Deja View Gallery, Historic Downtown Waynesville, North Carolina

Non-Consigned Artists
	Bill Campbell Pottery His porcelain is admired for the wonderful glazes. The entire collection can be viewed on his website www.campbellpottery.com. We only have a few items listed on the site but have many more. After viewing Campbell's site if you do not see any of the items on the Deja View site, let us know and we can price it for you.
	Michal Golan Michal Golan designed are inspired by Byzantine jewelry and uses influences from mosaic styles with the look of antique but with contemporary fashion. Hand crafted using 24k gold or sterling electroplated over brass or white metal using semi-precious stones, fresh water pearls, crystals and beads.
Consigned Artists:
	Susan Altier Armstrong Susan is a self-taught artist who specializes in several forms of eclectic art. She also designs jewelry, dabbles in photography, is a gourmet cook, paints and knits. Originally from Savannah, GA, Susan now resides in Bradenton, near the Gulf of Mexico on the west coast of Florida. She credits the Florida beaches and the beautiful seasons in the Western NC mountains for the inspiration attained for her art work.
	Ruth Anne Brown, Artist, Green Heron Studio I have loved stones, minerals and all things Nature as long as I can remember. The first time I saw a faceted stone in a wire mounting, I was fascinated. I had been a florist for a number of years, so creating something beautiful with my hands appealed to me. I went to a beginning wire art class at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in 1991. Then I took three more advanced classes that year and in 2002. The first time I held wire in my hands and began to apply it to a stone, I KNEW a match had been made. I love the feel of the wire going around a stone. And I love watching how the top becomes arranged. It's fun to see how my style changes and evolves as the seasons come and go. It is a joy to make one of a kind pieces of lovely jewelry. And it is a joy to see people find that piece that makes their eyes light up and say, "This belongs to me."
	Peggy Duncan Peggy was born and raised in the sprawling countryside surrounding Tampa, Florida. Exploring her grandparent's orange grove and nursery gave her an early affinity for nature and its flora. Summers spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her maternal grandmother deepened her love of gardening and the beauty of the world around her. In 1979 she left the rolling scenery of North Carolina for the flat vistas and lush incorrigible gardens of the South Carolina low country only to return in 2006 to Bryson City. While her work is representational, Peggy is not concerned with pure realism. There is an animated quality to her depiction of trees and flowers. "I communicate my own response to the subject through interpretation of color and light". Pastel is her medium of choice, allowing her to achieve the feeling if immediacy and freshness that she seeks in her work. At the same time, her acrylics and oils are vibrant, with a spontaneous, intuitive quality. Peggy is a Member of Excellence in the Southeastern Patel Society and a member of the Degas Pastel Society. Her work has been accepted in over 40 regional and national shows, and hangs in private collections across the country and overseas.
	Steve and Sandy Lampl Steve paints vibrant still lifes and landscapes and has been referred to as a "primitive modern artist whose naivety, innocence and purity are captured by his daring, imagination and energy". He has been painting for 12 years and continues to learn through workshops with many teaching professionals. His work is shown and sold in North and South Carolina as well as Virginia, Tennessee and Florida. Sandy's soft and colorful landscapes are different in style, however Steve has been an influence on her and she has been branching out using bold bright colors. They both reside in Waynesville.
	Pottery by Trista Hudzik Born in Greensboro North Carolina she attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and took a pottery class her senior year "for fun" only to fall in love with clay. She moved to the mountains to attend the professional crafts program at Haywood Community College and learned the skills to become a potter. She incorporates traditional elements into her pots and uses ash glazes from local hardwood trees, recycled from the wood burned to warm her home. "Living a simple life of creating beautiful vessels for everyday living is what makes me whole". Trista is now a resident of Haywood County with her dogs, cat and her husband.
	Michael Meissner Working from his home studio at 4,300 feet in the Great Smoky Mountains, Michael works in a multitude of mediums including oils, watercolors and pencils to name a few. He carves bears with chainsaws, creates mosaics in tile, takes pride in his photography, and on occasion even throws clay on a potters wheel. Creating with the hands is at the core of this artist. No matter the medium, the art is created with a passion and is presented to evoke the same emotions in the viewer. www.smokyarts.com
	Mary Lucas I was born and raised in Cincinnati and grew up on a college campus where my father taught. As a young child we made mud pies and sold them to the students for a few pennies. Between Cincinnati and coming to North Carolina, I spent many years living in Germany where I learned fiber weaving. After arriving in NC, I became intrigued with basketry and also discovered the clay department at Haywood Community College where I truly felt like I’d returned to my roots of playing in mud. As a result, I’ve combined all arts I have learned; basketry, weaving and clay. I hope you enjoy the results of my play as much as I enjoy making them.
