Kelly Ferguson seeks to create meaningful conversations and connections, originating from personal experiences through her paintings. Her work centers around personal identity, emotion, the figure, and expression to promote a more empathetic world. Above all else, painting is a solace to her soul even if only to feel the fluidity of the brush or to deeply immerse herself in the focus of her subject. The work of abstraction serves as a way to make sense of the senseless-- to grab the amorphous emotions, thoughts, and the subconscious worries and to give them color and form.
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I am a self-taught artist, who paint every day to make it even better. I love reading art books to improve my knowledge about Art. I do dot painting with acrylic and watercolor paints.
Esther Sitver Artworks
I merge vintage aesthetics with contemporary progressive ideas and humor. Similarly, I draw with an old-fashioned dip pen and color digitally in Photoshop. My love for traditional pen and ink drawing pulls together my specialties: portraiture/figure drawing, editorial illustration, pattern design, plein air painting, and hand-lettering.
Appalachian Arts Craft Center
Our gift shop is filled with one-of-a-kind arts and crafts made by our members and there is always something new to discover. Our handcrafted items range from pottery, rugs, clothing, accessories, kitchen items, quilts, children’s items, photography, paintings and many more items too numerous to list.
We also conduct art classes for all ages! Throughout the year, the Appalachian Arts Craft Center conducts over 60 classes from experienced and expert art instructors. We are confident that you’ll find your class experience rewarding, as you will be in the hands of educators that have long-standing backgrounds ranging from handwoven textiles to nature photography, landscaping, pottery, painting and more.
Calabres Art Studio
Jose & Pepe Calabres are father & son. They lives in Knoxville, where they created their arts studio that is constantly creating new pieces. They own 4 national arts award in Venezuela and their works can be found in important collections around the world, as Vatican, World Bank and UN.
Wood Grain Terrain
My carvings represent an attempt to concentrate nature's beauty. People can hold these landscapes in their hands and experience the world in new ways using touch and sight.
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I work in book binding, mixed media collage, and encaustic beeswax. Blank journals are waiting to be filled or displayed on a shelf as art. Hard bound books are created with beautiful papers, cloths and hand torn papers. Coptic stitch book covers are mixed media collage and encaustic beeswax with thread and paper completing the visual composition. Encaustic wall art incorporates found objects, papers, inks and beeswax into planned chaos.
YB Creatives, LLC
Fluid art, Epoxy art, Epoxy pieces, guitar clocks & tables
By trade, I'm a graphic designer. When Covid happened, I found myself with dwindled clients. Never one to sit around, I returned to my artistic roots and learned new art with painting and epoxy techniques. From that, I worked into a niche for guitar clocks and tables and fluid art. While still a traditional artist, I have come to enjoy abstract and modern art. I have been honored to show my paintings at the Van derPlas Gallery in New York as well as a residency for guitar art at the Vivant Gallery Reno.
Studio Felis
custom wood slab pet portrait paintings & other flora/fauna imaginations.
I’m a born-and-raised East Tennessean—originally from Clinton, now residing in Knoxville. Studio Felis is the culmination of my lifelong love for graphic design, acrylic painting, and for all animals domesticated & wild. As a 25 year old maker, I’ve only recently begun my official capacity as a real small business this year. I offer wooden slabs of various sizes, types, shapes with meticulous custom pet portraits paintings or imaginations of other fauna you might find in our Tennessee backyard. I’m currently working on my first collection of non-custom paintings. These will feature birds, insects, bats, mushrooms, cats, flora, and more.
M3cDesignsArt
Fly fishing, angler, and landscape art highlighting the beauty of East Tennessee and the Smokies
My family and I are dedicated fly fishing and salt water anglers; we love spending time outdoors. I also love to capture the beauty of my natural surroundings in my art, and often paint what we catch, or the backdrop of the Smokies as a way to hold onto those great memories.
