Beaufort Artists

Remembering Paul Hee

"Bon Homme Richard" 24x18 Oil on Canvas

Paul Hee 1927-2011

Paul Hee, who critics and historians hailed as one of America's finest maritime artists, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 in Newport, N.C., after a bout with cancer. He was 84.

A master of the luminescent style, Mr. Hee lived and painted in his Marsh Street studio in Beaufort, NC, where he retired after a life at sea. Mr. Hee served in the US Navy, and as a Miami-based cruise ship executive.

His life-long love of the sea led him to pick up a brush and study art with Leo Stitsky of Fort Lauderdale School of Art. His oil paintings often sold before the paint dried on the canvas.

"His deft brush work, use of color, shape and light, conveyed the ever changing drama and mood of the sea," said Raymond Voelpel of Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro. "Paul Hee established himself as one of America's finest maritime artists." MORE...

Three Centuries of Seafaring

The Maritime Art of PAUL HEE

Beaufort - NCMM, Scuttlebutt and Rocking Chair Book Store; Swansboro - Tidewater Gallery

Donna Robertson

MARSH IN MORNING FOG - Tidewater Gallery

Donna began her art career in Kansas City in 1979. She moved to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1989 and currently lives in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Until 2002, Donna worked almost exclusively in watercolor and collage. A non-credit course in the French impressionists led to an interest in oils, which is her current focus.

"There is a special quality to the light of coastal North Carolina. I happen to live at a site where the creek meets the Intracoastal Waterway and there is no end to the possibilities for painting that light. The water, the marshes and the light hold endless fascination for me, here and on the Outer Banks. I most enjoy painting them 'en pleine air.'"

Donna's WEBSITE Donna's BLOG

Work at Handscapes - Beaufort

Work at Tidewater Gallery - Swansboro

Jack Saylor - Oil Painter

"By the Sea" - Most Recent Work - February 2011

North Carolina native Jack Saylor comes from a family with deep North Carolina Moravian roots. As a young boy, Jack's artistic inclinations were obvious by the sheer amount of time he spent making drawings of the world around him. From very early on one of his favorite subjects was the coast, which was a family vacation destination almost every summer. Throughout his young life, he never abandoned his desire to be an artist.

After graduating in 1983 from Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) with a degree in Painting and Design, Jack immediately set about pursuing a career as an artist. With plans to enroll in a painting program in the South of France, these plans were postponed when he was offered an exciting job as ...read more ...

Jack Saylor's Website

Jack's Blog

Dee Knott - Watercolorists

"Adventuress"

DEE KNOTT'S Website

Sculptor - Craig Gurganus

Fish Bouffant Website

Sculptors, Painters and Potters - Willie Baucom and Keith Lambert

Stoneware Clay Figure by Willie Baucom

White Stone and Marble Sculpture by Keith Lambert

"Pottery is available through events we attend

around the state and directly from our studio. The actual pieces change regularly, so contact us if you are interested in any particular type of item. Pottery makes a great gift which can be enjoyed for generations!"

Willie Baucom and Keith

Lambert, married in 1990, both have a

strong passion for sculpture, pottery, and painting. They have Master of Fine Arts Degrees from UNC Greensboro and have worked as visiting artists and teachers in the US and Europe

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Willie and Keith's Website ShipyardEarthworks.com

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Painter-Jenifer Crowell

Jenifer Crowell is a colorful abstract artist who works with acrylics and watercolors - usually on a large scale.

As part of Adopt and Artist Program, Jenifer's work can currently be seen at various businesses and restaurants in Beaufort and Morehead City.

Jenifer's work can also be seen at Carolina Creations Gallery in New Bern. Her whimsical greeting cards are available at Tierra Fina and Rocking Chair Bookstore.

Beaufort-by-the-Sea—Journey Back in Time includes one of Jenifer’s illustrations.

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ARTIST'S WEBSITE

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Oil Painter-Pene diMaio

diMaio’s oil paintings are brilliant with the layering of bold colors and wild textures that come together to create unique and eye catching pieces. A simple scene to the ordinary eye becomes a unique composition for Pene, triggering memories and impressions that channel into her art.

The artist participates in shows throughout the eastern

United States.

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Mary Cotter Hurst

"Journey Back in Time" - Etching for Beaufort-By-The-Sea

Mary Cotter Hurst is both an artist and the innkeeper of the Old Seaport Inn on Turner Street. Her printmaking studio, an old carriage house complete with an antique press dating back to the 1800’s, is 'tucked away' behind the Inn. Mary is an award-winning artist from Massachusetts who specializes in etchings, woodcuts, and oils. She exhibits her works in the Cotter Hurst Gallery at the Old Seaport Inn.

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Maritime Painter-Al Goellner

Full Color and Sepia Version of the Same Painting - Click to Enlarge

After a noted career in advertising and graphic design, Al Goellner and his wife retired to Beaufort where he enjoys painting his unique maritime scenes.

Al was the 2000 Seafood Festival Artist and has been the featured artist at the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery.

Al Goellner's Sycamore Studio is open by appointment.

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Fine Art Photographer - Scott Taylor

Cape Lookout Bight

Scott Taylor graduated from the University of Chapel Hill in 1978 followed by three years with a Chapel Hill newspaper. He then worked at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort and completed his career there as assistant director of communications in 2000.

Scott Taylor’s 214 Pollock Street studio is located in a circa 1945 storefront building with a squared-off façade. Several years ago Taylor gutted the deteriorated front-gabled store and restored it into his wonderful gallery and studio-shooting space. His images of coastal North Carolina can be seen in many local, state, regional and national magazines and galleries.