Artist Profiles


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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.