Artist Showcase

Current Artist: TANYA MURPHY

February 2024- August 2024

About the artist: Tanya Murphy’s career has spanned over thirty years as a Multi-disciplinary Fine Artist, painter, printmaker, and photographer. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she became a resident of Charlotte NC in 2017. Tanya creates images which are inspired by nature’s resilient energy to survive; she documents the beauty of fading architecture, nostalgic artifacts and landscapes filled with historical and universal memories.

A BFA graduate of Tyler School of Art, PA, Tanya also elevated her love of painting extensively at the renowned Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Her paintings, photographs and lithographs are held in numerous public and private collections nationally. Notably the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, Cambridge, MA, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Havre de Grace, MD. Tanya has published three books, Southern Connections, 2007, Collectors Choice, 2013, and Multidisciplinary, 2023. She is an affiliate of the National Conference of Artists, Detroit, MI Chapter, the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, PA, the Charlotte Art League, and The Light Factory, both located in Charlotte, NC. printmaker, and photographer. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she became a resident of Charlotte NC in 2017. Tanya creates images which are inspired by nature’s resilient energy to survive; she documents the beauty of fading architecture, nostalgic artifacts and landscapes filled with historical and universal memories. A BFA graduate of Tyler School of Art, PA, Tanya also elevated her love of painting extensively at the renowned Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

Tanya has published three books, Southern Connections, 2007, Collectors Choice, 2013, and Multidisciplinary, 2023. She is an affiliate of the National Conference of Artists, Detroit, MI Chapter, the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, PA, the Charlotte Art League, and The Light Factory, both located in Charlotte, NC. https://www.joosestudios.com/

10% of proceeds will be donated to: Eventful Expressions, NPC

UPCOMING Artists

Future Artist: Jessica Hellerstein

August 2024 - February 2025

About the artist: Jess Hellerstein is a Charlotte based artist who creates oil paintings, watercolors, and ceramics. She began studying art in 2014 after graduating with her bachelors degree in sociology and psychology. As an emerging artist, Jess focused on digital art in a low-poly and shape based aesthetic. Her style has evolved from digital art to impressionistic and contemporary paintings.  She uses color, dynamic shapes and line work in her paintings to express feelings and evoke an emotional experience.  Her newest series of oil paintings is inspired by low-poly florals. Her work is evolving and she is excited about her new pieces that have come “full circle” from her early digital style. Jess credits her color palette to “recycled paint and a dirty brush”.  Creating art that communicates and interacts with the viewer in a meaningful, personal, and unique way is essential to her work. When Jess isn’t painting or creating she enjoys reading, walking, seeing her family and friends, and being a dog mom.

Past Artists Showcased

Joseph Hawk

Working in the creative sector since 2002, Joseph Hawk has primarily focused on photography and video. From documentaries to music videos weddings to portraits, corporate product to restaurants.

As a kid, one couldn’t pry the pencil from his hand as he was always drawing and being creative. As a scout in his teen years, he developed a love for the outdoors. oseph always felt most at home being in nature while going on hikes.

Today Josephs’s passion projects try to infuse those two things - Art and Nature. He loves travel photography and fine art landscapes. He enoys the road less traveled and finds fulfillment in opportunities t help conserve the natural spaces that are often taken for granted.

That’s why a percentage of the sale of these pieces will be donated to Catawba Riverkeeper, which help preserve and protect the waters of the Wateree River Basin. To find out more about the Catawba Riverkeepr organization got to: https://www.catawbariverkeeper.org

You can find more of Joseph’s work on his website and looking under Fine Arts Prints. www.josephhawk.com

Lee Campbell

About the artist: Although art in itself has never been even a remotely straight path with a guaranteed destination for me, the want to create is ever present. If I had to count on my hands how many times I’ve bought supplies with reckless abandon and no plan for the future, but a simple feeling; I would have to use all the creases in my palms and then some. There’s no grand backstory in the midst of all of this however- unless you want to count the watercolor pear I painted in the 2nd grade that my mom still has tucked away in a drawer somewhere. It feels odd to summarize my artistic experience when creating things is so ingrained into my everyday life, but if I had to I would say: I create what I want to, and what I can, and sometimes I fail at what I do best. But in those moments, I’m just glad I was given the chance to in the first place.

About the work: Love is a catalyst for most, if not all great things in life, and some would say it’s what keeps the world spinning on its very axis. So, to pay homage to the blissful, sometimes bitter, and deeply nuanced thing we call love- here is my attempt to encapsulate this widely subjective but universal concept from the headspace in which I feel it deepest.

Donna Heil

Donna knew art fed her soul when her elementary teachers recognized and encouraged her artistic ability.While attending an all-girls Catholic HS in Louisville Ky, she was inspired by her favorite teacher Sr. Rosalyn & knew her career path would have to include art. Donna earned a Bachelor of Art in Housing and Interior Design from the University of Kentucky.   A professional member of ASID, American Society of Interior Designers, she pursued a 30-year career in residential design, often incorporating her original artwork.Donna moved with her husband and high school sweetheart Jack, to Charlotte NC where they raised  3 children. While raising children, her career path took her from Interior Design, to teaching Middle School art and private children’s art classes, to Real Estate, Real Estate photographer, and eventually to pursuing her passion of painting full time.  Learn more here

Eileen Howe Covington

I have been an artist my whole life, winning my first competition when I was 10. Like for so many people life gets in the way and tries to muscle out the creative and artistic.   But true art in relationship to the soul will manifest itself somehow.  It may not be evident to the world or even to yourself but if it is not flowing out of you directly it is nearby and appearing in your world in a multitude of ways. My challenge daily is to let it flow unencumbered by rules, expectations and ridged demands of how it has to be.  Color outside the lines, think outside the box and stay in the flow. Remind myself and others of what is valuable in the world. Learn more here.

Manny Feo:

My name is Manny. I was born and raised in Venezuela but living in the Carolinas since 2008. When I was a kid, I bounced between being methodical and creative. Believe it or not! Even though my professional career did not lead to a creative world where I could express myself, I always strive to make a difference and think outside the box. Why is photography so important to me? Because it is a way to bring color to my black/white career! I love to be behind the camera, create memories, and think beyond my lenses. There is nothing impossible when you have it on your hands. My passion for photography raised to a new level when I traveled to Europe in 2015, and I met my happy place... The Netherlands. Since then, I carry a camera to capture the culture, landscape, and people of places I had been. Check out his work and support them here.

Jenny Love:

Jenny Love was the first artist to be showcased at Sanctuary Bistro Charlotte. She is also the photographer of the cookbook! Community, reciprocity, and attention are her focal points. You can learn more here.