Artists' Biographies
Lynne Anderson
Lynne began as a fiber artisit. She studied the patterns developed by the early American pioneers on their four harness looms. With very fine threads they were able to design very complicated patterns. Their weaving was further enhanced with new dyes developed as they moved across American. Lynne's work has evolved to paper and watercolor and acrylic paints. Rarely does she have a specific painting, design, or even a concept when beginning a painting. Each painting evolves, sometimes completed in one day -- but most often she works on several paintings, picking them up, putting them away, getting them out again and again. Looking closely at her work you may see the influence of the warp and weft, repetitiveness, color movement found in weaving.
Lynne was fortunate to be raised as an "Army Brat" moving around the world. She has lived in Japan, Germany and France and also in twelve different states. She has fun telling friends about her high school proms on the Eiffel Tower and on the River Seine. She married an Army man and continued her travels. They have retired from government services and live in the wonderful town of Washington, NC. Her stated objective when retiring was to do whatever she wants, whenever she wants. Painting and studying works of other artists is how she spends her time. |
Pat Boyd

Pat Boyd, a native of eastern North Carolina, has been creating original works of art since childhood. She has explored many mediums including acrylic, watercolor, oil, ink, pastel, and clay sculptures and interior decorating consulting.
Many of her sculptures were used as master-molds which were reproduced for years.
Pat has been acknowledged many times over her long career including first place for her triptych "Water Lilies" in the
Beaufort County Arts Council Show. She recently won Best in Show at the 2017 Martin County Arts Council Art Show
for her acrylic painting "March Egrets".
Her 37+ year teaching career began in 1981 at Beaufort County Community College. She later transitioned to sharing
her talents at her personal studio, Art & Things, where she teaches private students and classes. She recently began
teaching at Washington Montessori School, guiding young artists as they learn and grow.
Contact Pat Boyd at Art & Things at (252) 927-4588.
Many of her sculptures were used as master-molds which were reproduced for years.
Pat has been acknowledged many times over her long career including first place for her triptych "Water Lilies" in the
Beaufort County Arts Council Show. She recently won Best in Show at the 2017 Martin County Arts Council Art Show
for her acrylic painting "March Egrets".
Her 37+ year teaching career began in 1981 at Beaufort County Community College. She later transitioned to sharing
her talents at her personal studio, Art & Things, where she teaches private students and classes. She recently began
teaching at Washington Montessori School, guiding young artists as they learn and grow.
Contact Pat Boyd at Art & Things at (252) 927-4588.
Beth Clark

A native of Greenville, Beth Clark graduated from East Carolina University with a Master’s of Music in Piano Pedagogy and from the University of South Carolina with Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Pedagogy. She has taught private piano lessons for more than thirty years and has served on the faculties of East Carolina University and Chowan University. Currently she serves as the Music Director/Organist for the First Christian Church in Washington, North Carolina.
Her love of painting and drawing began when she was a child. This love was encouraged by her mother who was a former art teacher. Although she has experimented sporadically with watercolor, colored pencil and acrylics, her favorite medium is water soluble oil. She began working with this medium in 2013 and has been painting regularly ever since. She enjoys painting the natural world, especially birds, flowers, and eastern North Carolina landscapes.
Her love of painting and drawing began when she was a child. This love was encouraged by her mother who was a former art teacher. Although she has experimented sporadically with watercolor, colored pencil and acrylics, her favorite medium is water soluble oil. She began working with this medium in 2013 and has been painting regularly ever since. She enjoys painting the natural world, especially birds, flowers, and eastern North Carolina landscapes.
Dolly Colwell

Painting is her passion and color is her world, depicted in architectural scenes, garden settings, and landscapes of artist, Dolly Colwell.
Over the years, she perfected painting intricate miniature scenes and portraits on Christmas ornaments. She has taken this experience to the canvas using oil with heavy application of brilliant color.
Her work has been featured in private showings as well as regional exhibitions where she has received numerous awards. She is a member of Greenville Brushstrokes, Twin Rivers Art Association, Craven County Arts Council, Beaufort County Arts Council, and Greenville Museum Artist Association.
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Over the years, she perfected painting intricate miniature scenes and portraits on Christmas ornaments. She has taken this experience to the canvas using oil with heavy application of brilliant color.
Her work has been featured in private showings as well as regional exhibitions where she has received numerous awards. She is a member of Greenville Brushstrokes, Twin Rivers Art Association, Craven County Arts Council, Beaufort County Arts Council, and Greenville Museum Artist Association.
http://originalartbydolly.com
Cynthia DeLaFontaine

