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-...
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,...
article by STARLA GATSONphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Whether you spotted her slinging lattes and cappuccinos at the café where she baristas or selling her creations at a local art market, you could probably tell at first glance that Melissa Stroud marches to her own drumbeat. “I think a lot of pe...
