ARTworks applies the many creative tools of The Arts to strengthen artists and to enrich audiences, collectors, and visitors through high quality arts experiences and arts education programs 365 days a year.
ARTworks Resident Artists/Businesses
ARTworks is the home to 5 resident artists and 3 resident arts businesses. ARTworks provides affordable space to support and incubate the artist and arts business and an environment where all artists are nurtured and can thrive, grow, take risks and make daring choices. If you are interested in becoming a resident artist at ARTworks, please contact Executive Director, J.W. Rone at 843-379-2787.
Resident Artists
Natalie Daise |
Carol Kamm |
Jean Norton-Torjussen
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Dennis H. Wilkins
Resident Art Businesses
Strings 'N Things Music Store, Jeremy Hayden |
Palmetto Bowtique, Jenny Calandra
Natalie Daise, Folk and Mixed Media
Well known for modeling effective and joyful parenting and for bringing Gullah culture to national and international television audiences through Nick Jr's Gullah Gullah Island, Natalie Daise is an actor, singer, storyteller, and visual artist. Recently Natalie has been creating mixed media pieces involving utilizing painted papers she has created.
Click Here to Read "How Peachy Burned Down Her House" by Natalie Daise, an original short story set on St. Helena Island, published in 2010 (on page 4.)
Natalie also creates custom handpainted furniture.
Carol Kamm
Fifteen years ago, on my first trip to Beaufort I experienced what I frequently refer to as my magnetic draw to the Lowcountry. This feeling permeates all I do and I find my paintings are a response to this compelling emotional attachment. An attachment that resides in my heart . . . be it landscape, abstract or mixed media.
The use of pastel as my painting medium allows me infinite opportunities to express the wonder of the world around me. I love the fact that pastel is pure pigment ... it offers the most vivid intense color and yet morphs into a softly muted atmosphere with a brush of your finger.
My current body of work has evolved into compilation and constructs in the form of
mixed media. It is exciting to artistically merge elements that delight and excite
your eyes, your mind and your heart. A snippet of hand dyed fiber from a friend, and
then from another friend a section of dried acrylic paint left on a pallet . . . too beautiful
to toss. For me, bringing found objects into the more traditional structure of painting and
printmaking continues to expand my horizons.
Jean Norton-Torjussen
A graduate of the University of Maryland with a fine art major, Jean has now permanently retired to Beaufort to rediscover her life as an artist. Following in the footsteps of her parents who were both watercolorists, Jean has been inspired by Lian Zhen's Asian/American watercolors. She is now persuing her passion full-time
Dennis H. Wilkins
Art is my passion.
Born and raised in Richmond, VA and later Baltimore, MD, I have considered myself an artist all of my life. Then, 22 years ago, I moved to Fredericksburg, VA and decided to seriously pursue art academically. Having studied under various artists/teachers, I came upon a teacher of the 'old masters school'. Her method of teaching was to take you from basic perspectives, including all mediums, to producing an 'old masters' composition. After about 10 years, I then studied under a teacher whose medium was watercolors.
Recent exhibits include the Fredericksburg Recreational and Parks Bi-Annual Art Show, where I placed third for my charcoal rendering of Mohammed Ali and formerly placed Honorable Mention for an ink and watercolor rendering of the Harrison Road House. Other recent exhibitions include Backdoor Gallery in Fredericksburg, and as the featured artist at Jarrett-Thor Fine Arts Gallery in Colonial Beach, VA.
After 40 years of professional sales I recently retired and, finally, I am now able to dedicate myself to my passion.
Strings 'N Things, Jeremy Hayden
For all your professional music and sound needs, 843-524-6344
Palmetto Bowtique, Jenny Calandra
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