2012 Artists

: Tallman McBride

: Carol Meese

: Connie Logan

: Delmus Phelps

: Eric Fitzpatrick

: Katrina Bell

ROSEMARY TRAYLOR

Rosemary lives on Smith Mountain Lake and draws inspiration from area landscapes of water, beautiful sunsets and the change of seasons. She works in watercolor, pastels and acrylic.

CECELIA COX

Cecelia works in oil and is primarily a still life artist. She has a classical and realistic style. She tries to portray a “quiet moment in time” that strikes an emotional chord in her as well as the viewer.

TALLMAN MCBRIDE

He was born in Miami and his art progressed through the Miami Art League along with workshops and seminars. He is motivated to express ideas with an array of media and color. Tallman puts the “green” in his art by using recycled materials to create very unique pieces.

CONNIE LOGAN

Connie paints with the heart of an impressionist. Rich and intense compositions with textures, dramatic light and contrast, she teaches, juries shows and has her work in over 30 galleries.

DAVID WERTZ

David’s work is 3 dimensional fine art. The technique is as ancient as it is cutting edge. He loves “the curve” and seeks to use it in his work. His sculptures are one of a kind, making steel look real.

DELMUS PHELPS

Art has always been a focus in his life. It’s a passion that has never faded. His landscapes exude a peace and serenity. His still lifes are simply a relaxing pleasure of balance and beauty. He lives in Lynchburg with his wife and their 7 children.

KATRINA BELL

Kim is a self taught artist native to the Roanoke Valley. She uses many mediums but her preference is acrylic. She allows her pieces to evolve on their own and using the palette knife achieves depth and texture in her artwork.

VICKI GARDNER

As Executive Director of the SML Regional Chamber of Commerce, she is active in local, regional and state affairs. Painting is a hobby and she has started to sell her work as it keeps progressing.

CAROL MEESE

Carol has traveled extensively and her painting has progressed here and abroad. She is a resident in Chesterfield, VA and the Outer Banks, NC. Her work has been described as oriental flavored, pre-Raphaelite gone modern, cosmopolitan, sensual and a fruity drink.

ERIC FITZPATRICK

Eric lives in Roanoke and paints equally well with either hand. His work has been described as “spiritual and soulful”. He paints from the heart and was recently involved in the movie made here on Smith Mountain Lake. His piece in the auction is from his work on the movie.

2011 Artists

David Heath

The painter’s unique style of romantic realism derives from his concentrated study at the Hudson River School of Painting. Heath considers the luminist paintings of the 19th Century American masters Frederic E. Church and Albert Bierstadt as his greatest influence. Yet the contemporary artist’s personal presentation of nature light’s subtleties creates the etching, enveloping atmosphere specific to Heath’s work.

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Vicki Gardner

Executive Director, IOM
Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce
Moneta, VA

Vicki Gardner has served as Executive Director for the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center since September 2002. She is active in local, regional, and state Chamber affiliations. In 2011 she will serve as President of the VA Chamber Executives Board of Directors. She is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber Institute program, earning Institute of Organizational Management designation.

Her Career includes 25 years in the field of marketing, public relations, sales and management. She is the recipient of numerous awards in public relations and media production. Vicki is also a published author and regular contributor to various publications. Her favorite hobbies include golf, water sports and painting.

She and husband Tim have lived at Smith Mountain Lake since 1988.

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Janice Sayles

Janice Sayles enjoys the challenge of the unexpected in watercolor painting. She finds an excitement in drawing, composition, pattern and color. All of these are combined to create sparkling still life paintings. She also works in lithography, etching, oil and pastel, but prefers watercolor.

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Greg Osterhaus

Effortlessly, instinctively, he applies shapes and color in elusive brushstrokes, that first appear insignificant, but quickly take on meaning as the work evolves. The composition: most often the pastoral country sides of Virginia under a shroud of unorthodox color, echoing the simplicity and placidness found in our natural surroundings. From moody to brilliant, Greg’s use of color affords him unlimited freedom to create on his canvas a world beyond, one seemingly untouched. Impressionistic in style, his landscapes invite the viewer in, but allow each one to draw his own conclusion.

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Lois Virginia Babb

Lois Virginia Babb, growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and influenced early in life by the transcendent beauty of the region, developed a passion to capture the wonder she felt when viewing the majesty of God’s creation. Choosing the traditional medium of painting in oils, Babb has been pursuing this passion for over forty years.

In 1987, after leaving a career in public relations and advertising, Babb began to paint full time as a professional artist. Babb studied fine art at Radford University, but she attributes her success in classical painting primarily to her years of experience and to extensive study with some of the master painters of our time: John Szekes, Tom Browning, Dan Gerhartz, Robert Johnson, David Leffel, C. W. Mundy, and others. Nationally published, her fine art prints have been widely collected (one open edition selling over fifty thousand copies); but, at present, Babb’s principal emphasis is on the creation of her distinctive, classically derived, original works in oil.

Residing on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia, Babb regularly travels to paint in Europe and along the southeastern coast of the United States

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Rebecca Humphreys

ARTIST STATEMENT: I employ a variety of media, but my artwork remains largely based in paper. Ground cotton or other plant fibers are mixed with water and placed against bas-relief forms, leaving fossil-like impressions when dry and the forms removed.

Emotions and ideas drawn from life experiences starting with my childhood in the tobacco town of Reidsville, North Carolina, have always motivated my mixed media art. Studying at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro revealed new passions for modern dance and poetry.

The rhythms, juxtapositions, and visual images I derive from these are strong inspiration for me. All the arts make me think in unexpected directions, allowing me to add to my visual world rather than simply mimic it.

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Charles Nivens

Charles Nivens is an American Artist with over 35 years of professional experience. The artist has devoted much of his life to honing his artistic ability and technique. His work has been featured and exhibited in cities across the U.S. as well as abroad.

Using pallet knife and brush, the artist transforms canvas, vibrant colors, and textures into contemporary masterpieces. Each painting is unique and original and showcases the fascination, mystery and beauty of the world around us.

The artist invites you to pause momentarily to explore, discover, and appreciate not only the artistic interpretations herein, but the potential masterpieces of life that surround us on any given day.

He currently resides in Carrollton Georgia- outside of Atlanta.

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Tom Smith

Tom Smith, a Ford retiree living here at Smith Mountain Lake, has found a challenging hobby in repurposing old water skiis. Turning them into one of a kind Adirondack style chairs has become a colorful art form for him.