Meet the Artist: Cherokee Haab

                   Cherokee Haab

             This is the sixth in a series of profiles of the artists

                                                                                   who are living the Tallulah Life.

  

Ever since I was given my first glitter glue at the tender age of five, I have wanted to make things pretty.  If it didn’t move, I put glitter on it.  Mama drew the line on glittering the crucifix, and I learned some restraint.  I love it all; paper, fabric, wood, paint, crayons, and of course, glitter.

Quilting gave me an eye for color and design.  It was great fun to build a fabric stash, always searching for that perfect piece of material that would complete a quilt in progress.  After winning awards for several quilts, I was hooked!

                            

And now, as I have discovered altered art, I’ve discovered how much fun it is to take an ordinary thing and make it unique.  These days, I look at objects with a curious eye, trying to think how it could be used in a new and unusual way.

 

But in truth, my passion is Halloween and my heart races whenever I see something orange and black!  Creating anything for my favorite holiday makes me most happy. Thank goodness my family understands; not everyone has a Halloween kitchen like me.

 Now that I’ve retired, I can play in my art room all day long.  It’s funny, I thought I’d be busy decluttering and organizing my house, but I can’t wait to get started on my next art project….so I guess all that other boring stuff can wait.

Without the support of my very cool husband, none of this could happen.  He makes me laugh, which keeps things in perspective when I start to freak out.  Our son and his wife, even though they live thousands of miles away, encourage me and sometimes challenge me to go outside my comfort zone.  Luckily, our daughter and her husband, with their two children, live around the corner and can provide on-the-spot cheers and manual labor J.  And our two grandchildren give me a happy point of view.  I’d forgotten how much fun it is to paint rocks.

Meet the Artist: Robin Walton

                                           Robin Walton

                                   This is the fifth in a series of profiles of the artists

                                                                             who are living The Tallulah Life

Born in Oklahoma but raised on Long Island, NY, I consider myself to be a native “New Yorker.” Our two children grew up in Philadelphia and during that time I was blessed to be a stay-at-home mom. For many years I enjoyed sharing my creative spirit with our children and friends.

Now grown, our children live nearby in Charlottesville. My son has his own child and lives around the corner from our daughter. I enjoy traveling to C’ville once a week, spending time with our sweet grandchild Norah. My “Mondays with Norah” are a joy.

Canvas art





Altered art

With a lifelong love of crayons, paper and paint, with a spirit to design and create, my art has evolved into collage and altered art. With an ongoing love for antiques and nostalgia, my art is much about transforming, bringing the past to life. My love of nature and the past reflects in my work.

 

Having established two shops dedicated to creative living, one in Philadelphia and the other in Richmond, my desire to bring art to life remains my comfort and dream.

  

 

Tallulah Faire: The beginning

You should know, first, that The Tallulah Life includes more than just the blog author. This Tallulah Life is not about a single "fruitful woman," but about a group of friends with common interest and love of creative arts. Most of us met through a retail shop that fed our love of scrapbooking and other paper arts. Out of this store grew a group who met monthly to learn and bond over projects and techniques. Even when the shop, sadly, closed, many of the friends kept in touch. Some of us met to continue our learning and creation of lovely objects d'arte. And even after those meetings became less formal and less frequent, some of us met regularly just for coffee at our favorite Panera, where we continued to share what we were making just for the love of it.


Tallulah Faire is our first endeavor to share the fruits of our creativity with friends and neighbors. The plan, as it stands at the moment, is to hold this event on Saturday, April 28th (raindate: Sunday, April 29th). In the coming days and weeks, we will share more of the particulars. This will include a detailed time and place, previews of the art that will be for sale, and introductions of the Tallulah artists.


And so it begins...