Cynthia DeLaFontaine, transfer from CT to NC 13 years ago, now a retired postal worker, is doing what she loves and that is her art.
A graduate from Southern Connecticut State University with a Bachelor Science Degree were she majored in print making. She also enjoys water color, acrylics, and mix media.
Cynthia email address for her art work is [email protected]
A graduate from Southern Connecticut State University with a Bachelor Science Degree were she majored in print making. She also enjoys water color, acrylics, and mix media.
Cynthia email address for her art work is [email protected]
Lou Everett

Lou Everett, Professor Emeritus at the College of Nursing, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and an artist, thoroughly enjoys passing her joy of painting to others. She currently serves as a Clinical Professor and Assistant to the Dean at the ECU College of Nursing.
Lou primarily paints in oils now but has also won awards in acrylics and watercolor. Regardless of the medium, she prefers to paint the effect of light on her subjects en Plein Air, and whether in the studio or en Plein Air, her palette is alive with color. Love for family and farm life can be found in vibrant paintings of “eastern NC and coastal flavor.” During the past several years, she has enjoyed painting scenes as well from the mountains of NC. Lou discovered painting as a delightful way to nurture and rejuvenate her body, mind, and spirit during years of career development and care living. She was the first President of Greenville Brushstrokes, and later served as President, the Watercolor Society of North Carolina. She is a member of Paint NC and currently serves on the board of the Friends of the ECU School of Art and Design. Her 2012 Solo show of “Humble Beginnings” was the Invitational Inaugural Exhibition of Art as Avocation at the Laupus Library, showcasing artistic talents from the Division of Health Sciences at ECU. Several of her paintings have been included in Kim Maselli’s book, Painting North Carolina: a Visual Journey (2013), available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble’s, and fine art galleries throughout NC. Images of her renderings have also been selected for inclusion in three o nursing textbooks, and is being considered for a another one. Since May 2012, Lou has collaborated with City Art using a “Traveling Studio” concept to offer classes in beginning watercolor. She has a studio in Kinston at Art 105, and is also represented by the Kinston Community Council for the Arts. She is also a member of Paint NC and Oil Painters of America. You can contact her at 252-341-5495 for more information or via her Website: loueverettart.com.
Lou primarily paints in oils now but has also won awards in acrylics and watercolor. Regardless of the medium, she prefers to paint the effect of light on her subjects en Plein Air, and whether in the studio or en Plein Air, her palette is alive with color. Love for family and farm life can be found in vibrant paintings of “eastern NC and coastal flavor.” During the past several years, she has enjoyed painting scenes as well from the mountains of NC. Lou discovered painting as a delightful way to nurture and rejuvenate her body, mind, and spirit during years of career development and care living. She was the first President of Greenville Brushstrokes, and later served as President, the Watercolor Society of North Carolina. She is a member of Paint NC and currently serves on the board of the Friends of the ECU School of Art and Design. Her 2012 Solo show of “Humble Beginnings” was the Invitational Inaugural Exhibition of Art as Avocation at the Laupus Library, showcasing artistic talents from the Division of Health Sciences at ECU. Several of her paintings have been included in Kim Maselli’s book, Painting North Carolina: a Visual Journey (2013), available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble’s, and fine art galleries throughout NC. Images of her renderings have also been selected for inclusion in three o nursing textbooks, and is being considered for a another one. Since May 2012, Lou has collaborated with City Art using a “Traveling Studio” concept to offer classes in beginning watercolor. She has a studio in Kinston at Art 105, and is also represented by the Kinston Community Council for the Arts. She is also a member of Paint NC and Oil Painters of America. You can contact her at 252-341-5495 for more information or via her Website: loueverettart.com.
Dewey Funkhouser

I, Dewey Funkhouser was born in a farm house in 1932, about 2 miles from Mt. Jackson, VA in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.
I left the valley at about the age of 18 and was employed in baseball for 4 years. Drafted in the army for 2 years.
Started a striping business in Lakeland, FL that I operated for 33 years before I sold the business. It still operates under my name to this day.
Besides Mt. Jackson, I have lived in Edinburg, Portsmouth, VA—Marion, Holly Springs NC, Columbia, Sc, Olympia, Wa, Lakeland, FL, Marion, KY and here in Greenville, NC.
I like throwing baseball, playing tennis, billiards, ping pong and art. I am a self taught artist as is easily seen and acrylic is my medium.
Giclee prints are available of all my art and a contact # is (252)413-6353 or [email protected]
You may also visit Dewey's website: funkhouserartist.com
I left the valley at about the age of 18 and was employed in baseball for 4 years. Drafted in the army for 2 years.
Started a striping business in Lakeland, FL that I operated for 33 years before I sold the business. It still operates under my name to this day.
Besides Mt. Jackson, I have lived in Edinburg, Portsmouth, VA—Marion, Holly Springs NC, Columbia, Sc, Olympia, Wa, Lakeland, FL, Marion, KY and here in Greenville, NC.
I like throwing baseball, playing tennis, billiards, ping pong and art. I am a self taught artist as is easily seen and acrylic is my medium.
Giclee prints are available of all my art and a contact # is (252)413-6353 or [email protected]
You may also visit Dewey's website: funkhouserartist.com
(Dorothy)Dodi Groesser

