Artists in Residence

STUDIO 1
Michael Christie
Michael Christie's work evolves from the humanity and spirituality he sees in those familiar scenes that he grew up with on his family farm in West Virginia.  Michael developed classic skills from his training at The Maryland Institute, The Schuler School of Fine Art, and in personal studios. His work has been recognized in American Artist Magazine, USA Today, and Time Magazine. 
www.michaelchristieart.com
STUDIO 2
Debbie Rapp
Fiber Group
When she was a little girl, Debbie's grandmother taught her how to knit, crochet, and weave.  From there, she went on to discover spinning, hand dyeing, needle felting, and weaving with wool.  Debbie is always looking for new uses for the wool from the sheep raised on her family farm, including wreaths, needle felted farm animals, yarn hair accessories, hand-woven rugs and chair pads, and bird nesting balls, to name a few.
Debbie is a juried artisan at Tamarack The Best of West Virginia, and the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center.
Susan Ernst
Fiber Group
Susan was first introduced to handweaving in 1994 at the Augusta Heritage Festival at a Beginning Weaving Class. "I was surprised by how much and how quickly the craft took hold of me." By 1997, Susan decided that handweaving would be her full time occupation.  August 1997 marked the termination of her present employment and the onset of full time self-assigned work with textiles being the lens through which she saw everything.
Susan currently produces both woven and knit textiles for sale, teaches textile arts at Carnegie Hall, participates in the Arts in Education program in schools, design consults with Appalachian Baby Design and is a juried Tamarack Artist.
STUDIO 3
Wendy Reagor
Wendy Reagor was trained as a fashion illustrator and graphic designer.  She considers this time in her life to be an ongoing art quest,  where she learns a new technique, makes a mess, and rises again with a new body of work. Her current work is mixed media painting.  She uses acrylic paint, alcohol ink, oil pastels, water colors, and fabric collage.  She also loves designing jewelry using beach embroidery and wire wrapping techniques.  
Craig Reagor
Craig was born & raised in North Florida. He studied drawing & painting at the Colorado Institute of Art where he met his bride, Wendy Reagor. Being in nature has always inspired his work. Craig believes, "Fish don't live in ugly places" & he feels fortunate enough to have taken the time to travel with sketchbook & fly rod in tow! www.cfreagor.com
STUDIO 5
 Lory Van Buren
More information coming soon!
STUDIO 6
Bruce Brenneman
Bruce Brenneman has worked with wood all of his life. A retired
forester, he began early on to use his carpentry skills to make furniture and do home remodeling projects. Joining the West Virginia Woodturners Association in 2016, he is now using the lathe to create a variety of useful and decorative objects made from wood. His work is on display in Studio Six at Lee Street Studios in Lewisburg.
Jeanne Brenneman
Originally from Pennsylvania, Jeanne has been painting watercolors in West Virginia since 1973. She is a signature member of the West Virginia Watercolor Society, a juried artist at Tamarack, and a founding member of Greenbrier Artists, a local art group which has painted weekly since 1974. In Lewisburg, her work is available in Studio Six at Lee Street Studios and at WV Fine Artisans Gallery.
​Margy Green
Margy Green creates scenes from worlds or realms inspired by her dreams, from her love and appreciation of nature, as nuanced by her myriad life experiences.  While most works are acrylic on canvas, other areas of expertise and execution include pencil, charcoal, and oil pastel drawings, as well as watercolors, gouache, and oils.  She strives to create a visual reference for the miracles of our physical world in a way that evokes a feeling of wonder and respect for the planet, and for the universe that manifests our very existence. During time spent living on the west coast in Long Beach and later, San Francisco, many local, cultural and international influences affected her life, hence her artwork, such as experimental and performance art, yoga and meditative practices. Proximity allowed volunteering at the notable Highways Performance Space and Gallery, exposing her to cutting edge performance art.  Life and work experiences, materials expertise, and so much more continue to shape Margy’s artistic vision and artistic execution, ever yielding unique outer expressions for her continuing inner journey. 