	Dred Works Sally Timmel-Gammons creates her designs based on her philosophy of life. Live, Love, Laugh. Her elementary art education background gives her the inspiration to create simple forms with bright colors. She works at Deja View and you can find her most days in the Gallery.
	Bill Cole After serving 26 years in the Air Force, Bill retired to the mountains of western NC where he spends as much time as possible with nature and pursuing his love of watercolor painting. Primarily a self-taught artist, Bill studied for a short time in Paris under Finnish artist, Paivi Tiura. During that time, he gained a basic understanding of watercolor techniques and began developing his style. Inspired by the beauty of the natural world, Bill attempts to translate that beauty into paintings that inspire the viewer to also appreciate nature.
	Jane Cole A quilt maker since 1978 and teaching for more than 15 years. She designs her own quilts and wall hangings that are sometimes a twist on a traditional theme. Often inspired by nature, she enjoys doing landscapes and is always influenced by the fabrics available to the modern quilter. Recently she has begun to dye her own fabrics as well. Jane has taught for guilds, shops, and seminars throughout the southeast, New England, and France. She currently teaches at John Campbell Folk School & Kits and Kaboodles; has an ongoing workshop, The Shady Ladies, with about 30 students, and a business, Quilter’s Getaway Weekends that they has been operating in New England for 10 years. Jane’s quilts have been exhibited and won awards at many shows including New England Images, The Vermont Quilt Festival, A Quilter’s Gathering, The Mid Atlantic Quilt Show and Competition, Quilters Heritage Show in Lancaster, Pa, the Asheville Quilt Show and Competition, and the Rodman Gallery at Haywood Arts Repertory Theater. Her public commissions include The Welch Corporation and Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center. Her Quilts can be seen at Deja View Gallery, Waynesville, NC. She is a member of the Asheville Quilt Guild & High Country Quilters.
	Brian Keith Smith Watercolor painter
	Denise McCullough I have been painting and drawing for 65 years, started as a primitive “Gramma Moses” type artist when I did original work and copied every artist and style I liked until I finally arrived at a style of my own. I love to paint realistically and impressionistically and enjoy an abstract now and then. I enjoy every day - I paint, I sing, I laugh at myself and have a great old time. I spend the Winter in Florida and the Summer in Waynesville.
	Thomas Jefferson Knox I’ve lived and painted landscapes of the Smokies for the better part of the past thirty years. Ohio born, I studied art at Central Academy of Commercial Art in Cincinnati. Moving to Gatlinburg in 1972 was the beginning of a great love of the mountains and all the beauty it afforded to a young artist. After a thirty-year career in commercial design/illustration I decided to paint full time and publish my own Limited Edition prints. www.thomasjeffersonknox.com.
	Jon Bowman As a child, I grew to love nature on m family’s farm in the rolling foothills of rural Pennsylvania. I started photographing nature when I was seventeen, which inspired me to ecome a professional photographer. After gradutating from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, my work eventually took me to Atlanta, GA where I established Commercial Photographic Services, Inc., a professional lab specializing in Black and White photography. During that time, my work appeared in several calendars and magazines. In 1996 I moved to Waynesville, NC to pursue my passion for nature photography full time. My most recent work explores the art of Polaroid dye transfers, Oil Pastel drawings and Oil Painting.
	Kenneth Dickson Unique forms of energy stills the mind so the heart can play. Woodworker; bio to come
	Chris Minick Woodworker; bio to come
	Carol Van Zee Potter; bio to come.
	Guy Stevens Stevens began his professional career in 1970 after graduating from Furman University with a major in art. His paintings are held in public and private collections worldwide. His painting tours span the globe. Stevens is compelled to reveal to the viewer a very pesonal connection to the universal life force which pulses through his brush like an electrical current. Thus the individual brush strokes waive in and out of the painting surface defining the flowing path of this deep love for all life. His prints and cards are located in Deja View Gallery. www.guystevens.org.
	Eliza Hafer Eliza's paintings embody mythical and spiritual qualities. After receiving her BA in art, with an emphasis on figure drawing, she studied intuitive painting processes in order to seek imagery from within. Her work is mainly figurative and includes dream-like dancers, symbolic faces, as well as mystical and visionary archetypes.
	Vickie Beck, Panther Creek Potpourri Vickie Sanford Beck, a Haywood County native, enjoys creating art in several medias such sas basketry and painting, but enjoys any and all creative processes. Panther Creek Potpourri, the potpourri meaning a mixture of things, explains the diversity this artist prefers. If you, as a buyer, have an art idea, this artist loves to brainstorm ways to get the idea into reality form, even if this means turning a project over to another artistic specialist. She has been making rattan baskets for 15 years and believes in basketry for your mental health. As a painter, she loves to paint murals, one of which can be seen at the MRI clinic at Mission Hospital in Asheville.