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visiting the High Country?
consider staying at Hillbilly
Hideaway, a beautiful mountain retreat!
 Join us for the first ever Avery County "TOUR
DE ART", sponsored by the Avery Coalition of Galleries!
June 27 10 am - 5 pm
Giclee Edition release party
40% off all art supplies sale
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Our featured artist for the month of June is currently a
resident of Charlotte, North Carolina. Born in Canada, Leighton
did not begin to paint until he was 60. During a summer sabbatical
in Vancouver, British Columbia he casually picked up in the home
where he was staying one of Betty Edwards's books on drawing,
and was fascinated.
"I had never thought of drawing or painting", he says.
"I thought I could
not draw a circle or a straight line". But that encounter
began his love of
painting, especially watercolor and pastel scenes from places
his travels
have taken him, from Australia to Croatia, Canada to Ireland.
An adopted child, he learned after he began to paint that he
is related
through his birth father to the famous Canadian artist, Lawren
Harris,
one of the founders of the Group of Seven.
"Painting taught me more than to see the world around in
a fresh way",
Leighton says. "It also taught me to slow down, and to
look with insight
on the people I meet, and the younger leaders I have the privilege
to
mentor".
He has pursued his calling as a Presbyterian minister, preaching
in over
forty countries, often in years past partnering with his brother-in-law
Billy Graham. Now he heads an organization which focuses on leadership
and
spiritual mentoring of emerging leaders. Inspired by Vincent
Van Gogh's
description of Jesus as "more of an artist than the artists",
Leighton
Ford also seeks to be an artist of the soul, and a friend on
the
journey.
Reverend Ford will be signing his brand new giclee editions,
along with
his book in the Gallery during the June "TOUR DE ART",
a program of the
Avery County COALITION OF GALLERIES.
Welcoming Committee Signed Limited Edition
media: watercolor paper
12 1/4" x 16 1/4": $125.00
call (888) 3-GICLEE to order!
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authenticity; see our
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Avery County is truly
the art center of the High Country, boasting more artists and
galleries per capita than anywhere else in the High Country.
Every fourth Saturday,
come join your new Avery Coalition
Of Galleries (the "COG"
in the High Country art scene) for a tour of the best galleries
and studios in the High Country! The "Tour" starts
at 10 am...don't be late! Pick up your free map and driving guide
at any participating location and let's go see some art!
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check back for updates on this month's
"Tour De Art"
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ART-O-MAT machine! 
This puts us in some pretty prestigious company; to name
a few: the Andy Warhol Museum and the Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art, along with the Turchin Center for the Visual
Arts at A.S.U. and Gamekeeper
Restaurant, which also happen to be here in the high country.
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