Folk Art Figures by Renne Whitaker-Ensley... $78-98 each

I grew up in Black Mountain, NC, in the 60’s, post Black Mountain College era. I was captivated by its influences and realized early on that I was meant to be an artist. After a 30 year career teaching Visual Communication, I began a different artistic journey by rejecting much of my formal training to experiment with ‘making-up’ new ways to create. Taking inspiration from Marc Chagall’s quote, “I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment”, I bounce back and forth between 2-D and 3-D mixed media. The joy of making art for me is in giving up some of the control and letting the art partner in the process and the outcome. As in my career, I still love sharing new discoveries and I enjoy teaching classes that demonstrate ways to explore inspiration.   --Renne Whitaker Ensley