A native Nebraskan and a resident of North Carolina since 1989, is married to her artist husband, John Groesser. They live in the country near Grimesland, NC. A retired piano teacher, Dodi is now pursuing her lifelong passion for art. Painting “en Plein Air” is her first choice but is equally happy in her studio. Her paintings have a recognizable quality of soft edges. Dodi has been recognized with numerous awards for her oil paintings and is currently represented by River Walk Gallery and Arts Center in Washington, NC and Requisites in Virginia Beach, VA.
She and her husband have studied with many well known artists that have taken them to several exciting destinations including France, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, and Switzerland as well as much of our lovely US. Dodi retains membership in Greenville Brushstrokes, Emerge of Greenville, NC, Beaufort County Arts Council, Paint NC and has served on the board of the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, NC. Dodi has paintings published in two books, Painting North Carolina, Impressions in Plein Air and Painting North Carolina, A Visual Journey both by Kimberlee Maselli of Cary, NC. Contact information: johnanddodigroesser.com
She and her husband have studied with many well known artists that have taken them to several exciting destinations including France, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, and Switzerland as well as much of our lovely US. Dodi retains membership in Greenville Brushstrokes, Emerge of Greenville, NC, Beaufort County Arts Council, Paint NC and has served on the board of the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, NC. Dodi has paintings published in two books, Painting North Carolina, Impressions in Plein Air and Painting North Carolina, A Visual Journey both by Kimberlee Maselli of Cary, NC. Contact information: johnanddodigroesser.com
John Groesser

Over the past 8 years, since retirement, I have been searching for a different style of painting. I wanted to figure out a way to push my paintings to: (1) stand out from traditional art and (2) express my positive, happy, happy, happy feeling in life. I found it and branded this new style "Open Expressionism". I really enjoy painting in this new method and have been amazed to see how viewers are drawn to it.
Expressionism is art that seeks to express an emotional experience with forms that may be distorted or exaggerated and with colors that are intensified. I discovered my love for this style by experimenting with different painting supplies and methods. My goal is to go beyond photography, beyond realism, and express what I see and feel at a high energy level.
The "open" in Open Expressionism" indicates that my paintings are inspired by the beautiful open air, literally outside, outdoors. I also use "open" to describe a quick, bold approach, completing the painting in one session. I work with a wide palette knife, using as few strokes as possible: thick, fast and bold, using a single layer of paint. I use a limited palette of colors, custom-creating just for that subject.
I hope the fast, loose, thick, confident knife strokes on my paintings along with the unashamed use of bold color provides the viewer an opportunity to see, feel, and experience a new emotional sensation. I also hope my paintings encourage fellow painters to believe that they can successfully experiment with their medium, trying and creating something new.
Expressionism is art that seeks to express an emotional experience with forms that may be distorted or exaggerated and with colors that are intensified. I discovered my love for this style by experimenting with different painting supplies and methods. My goal is to go beyond photography, beyond realism, and express what I see and feel at a high energy level.
The "open" in Open Expressionism" indicates that my paintings are inspired by the beautiful open air, literally outside, outdoors. I also use "open" to describe a quick, bold approach, completing the painting in one session. I work with a wide palette knife, using as few strokes as possible: thick, fast and bold, using a single layer of paint. I use a limited palette of colors, custom-creating just for that subject.
I hope the fast, loose, thick, confident knife strokes on my paintings along with the unashamed use of bold color provides the viewer an opportunity to see, feel, and experience a new emotional sensation. I also hope my paintings encourage fellow painters to believe that they can successfully experiment with their medium, trying and creating something new.
Pete Hickey

