Featured Artists

C.M. Kakassy

 

Kakassy continued her studies at Gaston College with Frank Creech, Dexter Benedict and Pam Norcross.  While her original interest was in sculpture, she found 3-dimensional concepts readily applicable to printmaking and works on paper.

“Though ideas are usually generated by my reaction to objects in the immediate environment, I prefer images that are somewhat oblique and not easily explained, rather than those which replicate, record or inform. I often choose to utilize the information gleaned from the physical world in order to de-construct it from its normal visual context, then to reconstruct it to a new, unrelated image.”

Kakassy’s processes and the textural and tonal qualities of the materials she uses play a large part in the development of concepts and dimension in her work. Though she is mostly known for her creations in printmaking; the most effective medium she is celebrated for is her combination of technique and colors -which she notes, “guides the evolution of an idea and often inspires a totally new direction”.      

 

 Lori Lytle 

   

Lorie Lytle originally from the Midwest, has called the Carolina’s home for more than 12 years.  She studied at Western Michigan University where she earned a BA in graphic design and painting. She has been dedicated to creating art since early child hood and has produced an abundance of work over the years.  

Often using a source from her surroundings she transforms the visual source into her own abstract representation. She describes her paintings as turning what you see into a feeling versus an object.  “An expression of my feelings expressed through media”.  She focuses on color and surface, often times reworking her older pieces even after she’s shown them. “The process is as important as the finished product”, Lytle says.   She also uses objects from nature or found images to incorporate into her work, and different mediums and techniques to create a layered look or a technical application.

T. Ellis

 

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David Wilson