Margy’s work has been exhibited in Southern California galleries, and is in many private collections and business. On a constant path to the learn and grow creatively, she is building upon her body of work, and additionally does commissioned work including custom paintings, Illustrations, landscapes, portraits, murals on canvas, and logos. Contact her at margygreenart@gmail.com
STUDIO 7:
THE ​LEE STREET LISTENING ROOM
Adam DeGraff
www.adamviolin.com
STUDIO 9
Anna Stout-Tuckwiller
Anna Stout-Tuckwiller is a painter and designer native to West Virginia. Her work generally involves bright primary colors and is often made with the intention of creating repeating patterns for fabric, wallpaper, and other surface pattern items.
www.instagram.com/bwoolfstudios/
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​Sara McDonald
Sara McDonald is an artist living and working in West Virginia. She is a lover of the outdoors and is inspired by nature. Sara works in watercolors and oils. The work in this show is inspired by the world of illustration. Sara has been painting for over twenty years and holds a BFA in mixed media painting from the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.
Shea Newton
Shea specializes in custom jewelry design. She has a background in jewelry/metals/CAD-CAM from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, where she received a BFA in 2008. Since then, she has worked predominantly in Philadelphia on historic "Jewelers Row."  Experience working for several jewelry manufacturers gave her the skills and knowledge required to start designing her own pieces upon relocating to wild and wonderful West Virginia. She works mostly in Matrix gemvision to create 3D models, which are then printed and cast in metal. Shea works closely with an experienced manufacturer as well as highly skilled jewelers to bring her designs to life. Find Shea's work online at ​www.sasshill.com. 
Jake Logan
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Francis Sharp
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Robin Skillern
Robin Skillern, a professional artist and educator, practices her art in a beautiful hollow in Friars Hill, West Virginia. Training for a degree in art from Rhodes College and studying at The Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in Aix-En-Provence, France fostered a love of work inspired by the natural world. Robin creates original pieces through potting, painting, crocheting, felting, and beading. She is involved as an art instructor with the local Carnegie Hall. She has also worked with children for many years through Greenbrier County Schools, The New Greenbrier Preschool, Seneca Behavioral Health Services, and Catholic Community Services. Her work has been exhibited in Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Urbana, Virginia, Durham, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently creating crocheted jewelry, papers for cards and books, and exploring all things pens, inks, and metallics.
STUDIO 10
Sean O'Connell
Sean O’Connell creates objects of beauty, function, integrity, and spirit.  Using a unique vocabulary of impressed and incised markings on raw clay, he composes distinctive expressive statements.  Sean is an observer of life.  His range of influences include African and Pre Columbian cultures as well as contemporary ceramic artists.  “The only rules for working clay are time, gravity and fire…The rest is up to us.”
STUDIO 11
​Thomas Ruggiero
More information coming soon!
STUDIO 14
Jorn Lynae Mork
In 1986, Jorn bought a van and an etching press. Thirty years later, she is on her 3rd van and has shown her work across the country. Jorn is proudly a self-taught artist focusing mainly on painting and printmaking. 
STUDIO 15
James Addison
James studied animation and photography at West Virginia University, where he received his BFA in 2015. His work combines surreal images with mechanical and biological aspects.
www.instagram.com/jamesqaddison/

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Emily Sullivan
​Emily Sullivan graduated from West Virginia University with a BFA in sculpture and art history.  Not only has she been a featured artist in #Lewisburg, she also does a running monthly comic for the local publication.  Emily participated in the 2017 Travelin' Appalachian Revue and has displayed her artwork in The Wild Bean as well as at informal local art shows since 2014.
Liz Goertz
​Elizabeth Goertz was born and raised in Washington DC.  She has lived from New York City to Mexico, and has traveled extensively. Goertz has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of Art and studied art history in Greece through Georgetown University.


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Kristen Rehak
More information coming soon!
STUDIO 16