When I had a gallery on Main Street, I got many visitors who wanted to talk about their own art, professionals and hobbyists alike. One gentleman who visited me regularly mentioned an interest in trying watercolor. He had motivation and free time, and me nagging at him and giving him art supplies, but that wasn’t enough. His big talk turned to action when he conceived of this silly plan to become a kind of Robin Hood of watercolor, leaving paintings all over town and exhorting those who find them to give to the Carrboro Artscenter Scholarship Fund. Although I thought it was nice in theory, I groused that people would take the paintings and forget to donate. He stood up for the good citizens of Carrboro, but it all was moot for several years in which he kept saying he wasn’t good enough of a painter, or people would think he was a publicity hound, or the Artscenter would find some fault with the scheme. He finally decided to keep his identity secret and to have me shill for him, and I figure I got my self into this mess, so here it is. If you find a painting by the Carrboro Artist, just know that he is a kindly, curmudgeonly type who means well. He donates ALL the money he gets for the paintings to The Artscenter Scholarship Fund as of this writing. His meager website and art supply expenses are underwritten by my real estate business. Please look for his work around town in little plastic bags, and if you like the painting, please take it. You can make any size donation using the envelope that comes with the painting. You can see past works at TheCarrboroArtist.com, and make a credit card donation on this site. Look for special prints for sale here that I will donate proceeds from as well. Let’s send some kids to ART camp!
Bronwyn (December, 2007)
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Bronwyn Merritt is a printmaker, painter and book artist who has lived in the Carrboro area for 24 years. She studied art history, psychology and design at Duke University before receiving her MFA from UNC-G. In addition to showing all over NC, she has worked in fine art venues such as the Weatherspoon in Greensboro and Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill. In 1997 she and her husband opened the Chapel Hill night club Hell. For two years she owned a gallery in Carrboro and has maintained a studio/gallery for her own work in Carrboro since March of 2000. In 2006 she opened a gallery and Printmaking School in Carrboro, and soon after became a real estate agent. Seeing what a fantastic haven for the arts this little town, lovingly nicknamed “the Paris of the Piedmont”, has become, she has joined with some other creative realtors to form Carrboro Realty in January of 2008.
Bronwyn is currently a certified creativity coach, having trained with renowned coach Eric Maisel. Her real estate specialty is finding affordable, flexible spaces in which artists of all kinds can live, work and raise families. |
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