I grew up in Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine. Acadia is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, and the Atlantic is always fascinating and changing.
I came late to the challenges of Nature and Art, but was fortunate to take workshops with Don Andrews, Sterling Edwards and Mel Stabin.
This year I've changed from using watercolor paper exclusively, to trying a variety of other supports, including Yupo, Bristol Board, and canvas. These additional challenges have given me the excitement of change, but my subject matter remains---the Maine Woods, the coast and coastal waters of Maine and North Carolina, including the fields and flowers, back roads and moody skies of Beaufort, Pitt, and Carteret counties
And so.....I continue to be challenged!
I came late to the challenges of Nature and Art, but was fortunate to take workshops with Don Andrews, Sterling Edwards and Mel Stabin.
This year I've changed from using watercolor paper exclusively, to trying a variety of other supports, including Yupo, Bristol Board, and canvas. These additional challenges have given me the excitement of change, but my subject matter remains---the Maine Woods, the coast and coastal waters of Maine and North Carolina, including the fields and flowers, back roads and moody skies of Beaufort, Pitt, and Carteret counties
And so.....I continue to be challenged!
Blake Honeycutt

From Admirer to Participant:
I have always had a creative bent. As a child, I would design rooms making doll furniture out of cardboard and scraps of fabric. I grew up in the era of “paper dolls.” I would become bored with the clothes which came with the paper doll, so I would design and draw out my own ball gowns for them. Interestingly, my brother was the one in the family who took art lessons, not me. I was encouraged to try piano instead.
I collected original art for years, always drawn especially to watercolors. I had often thought I would paint when I retired. Then one day, I said, why wait? That was ten years ago and I have loved painting ever since.
For years my chosen medium was watercolor, but I have recently enjoyed acrylics and have even dabbled in oils a bit. I have studied under local artists Janet Dixon, Lou Everett, Judy Dye, Linda Griffin and Pete Hickey, and attended workshops by Sterling Edwards, Bob Burridge, Karen Vernon and Dreama Tolle Perry. I occasionally show my work at Atavola Restaurant, and participate in the Greenville Brushstrokes annual shows and sales as well as any regional events offered to our group.
I am mom of 3, grand mom of 11, and happily married for 47 years the love of my life. Eastern North Carolina has been my home for those past 47 years. I am dedicated to honoring the beauty I find all around me in our great region and state, as well as on my travels at home and abroad.
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I have always had a creative bent. As a child, I would design rooms making doll furniture out of cardboard and scraps of fabric. I grew up in the era of “paper dolls.” I would become bored with the clothes which came with the paper doll, so I would design and draw out my own ball gowns for them. Interestingly, my brother was the one in the family who took art lessons, not me. I was encouraged to try piano instead.
I collected original art for years, always drawn especially to watercolors. I had often thought I would paint when I retired. Then one day, I said, why wait? That was ten years ago and I have loved painting ever since.
For years my chosen medium was watercolor, but I have recently enjoyed acrylics and have even dabbled in oils a bit. I have studied under local artists Janet Dixon, Lou Everett, Judy Dye, Linda Griffin and Pete Hickey, and attended workshops by Sterling Edwards, Bob Burridge, Karen Vernon and Dreama Tolle Perry. I occasionally show my work at Atavola Restaurant, and participate in the Greenville Brushstrokes annual shows and sales as well as any regional events offered to our group.
I am mom of 3, grand mom of 11, and happily married for 47 years the love of my life. Eastern North Carolina has been my home for those past 47 years. I am dedicated to honoring the beauty I find all around me in our great region and state, as well as on my travels at home and abroad.
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Brenda Hughes
Brenda has always liked getting paint on her hands from the tender age of 4 with her bright and colorful finger paintings. Raised in Kinston, North Carolina she has lived up and down the eastern seaboard. While traveling, she always found groups of creative women and explored many different mediums.
In addition to painting, Brenda creates journals from deconstructed cigar boxes and game boards. Her journal work can be found at Emerge, located in Greenville, North Carolina and Martin County Arts County in Williamston, North Carolina. Today, Brenda continues to paint watercolors, acrylics and oils. Her work demonstrates her exploration of textures and layers using old maps, quotes directly written on canvas, the nautical location of her childhood, Topsail Beach, North Carolina, molding medium in addition to the acrylic paints and has been the majority of her focus since 2013. Her love of the sea is often captured in her paintings. Brenda can be found “throwing painting around” while listening and moving to the music playing in her studio. |
Rebecca Ives
I have painted since I was a child and now I am inspired by the wealth of diversity in nature and our relationships to other living entities. My work is characterized by an exploration of styles and substance intending to invite the viewer to share in simple observations of these relationships.
I have worked as a graphic designer, a small business owner in retail music, and a picture framer. I am now painting full time with the intention of growing technically and imaginatively while creating art that acknowledges the value of our interaction with nature. I studied painting and drawing at East Carolina University under notable artists Paul Hartley, Ray Elmore, Tran Gordley and Ed Reep. My contact information is as follows: PO Box 222 Bethel, NC 27812 [email protected] www.rkives-art.com DailyPaintWorks FineArtAmerica FaceBookArt |
Dorothy Jensen

