By Nathan Coker
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Sep 2nd, 2024
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Gray Risinger always had a love for art, but his journey to being a full-time working artist has been one filled with happiness, failure, a hiatus and a resurgence. Ask Gray Risinger to sum himself up, and he’ll do it in two sentences: “I love ...
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Jul 31st, 2024
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ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSONPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Heather Gill is all about authenticity. She doesn’t mind standing out for the sake of staying true to herself, a fact confirmed by her appearance. When she sits down with BayouLife, she’s sporting a turquoise braided mohawk, nose and septum pie...
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Jul 1st, 2024
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ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSONPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK New Mexico native Walter Green, now residing in Ruston, LA, finds creative inspiration in his extensive travels and diverse life experiences, blending memories of his youth with reflections on the world around him through his art. WHILE SEEING ...
By Nathan Coker
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Jun 3rd, 2024
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article by April Doughtyportrait by Brad Arender Edmund Williamson would have been 72 years old this month. To honor his contributions to the arts, a retrospective art exhibition will be held in June. It’s been nearly 15 years since Edmund Williamson passed away, and the impact he made on Monroe and...
By Nathan Coker
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May 1st, 2024
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article by April Doughtyphotography courtesy of Tim Breaux Tim Breaux’s journey to becoming a full-time painter is different from a lot of artists producing work today. Breaux actually managed to make it through his entire formal education, from kindergarten through college, without ever taking an ar...
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Apr 1st, 2024
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark From an outsider’s perspective, Lindsay Carraway’s home workspace probably looks like a mess. Not that she necessarily cares. Life is too short to let others’ opinions hold so much weight, she declares. The Vicksburg native’s home on Bayo...
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Feb 29th, 2024
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article by STARLA GATSONphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Montgomery owns Clay & Canvas Art Studio, located at 115 Cotton Street in West Monroe, where she teaches a variety of art classes to children and adults. Though Clay & Canvas is relatively new — the studio opened its doors in May 2023 ...
By Nathan Coker
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Jan 31st, 2024
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Like her artwork, Haven Harrod has a calming energy. Her voice is quiet and soft as she answers questions between sips of iced coffee, mirroring the less intense colors — sage green, slate gray, and white, for example — that often show up in he...
By Nathan Coker
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Dec 1st, 2023
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article by STARLA GATSONphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Loretta Owens heard life begins at 40. She wondered if the saying was true, but taking someone else’s word for it wasn’t good enough. Instead, she wanted to find out for herself. That’s how she ended up in M. Douglas Walton’s art class as a 40-...
By Nathan Coker
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Nov 1st, 2023
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article by STARLA GATSONphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Ask high school-aged Stacy Thomas Medaries what she thought she’d be doing with her life, and the Monroe native probably would have guessed she’d be popping corn and tearing ticket stubs at the Pecanland Mall movie theater forever. At the time,...
