True Blue is proud to feature the work of our staff for our Local Artists of the Month for July, 2011.
Gavin Post has recently returned from a stint as a studio assistant at Penland School of Crafts, where he continued his painting studies. Skilled in watercolors, acrylics, and oils, Gavin’s most recent work explores surreal subterranean landscapes.
Joshua Spiceland’s work is becoming more and more a part of the downtown Asheville experience, as evidenced by recent murals near Izzy’s on Lexington Avenue and paintings for The Watchmaker’s Shop inside the Haywood Park Hotel Atrium – in addition to his work on the I-240 bridge murals and numerous shows around town. Josh’s vibrant multimedia works explore archetypes and symbols and evoke the old masters through his exquisite renderings of the human form.
Faith Callaway may be best known around town as the mercurial keyboard and banjo player from indie-folk group The Neopolitan Children, and her starring role in the award winning video for “Skeleton Crew” by Kovacs and the Polar Bear. But her paintings reveal yet another facet of her artistic personality. Faith’s paintings are sometimes purely abstract, while others depict delicate, contemplative female images.
Chris Ortega, our newest staff member, studied studio art at UNC-Pembroke, where he explored painting and illustration techniques. His work ranges from cartoons to politically-charged paintings, combining abstract color patterns with elements of realism.
Jason Ross Martin has been involved in the music scene in Asheville for more than a decade, including his current role as co-host of Blend, Hookah Lounge and Gallery’s Wednesday Acoustic Night. His watercolors and acrylics focus on these musical themes, as he infuses portraits of music icons with visual representations of the sounds they produced.
Please stop by the store this month and take this opportunity to get to know our team from a different perspective!