Dorothy Jensen was raised in Illinois and moved to Greenville, NC in 1973. She attended Pitt Community College and East Carolina University earning nursing degrees. She had a 30 year nursing career at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, and began painting upon retirement.
She has studied watercolor with Doris Ward (her mentor), Lou Everett, Linda Griffin, Pete Hickey, Jeff Jakob, Sterling Edwards, and Barbara Patman. She studied oil painting with Glen Nelson, and discovered the excitement of acrylics painting with Dan Nelson and Bob Rankin.
She loves color-color-color!! Did she mention color?? It is of interest to see how her work has evolved from small sweet pastels, to bold-colored creations reflecting her emotions and high energy. Jensen paints in her studio “Final Glaze”, as well as Plein Air with fellow artists. Her work includes landscapes, local historical sites, flowers, the human figure, portraits, and most recently abstracts.
She was the featured artist at the Yaupon Tree, Oak Island, NC, summer of 2012. Her work has been shown at the Greenville Museum of Art, A Tavola Restaurant, Unitarian Church, and the Greenville Brushstrokes Clothesline Show. Jensen is a member of the North Carolina Watercolor Society, Greenville Brushstrokes, and the Greenville Pallette Painters.
She has studied watercolor with Doris Ward (her mentor), Lou Everett, Linda Griffin, Pete Hickey, Jeff Jakob, Sterling Edwards, and Barbara Patman. She studied oil painting with Glen Nelson, and discovered the excitement of acrylics painting with Dan Nelson and Bob Rankin.
She loves color-color-color!! Did she mention color?? It is of interest to see how her work has evolved from small sweet pastels, to bold-colored creations reflecting her emotions and high energy. Jensen paints in her studio “Final Glaze”, as well as Plein Air with fellow artists. Her work includes landscapes, local historical sites, flowers, the human figure, portraits, and most recently abstracts.
She was the featured artist at the Yaupon Tree, Oak Island, NC, summer of 2012. Her work has been shown at the Greenville Museum of Art, A Tavola Restaurant, Unitarian Church, and the Greenville Brushstrokes Clothesline Show. Jensen is a member of the North Carolina Watercolor Society, Greenville Brushstrokes, and the Greenville Pallette Painters.
Jackie Jones

Jackie Johnson Jones from Scotland Neck, NC was born in Martin County and grew up on a farm in Oak City. Educational background includes ECU and Business School, Accounting and Marketing.
Living in a very rural area of Halifax County, Jackie entertains herself with her art. She started drawing with pen and ink, and accidentally found Scratch Art on YouTube in 2017. After more research, Jackie ordered her first Ampersand Scratch Board and Scratch kit tools.
Now, after a year, she has completed 8 labor intensive pieces. Scratch art is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches off dark ink, usually with an X-acto knife, to reveal a white clay layer below. Then color can be added using Ampersand Colored Inks which are best for Scratch Art. The ink is diluted and then brushed on with more scratching to follow. This process may take about 8 times to achieve a 3-dimensional look.
In her younger days, Jackie raised Canadian Labrador retriever bloodlines, trained them, and ran competition hunt test trials. She was a communications volunteer with the United Kennel Club and wrote for their national magazine concerning events in a three state area. Some of her pups went to employees of the Pentagon, and pilots of Air Force One. This could be why she loves to draw animals, as her pups always had a special place in her heart. She greatly loves her friends at Brushstrokes who encourage the creative side of all its members.
Living in a very rural area of Halifax County, Jackie entertains herself with her art. She started drawing with pen and ink, and accidentally found Scratch Art on YouTube in 2017. After more research, Jackie ordered her first Ampersand Scratch Board and Scratch kit tools.
Now, after a year, she has completed 8 labor intensive pieces. Scratch art is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches off dark ink, usually with an X-acto knife, to reveal a white clay layer below. Then color can be added using Ampersand Colored Inks which are best for Scratch Art. The ink is diluted and then brushed on with more scratching to follow. This process may take about 8 times to achieve a 3-dimensional look.
In her younger days, Jackie raised Canadian Labrador retriever bloodlines, trained them, and ran competition hunt test trials. She was a communications volunteer with the United Kennel Club and wrote for their national magazine concerning events in a three state area. Some of her pups went to employees of the Pentagon, and pilots of Air Force One. This could be why she loves to draw animals, as her pups always had a special place in her heart. She greatly loves her friends at Brushstrokes who encourage the creative side of all its members.
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