Fine Art 4

An abstract painting filled with bold red paint and wide black brushstrokes sweeping across the canvas. Sharp yellow streaks cut through the center, and scattered white glitter create a textured, almost splattered surface. The layered marks and strong contrast create a sense of fast movement.
Tyler The Diva is a local artist with 18 years of experience in Middle Tennessee. She is a trained singer, published author, and abstract artist, and a strong advocate for disability rights for herself and others.
A black-and-white photograph shows two cows standing close together and facing the camera. Their large ears hang down beside their faces, and their curved horns stretch outward to each side. Soft focus and lack of color emphasizes the smooth contours of their faces and the speckled pattern along their necks.
Nicholas Coakley has FASD and a passion for photography. He loves capturing his pet cows and the landscapes around him.
A painting of a large full moon sits near the center of a dark blue sky. The moon is painted in gray and white with thick, rough texture that suggests craters and uneven ground. A pale blue glow circles around it, helping the moon stand out from the deep, shadowy background.
Stormy is a thoughtful artist who plans her work carefully, then lets the process take over. When asked how she wanted the world to see her, she said, "as myself" - an answer that inspired her self-portrait series.
A patchwork quilt is made from square fabric blocks arranged in a neat grid. Most of the colors are cool blues, purples, teals, and soft greens, with patterns that include moons, stars, circles, paisleys, and small floral designs. Seams and stitched lines create a soft quilted texture across the whole piece.
Sarah is a 28-year-old artist and student at Trousdale School. In her free time she enjoys quilting, diamond art, reading, and walking outside. She also makes quilts for people with Alzheimer's disease with her family.
A close-up photograph shows a cluster of white spider flowers rising in front of a soft green garden background. Thin stamens stretch outward in many directions, giving the flower a light, spiky shape. Bright sunlight highlights the smooth petals and makes the flower stand out clearly from the blurred background.
Sherrie lives in Buffalo Valley, Tennessee, and has loved photography most of her life. She is drawn to the diverse beauty Tennessee has to offer and says her inspiration comes from God, who created all this beauty in the first place.
A large painting is filled edge to edge with many small, colorful shapes and patterns that overlap and connect across the surface. Bright colors like pink, green, blue, yellow, and black form clusters of dots, lines, and rounded shapes. Thick paint and layered marks create a busy, textured surface with no single focal point.
Bradley M. paints on canvas using layers of acrylic to build cityscapes, buildings, machines, and superheroes. His work has a stained-glass quality that reflects his strength and calm.