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Wolf Creek, a leading mountain, cabin and lodge home decor
outfitter located in Green Mansions Village south of Boone on
N.C. 105, will host the second Rendezvous Memorial Day Weekend.
The event will feature local wildlife and landscape artists
Wolf Song Studio, Wolf Sanctum, Michael Bedoian, Louise Keranen,
Tami Booher, Anne Fredley and Beth Ann Runnels. Singer/composer
Thomas Scott Pearce, winner of numerous awards, including first
place at MerleFest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Competition,
will perform during the day.
An array of landscape and wildlife artists promises to present
an exceptional body of work at the show scheduled for Saturday,
May 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wolf Creek’s showroom
in the Grandfather community.
Wolf Song Studio, founded by J.W. and Sandi Baker, features
the couple’s internationally acclaimed wildlife art. Located
in Hickory, the studio brings the tandem together to combine
talent and inspiration to create cutting edge works of art that
exceed the sum of their individual contributions.
Christened Wolf Song to reflect that spirit of the wild they
portray in their art, the artists believe the name resonates
with the primal need for like minds to discover each other and
come together in mutual support. The Bakers were drawn together
by the same force, and since their union, the resultant whole
has far exceeded the sum of the parts.
The Bakers’ work hangs in galleries, shows, and private
collections across the globe. They have been featured in art
magazines, books and art-related publications worldwide. They
are active in the support of Wolf Sanctum, a non-profit wolf
sanctuary located in Bakersville. Their wildlife art has help
fund the effort and they serve on the organization’s advisory
board.
To learn more about them, visit www.wolfsongstudio.com.
Louise Keranen, another local artist appearing at Rendezvous
II, specializes in paintings of landscapes and animals of the
North Carolina High Country. Her work includes a variety of
subjects and styles, traditional and contemporary, or wherever
the mood and lighting take her. She works in acrylics, oils,
and a variety of media. Her work has been shown in galleries
in Michigan and Florida and is currently displayed in several
galleries in North Carolina, including a permanent exhibit at
Wolf Creek.
Keranen holds a degree in fine art and advertising art from
Wayne State University and has studied at the Detroit Institute
of Arts and the Cranbrook Academy in Michigan. She now paints
full-time from her home in Newland in Avery County.
Another featured wildlife artist, Michael Bedoian, hales from
Saluda. Bedoian started painting seriously in 2006 after a life-changing
personal loss. He picked up the brushes and paints his
late grandmother had left to him and painted his first work
of art, entitled, “Inner Child.”
Each Bedoian painting tells a story of peace and healing reflected
in an image of an animal.
“My paintings are about peace and healing within
ourselves, because this is the only way peace will come into
this world,” he said. “No one outside of ourselves
can do this for us. Peace begins and ends within each human
being on this planet. Each of my paintings is an extension of
this inner love and the power they possess comes from this
divine place.”
Bedoian’s work can be seen on his Web site, www.peacefulcoexistence.net.
Landscape artists featured at the Wolf Creek Rendezvous include
Tami Booher, Anne Fredley and Beth Ann Runnels.
Booher, a self educated artist, has been drawing and painting
since she picked up her first pencil as a young child. Current
works includes paintings in oil, acrylic and pastel. She is
a painter of the natural world. The focus of her work is
to capture the beauty and uniqueness of the landscape. Booher
looks to capture the beauty of nature before it’s compromised
further. She has taught painting at the college level and is
currently the director of a non-profit art program work with
at-risk youth. The program applies the therapeutic benefits
of art and equine-assisted skill building to re-direct the lives
of the young participants.
Booher also serves as facilitator for the artist critique
group known as the Foothills Painters. Samples of her work
can be found at www.naturepainterofvale.com, www.fineartamerica.com, www.artwanted.com/tamiboo.
Booher is currently accepting commission work. For more information,
visit www.naturepainterofvale.com.
Landscape artist Anne Fredley was born in Hagerstown, Md., when
her Navy dad was stationed at Camp David. By the time she graduated
from high school in Pennsylvania, the family had made their
home in no less than ten different ports of call.
“I always had an interest in art and design,” she
said, “but I didn’t begin painting until 2002 after
I inherited my mom’s oil painting supplies.”
Arts and craft ran in the family. Her great grandfather was
a glass blower, and both her great uncle and her mother were
accomplished artists. Fredley gravitated toward landscapes because
she enjoyed trying to capture the beauty of nature in photographs.
“I use fairly thin layers of paint and dry brushing to
create a softer, more serene look,” she said.
Fredley currently resides in Catawba County and in 2003 joined
the Foothills Painters Guild.
To accent the art show at Rendezvous II, celebrated songwriter
Thomas Scott Pearce will perform. A past recipient of the North
Carolina Arts Council Songwriting Fellowship, he’s a two-time
grand prize winner of the Austin Songwriters Group in Austin,
Texas. His songs have earned top honors in the inspirational
category for “Rings in the Water,” and in the blues
category with a composition, entitled, “Last Man Standing.”
He is a past winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting
Contest conducted each year at MerleFest in Wilkesboro. Other
awards include the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition, the
Wildflower Songwriting Competition and was a finalist at Hankfest,
where he won the Hank Williams Songwriting Contest.
Wolf Creek invites everyone to meet the artists and register
for free prizes. For more information, call (828) 963-6800 or
e-mail wolfcreektraders.com.
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