Growing up in Malvern, Pennsylvania, new Anderson Artists Guild (AAG) member Tommy Hunt spent a lot of time drawing. “We used to have paintings of ships on the walls,” he said. “I would sit for hours and draw those ships. During Christmas I loved to sit up close and stare into the Christmas tree. All that detail was magical. It seemed wondrous to me." Living in Canada for 36 years, he earned a bachelor’s degree in fine art from the Three Schools of Art and a commercial arts d

Three Anderson Artists Guild members—Teresa Anderson, Al Morris, and JoAnne Anderson—had works accepted for the South Carolina Watermedia Society’s 2022 National Exhibition. Their works are among 70 pieces in the show, which will open with a reception at 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2022, at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia and will close on January 8, 2023. The juror was Linda Daly Baker. Here are our members’ reflections on their watercolor pieces: Teresa Anderson’s S

Peggy Arnett, a new member of the Anderson Artists Guild, has a stubborn streak. As a kid, for instance, she used to show her dad her black and white sketches, and he suggested adding color. “That angered me,” she said. “I dug in my heels about painting until 2014.” When she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989, she didn’t let it stop her. “That was quite a hard blow,” she said. “But I decided at that point to do everything I’d always wanted to do.” She became an eme

New Anderson Artists Guild member Kathe Harris had a long career teaching art, with stints in Spartanburg District 7, Homeland Park Elementary, South Fant Elementary, Centerville Elementary, and Hanna High School. She also served as an assistant principal at Homeland Park. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from West Virginia University and an Interdisciplinary Master of Art degree from the University of South Carolina. She enjoyed coming up with ideas for the class

New Anderson Artists Guild member Nancy Anna moved to California in her twenties, drawn from her native Connecticut to life in a big city. She made a living doing office work for medical groups. “I enjoyed it but always wanted to pursue my art," she said. She had started doing leathercraft—making belts and wallets—as a teenager. A store owner in California, impressed by her talent, invited her to a class taught by a master in the field. That’s where Nancy learned to stretch,