Studio Visit: December 14

Artfolios warmly invites the community to the annual Holiday Studio Visit with Barbara Lister-Sink and Melrose Tapscott Buchanan on Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 2:00-5:00pm. Their second-floor studio is located at 629 North Trade Street in the Arts District of Winston-Salem. Come enjoy conversations on art and do some holiday shopping.

Their studio will be fresh and full of creativity! Each artist will have new works to enjoy as well as works in progress. Barbara is exploring on larger format papers—up to 30”x 40” and beyond. She is also experimenting with India and acrylic inks to discover ways of making larger marks—larger lines, “blobs,” and shapes. Melrose has been creating works for her ongoing “Illuminated Flowers” and “Illuminated Flowers/Collages” series. Additionally, she has been working in a new series titled “Ancient Treasures.”

Melrose Tapscott Buchanan shares, “Sharing a studio with Barbara is fascinating and engaging because we share a similar aesthetic, yet our artwork is quite different. Barbara is presently working with mainly inks and her work is spontaneous and abstract plus often large. My artwork is mostly based on observational naturalism with my present work being hand-tinted woodblock prints and collages.”

Barbara Lister-Sink agrees: “We have radically different artistic styles! Melrose creates subtle, lyrical art, usually on a smaller scale—wonderful worlds within worlds. My work is big and noisy—large splashes of color and line that I create spontaneously over just a few hours, throwing ink at the paper and waiting to see what gravity, water, and Mother Nature help me concoct. So, the ‘vibes’ in the studio are wildly disparate.” She adds, “I so appreciate Melrose’s sense of order and process and the time she takes to create layer upon delicate layer. I love seeing this process unfold over time.”

“Barbara and I have been friends and colleagues for many years (30+ years!),” continues Melrose, “so we understand each other’s art and appreciate each other’s opinions. She is an amazing musician and visual artist. Sharing ideas and inspirations for our artwork is engaging and fun! It has been wonderful to share this fabulous studio for three years.”

“Melrose is always incredibly supportive and encouraging,” adds Barbara, “such a blessing in a studio partner. She was, after all, my art teacher who got me back into art 25 years ago with her superb pedagogy. Melrose is a master art teacher, and I am forever grateful to her for opening up my life-changing world as a visual artist.” Barbara concludes: “Our success at sharing that beautiful, open, light-filled studio is a testimony to our very long and enduring friendship—we inspire each other.”

The event is free and open to the public. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Barbara Lister-Sink, Founding Artist of Artfolios

Barbara is passionate about both music and art. An internationally distinguished pianist and teacher, and a native North Carolinian, she developed an interest in art and art history while majoring in music at Smith College. Throughout her early career, Barbara created pastel drawings of the landscapes, seascapes, and irises of her native state. She has now navigated to ink and full heartedly pushed her artwork to complete abstraction. Barbara’s mediums of choice allow her easy access to color and line—coincidentally her favorite aspects of musical performance.

Melrose Tapscott Buchanan, Founding Artist of Artfolios

Melrose is an artist and an educator. She has taught drawing and painting classes and workshops at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Sawtooth School of Visual Art, and Salem Academy and College. For many years Melrose taught two-day and week-long watercolor workshops in the mountains and at the beaches of North Carolina and Virginia (Chincoteague Island was a favorite spot). Melrose chooses to be a careful observer of the world around her. Her passion for observing and sketching from life, dreams, and memories drives her work. Her art is about the complexity of perception: the art of seeing, believing, meditating, and then giving herself permission to play with the images from her sketchbooks.