Linda Burrell - Owner of Sunflower Studio & Gallery, Art Teacher, and
Watercolorist - Linda's dream of owning her own art studio, having a place to
show her artwork, and teach children, has come true! Linda's watercolors are
inspired by a fascination with the blending of colors that create an element of
surprise. She enjoys painting whimsical reptiles and animals, florals, home
portraits, and area landmarks. Her paintings evoke a feelings of tranquility,
happiness, love and nostalgia...."feel good" paintings, as she likes to call
them. Linda does commission work upon request.
Linda is also a certified art teacher (k-12)
UNC-Greensboro,1980 and enjoys teaching adults and children. Her classes teach
the fundamentals of drawing and painting in a fun, relaxed and positive
enviroment. She helps students grow in their creative abilities and confidence
and helps them create portfolios for college. Her students have won numerous
awards for their artwork. Linda has over 25 years of teaching experience!
Cyndy Wolf- Hand forged silver and precious stones - Using a wide variety
of metalsmith techniques both ancient and modern, Cyndy strives to create
jewelry that is classic, contemporary, eclectic and timeless. Often she can
bring together in one piece, seemingly diverse elements such as precious
gemstones with copper, gold with leather, crystal with recycled glass and so on.
Life is all about diversity and the unique beings God created us to be.
Mary Benejam - Oil Paintings & Commissions - Although Mary finds beauty
and inspiration in all of life's offerings, it is her appreciation and love of
life that is conveyed most in her artwork. Mary is a multi-talented artist who
works in many mediums including oils, watercolors, pastels, charcoal and
pencils.
Her artwork is not limited in subject matter or scope. Whether she is
working on portraits, landscapes or other general subjects, she always tries to
capture the true essence of the subject matter. She is equally competent
working on her own originals or gladly accepts commissions for varied subject
matter.
Mary now has a new offering in the Sunflower...a line of handmade soaps! Come by and see this latest addition and take home a delicious scent for your bath or kitchen!
Click Mary's photo to be directed to her personal website.
Suzanne Thomas - Pastels - Suzanne's focus in art over the past fifteen
years has been primarily pastel landscape painting. Her introduction to the
medium of pastels was as a young teen through her artist aunt. Her primary works
are in pastels, but she works also in acrylic with avid ease. She has recently
been selected to include several works in a book now available which has just
been released called Painting North Carolina: Impressions in Plein Air, by
Kimberlee C. Maselli, which includes images, quotations, and information on
plein air painting, one of Suzanne's loves.
Click Suzanne's photo to be directed to her personal website.
Gayle Blackerby- Acrylic Abstracts, Watercolor Pencils, Oil Pastels - The passions one can find in life are
multi-sensory adventures, which Gayle has always enjoyed in one form or another
in her work. As most fine artists, she has enjoyed many diverse mediums of
expression such as photography, watercolors and acrylics. The current focus has
been abstract acrylic canvases, however realism still plays a role in the final
art if you watch the brush strokes carefully. Her painting process is a constant
study in airy uncertainties and possible dreams.
Most of her watercolor work
over the years has been realistic in nature and some taken directly from
photographs. However, with the loose touch of the brush her art expresses
itself beyond the click of the shutter. Gayle enjoys all of these forms of art
expression and hopes you will come with her on an unexpected journey and find a
new way of looking at our world through her art. Anything is possible.
Gayle has her BA in Art & Design from University of North Alabama. She is also President of AGES Productions, a design and advertising company in Raleigh, NC.
Lynda Diane Ayers - Beaded Jewelry, Handmade gifts of Felt and Knitted Creations - Through her love for sewing Lynda has been using the technique of
Native American Indian bead weaving to create her handmade jewelry. She uses
small delicate, seed beads and crystals, incorporating precious and
semi-precious stones, which adds further beauty and character to each
piece. Since she has always loved to knit, she offers a variety beautiful
scarves, wraps and felted purses with unique patterns and yarns. She calls her
handmade gifts and jewelry "From the Heart", which expresses the care and love
put into each one of her creations. In the near future Lynda hopes to offer
special, one of a kind bridal pieces for those looking for heirloom
keepsakes.
Gayle Blackerby- Acrylic Abstracts, Watercolor Pencils, Oil Pastels - The passions one can find in life are
multi-sensory adventures, which Gayle has always enjoyed in one form or another
in her work. As most fine artists, she has enjoyed many diverse mediums of
expression such as photography, watercolors and acrylics. The current focus has
been abstract acrylic canvases, however realism still plays a role in the final
art if you watch the brush strokes carefully. Her painting process is a constant
study in airy uncertainties and possible dreams.