Highland Pottery
functional and sculptural pottery and clay wall art
I throw and hand build my pieces and often combine the two methods to create my functional pottery, clay sculpture and clay wall art. My work highlights the malleable qualities of clay by emphasizing texture and form.
Davis Studio
watercolor, oil, acrylic painter
I am the owner/operator of Davis Studio, an art gallery and frame shop. Additionally I am a painter and work in watercolor, acrylic and oil. I enjoy painting landscapes, animals, and still lifes. I am currently painting a series of barns and interesting buildings.
2 Chicks Studios
Epoxy and wood art + pottery
We are a woman-owned business. All of our pieces are handcrafted and one-of-a-kind. No two are the same. Our artwork is functional and practical and all our boards and furniture is food safe.
Amanda Scribbles
Watercolor Home Paintings, Architectural Paintings
My Name is Amanda and I live in Knoxville. I have always enjoyed being creative and working with my hands. More recently, I have been working on watercolor home paintings. I made one as a gift and quickly found others were interested in them! I love giving personalized, sentimental gifts for my own friends and family so it makes me happy to be able to provide this service to others.
J MacIsaac Studios
Nature Inspired Art & Jewelry
J. MacIsaac Studios art and jewelry is inspired by nature, mindfulness, creative play, and healing intentions.
Eyes of Faith
Abstract and Mixed Media Art, Prints and cards inspired by my journey with Autism
Derrick Freeman is a self-taught artist diagnosed with Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired verbal and non-verbal communication. By age two, he was completely non-verbal and was unable to learn and use language like most children his age. By age three, art became his only form of communication. He learned to express his perceptions of life and everyday living through his drawings and artwork. Each piece of art tells the story of his journey with Autism. Derrick has exhibited his artwork at the Tennessee Governor’s Mansion, Vanderbilt University, Lipscomb University, the Tennessee Disability Mega Conference and the Frist Museum of Art. Most recently, he was the featured artist at Ernie Els Center for Excellence in Jupiter, Florida. In addition, he has been the recipient of several awards for his community advocacy work for the Autism community including: the Ann & Steve Bailey Artist Grant, the Arc of the Mid-South’s Outstanding Artist and Performer Award and the Future Horizons Inc’s Dr. Temple Grandin Award for Outstanding Success.
Andro Lux Pottery
Pottery
Andro Lux Pottery crafts delightful ceramics for your home. All items are wheel thrown and hand altered. Maker A.A. Lux teaches ceramics classes at Mighty Mud Studios.
Greer Miceli Design
Graphic designer, illustrator, and painter
Greer Miceli is a graphic designer from Knoxville, TN. In April 2020, she received a BFA in Graphic Design from Auburn University. While in school, she found a way to blend graphic design with her love for fine art and makes this a hallmark in all of her pieces. Today, Greer continues to freelance for graphic design, illustration, and traditional painting.
Jessica Burleson Art
Paintings exploring the exploitation of femininity and nature
Jessica is a Panamanian-American artist that found her first love of art within Panamanian culture & nature. Influenced by the abundant flora and fauna found in the Panama Rainforests, her creations find a connection with in femininity and nature. Delicate feminine elements of the traditional handmade headdresses & garments worn in Panamanian folk dancing can also be found in her work.
The consumption of divine femininity, nature & art is her inspiration in creating. Conceptually exploring the exploitation of femininity & nature; thus injecting and stripping sanctity and power. Her works are both material and delicate with savory textures. Composing impossibly thick, icing like, touch worthy feminine floral elements. A visual delicacy you can only hope to resist the temptation to touch.
Deer View Design Company
Small batch handmade jewelry, cross stitch and embroidered goods
Born and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee and moved to Knoxville about 4 years ago and LOVE being here. I was given a $35 gift card and set out to build a business out if it. So I went to a craft store and purchased a jewelry making kit and 2 years later I have turned it into my passion and my job. I just love making things that make people happy. Whether it's earrings to make a woman feel more confident in a pair of new earrings or the faces of someone getting a personalized cross stitch gift.
