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.

  

 

Meet the Artist: Cathe Kervan

             Cathe Kervan

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

                                                                                         who are living the Tallulah Life.

My interest in fabric artistry began when my mother taught me how to make my own clothes at age 12. By high school, I was sewing one-of-a-kind prom dresses and even swim suits. Later, at a small, liberal arts college in southwest Virginia, I had the wonderful opportunity to study fiber arts.

All of these early events set the stage for my life-long work in design with fabric, fibers and needles. I snatched time to quilt, knit or sew whenever possible during my 30-year career in public relations and marketing. Along the way, I began incorporating photography in my artwork.  

I also freelance as a residential painter, taking on small jobs for other people and tackling my own home improvement projects at my Hanover County, Virginia home. If you come searching, you will most likely find me in my back room studio, absorbed in the creation of something artsy.

I am greatly indebted to my fellow Tallulah artists for the abundant creative inspiration and personal encouragement they give me.  

                          

                      

Join Cathe and the other artists at

The Tallulah Faire

on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

(raindate: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

9177 Hunters Chase Court

Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116

"A garden gathering of 8 artists

who wish to share their creations with YOU."

Meet the Artist: Susie Weaver

                                                                                        
                                                                                          Susie Weaver

                                   This is the third in a series of profiles of the artists
                                                                                        who are living The Tallulah Life

From the time I was a child, I recall coloring, cutting, and pasting paper. As I got older, I discovered that there were a myriad of colorful media I was attracted to, including paint, colored pencils, and colored and patterned paper. I’ve tried my hand at many art and craft projects, including needlework and scrapbooking.

 

Most recently I have been caught up in the beading bug. You just can’t have too many beads. I have other artsy friends who were also trying beading techniques, including bead weaving, who encouraged my addiction and taught me their secrets. I have enjoyed working with glass and semi-precious beads and various metal wires. I have also been experimenting with polymer clay, which I find is a natural extension for a jewelry maker. Finding attractive ways to combine all these materials into necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings has been my goal. My favorite color palettes are inspired from the sea and the southwest dessert, so you will see a lot of that in my work. Nature has always had a special attraction --

                                        Our Creator is the ORIGINAL artist.

Meet the Artist: Fran Cummings



                                                                             
                                                                                                    Fran Cummings


This is the second in a series of profiles of the artists
                                                who are living The Tallulah Life

My name is Fran Cummings. I have always enjoyed the creative arts in its various forms, but became seriously involved in oil portraiture in the '90's. Additionally, I wrote weekly articles for a national news service for 15 years, as well as doing some of the old "cut and paste" graphic arts before computers did it. Piano and organ have been endeavors of mine, beginning with my church choir as a teenager.

After retiring and moving to Richmond from Lynchburg, Virginia in 2004, I became interested in creating jewelry in various forms. I remain fascinated by how much I am able learn. There is just no end. It is my passion now, as I wake each day to the wonders of "bling".

Join Fran and the other artists at

          The Tallulah Faire

          on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

          (raindate: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

        

          9177 Hunters Chase Court

          Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116

   "A garden gathering of 8 artists

                     who wish to share their creations with YOU."

Meet the Artist: Dotsie Parrish

                                                                                                            Dotsie Parrish

This is the first in a series of profiles of the artists
                                                            who are living The Tallulah Life

My name is Dotsie Parrish and I am a Beadaholic. I love beads – any size, any color, any consistency, it doesn’t matter. I love to buy them, sell them, make them, trade them but not steal them – I must draw the line somewhere. I enjoy making paper beads and incorporating them into my jewelry. Making jewelry has opened my life to new techniques, products, awesome new friends and has been a source of artistic inspiration for the past several years.

Dotsie at work

I adore working with paper, altered arts, beaded wire crochet, collage and going on adventures in junk and thrift stores, looking for treasures to repurpose. My goal in life is to try to live an artful life and so far, so good.

Dotsie's studio... a wonder to behold!

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...