Outside the Pond
If anyone ever invents a working time machine, artist B.J. Precourt might be the first in line to climb aboard — despite an ingrained…
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Edgy Angels
In her body of work branded “Fractured Angelics,” local artist Kate Thompson creates angels reminiscent of those on ancient frescos. This summer she taught…
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Unusual Arrangement
It’s a progressive way to curate. In its upcoming exhibit Sculpture + One, opening this Friday at Transylvania Community Arts Council, invited sculptors from…
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Colorful Connections
In her feature interview in last month’s Bold Life, Marian Congdon was refreshingly candid about the struggles that at first impeded — and then…
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Don’t Straighten the Frame
“Wabi-Sabi” harkens from a Japanese notion of finding aesthetic beauty in imperfection — that which is tilted, slightly decayed, quietly peeling, spilling its lines….
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Vessels of Opportunity
There’s an old saying that you can’t swing a dead cat in Western North Carolina without hitting a potter (this unnecessarily nihilistic, overused image…
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Inking the Difference
A sure sign that tattoos have gone mainstream came in 2011, when Mattel introduced a tattooed Barbie doll to little public comment. Tattoos are…
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Destructions of Grandeur
Tucked into Kehren Barbour’s purse is a small card with a photo of early motion-picture actor George Murphy. It reads: “Your sunny attitude towards…
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“The Vegetable, Struggling”
A hanging painting or photo with a frame gone slightly askew begs to be straightened. But according to the notion of “wabi-sabi,” the tilt…
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Found in the Translation
Last winter, Bold Life’s sister publication Carolina Home + Garden ran a feature story on Daniel Nevins (http://carolinahg.com/new-testament/), the internationally known Asheville designer, illustrator,…
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