Mountains of North Carolina are an artist’s paradise
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This is not a typical travel piece, but rather a peek into a personal vacation journey that includes tips you will not find in the Chamber of Commerce brochures. Recently I spent six days motoring around Sapphire Mountain, Highlands and Asheville, North Carolina, with some friends. Let’s start with Highlands and Main Street where bookstores, clothing, shoes, antiques, hardware, restaurants, art galleries and more are spaced so closely that one foot can be in front of the bookstore and another in front of a clothing store. It’s crowded, but you just have to hold your ice cream cone close to your chest. |
The Ann Jacob Gallery on Main St. was a delightful area filled with wonderful and absorbing art in all genres from artists all over the United States. There was a surprise, the work of Pensacola artist, Elie Barnes, was clearly visible. Elie works in acrylic on canvas with lots of color. She calls it contemporary American. Her work can also be seen closer to home: Destin and Grayton Beach. Her father lives in a cabin nearby in Cashiers and her mother, Diana Barnes, is a wellknown painter living in Pensacola, too. Elie was just finishing up a series of paintings to take to Highlands that represented a trip she took to Egypt.
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