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Artist Profiles
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March 2010 |
Pushing Boundaries As a girl in Atlanta, Sally King Benedict learned to appreciate art that most people would call plain bizarre. |
![]() March 2010 |
Sally King As a girl in Atlanta, Sally King Benedict learned to appreciate art that most people would call plain bizarre. |
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February 2010 |
Deep Blue "I know that I am an indigo child,” says local textile artist Arianne King Comer. “And I know that my art is my journey.” |
![]() January 2010 |
Robert Lange Robert Lange paints with lifelike precision. In fact, his bright and startlingly realistic oils are so perfect that a viewer might lean in to check for brushstrokes. |
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October 2009 |
Honor Marks In 2004, Honor Marks received a call from a Washington, D.C., gentleman who had seen her work while vacationing in Charleston. |
![]() September 2009 |
Lasting Impressions The small King Street gallery belonging to Russian émigré Mikhail Smolkin is a treasure trove encased in a slender, unassuming storefront. |
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August 2009 |
Play Ground “Children’s art has always intrigued me,” reflects painter Wilfred Spoon. “It is art in its purest form, because kids don’t know what things are supposed to look like. |
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July 2009 |
Beyond the Horizon At first glance, the Lowcountry landscape appears a bit plain—just flats and marsh. But spend some time watching, and a decidedly more powerful vista reveals itself. |
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May 2009 |
Lynne Riding “Remember that feeling as a child of extreme happiness? When your chest would get tight and warm with excite-ment?” Lynne Riding asks, nodding to a canvas hanging on the wall. |
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April 2009 |
Herb Parker While his work generally draws admiration, College of Charleston art professor Herb Parker wryly recalls one installation a decade ago in Savannah that garnered quite a different reaction. |
























