter. Or call him at (615) 720-4188. Whether art, business, or anything related, Terry can be a valuable resource in all your endeavors. Even if it’s owning one of his delightful, commissioned paintings.

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Barbara Jamison

At The Bascom on June 28 at 5:00 P.M., the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers will host its monthly meeting, following a Meet and Greet at 4:30. 

The League is delighted to have as its guest speaker, local Cashiers artist Barbara Jamison. 

Like many successful artists, Barbara had a former career that to some might seem unrelated to the visual arts. Born in Rye, New York, she received her BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia Graduate School. Her business career began in Manhattan, but soon took her to London and Rome. In London, she was Vice President of Amex Marketing for Europe. After a successful 20-year career, Barbara retired from the business world. 

She’d always been fascinated with art, and after her time in Rome she felt compelled to study sculpture, often doing figurative work. However, her love of color soon led her to painting

Initially working in oil and pastel, Barbara soon discovered the unique versatility of acrylics. She began experimenting with a fresh form of artistic expression that led to a process that defines her unique style. 

She works on canvas, laid parallel to the floor. On it she applies highly liquefied pigments of various viscosity and thicknesses and works it into organic shapes. She does this with a palette knife, but also by blowing through a straw or sometimes even using a blowtorch.  

The images appear as organic abstractions of tree branches with the bark peeled back, revealing explosions of color, dramatic splashes and swirling sprays. 

To see her process, check out her videos at Instagram@BarbaraJamisonPaintings.com. She also maintains a website, BarbaraJamisonPaintings.com. 

The presentation is free and open to the public. To learn more about the Art League, visit artleaguehighlands-cashiers.com.

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