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Carolina Artworks by Kim Keelor

Original art created in fiber, textiles, or paint, with a focus on the ancient process of wool felting. I work and teach in North and South Carolina. My studio, Carolina Artworks, is located in the Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center in Franklin, North Carolina, in the heart of the southern Appalachian Mountains.

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Real Mountain Gems I & II

Remaining pieces from this collection include:

Needle felted wool & silk Real Mountain Gems ($125 each) in 10 x 10 specimen frames:
Agapostemon Sweat Bee
Candy-striped Leaf Hopper
Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly
Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar
Eastern Tiger Swallow

Watercolor collage 6 x 6 specimens ($45 each):
Green Stink Bug
Big Dipper Firefly

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These are depictions of real insects that can be found in the mountains of western North Carolina, where the town of Franklin is called the Gem Capital of the World, due to the gem and mineral rich mountains there. Real Mountain Gems I (the top six artworks pictured here) include the Bigg Dipper Firefly, Convergent Lady Beetle, Honey Bee, Elderberry Borer Beetle, Green Stink Bug, Southern Longhorn Moth. Each of these is a 6 x 6 original artwork created with watercolor, watercolor paper, collage, cold wax, birch wood panel. They are $85 each via the Paint Gallery on this website, or all six can be purchased for $475 in this Series Gallery by clicking on the photo of the six collages together.

Real Mountain Gems II features needle felted "specimens" presented in 10 x 10 inch shadow boxes. They included the Candy-striped Leaf Hopper, Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly, Agapostemon Sweat Bee, Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar, Primrose Moth, and Eastern Tiger Swallow.
 

 

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