The home of designer David Frazier and his wife, Holly, shot by Gieves Anderson.

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

I can vividly remember this certain memory, which I think is probably my first memory of “buying” art / the instant attraction and appreciation and just “needing” that piece. However, I wasn’t the one buying the art, or really even appreciating the piece. I was watching my Mother at Kaki Hockersmith’s store fall madly in love with Pablo Picasso’s Maternite au Rideau Rogue. It’s a piece of a mother holding her young child in her lap emulating love and tenderness to the child. This lithograph came home with us that day. That was June 15, 1992 and shortly thereafter Kaki would start decorating the White House for the Clinton’s.

And so begin my journey learning the appreciation of art.

Addie Chapin

I have wanted to start a blog series highlighting artists that I appreciate for awhile now. There is no right or wrong in art, there’s just feeling. I am the farthest thing from an artist. I actually don’t have an ounce of artistic ability in me besides interior design. Ask me to draw or paint something and I’m completely out of my element. But show me a piece from an artist I’m drawn to, and I can appreciate the time, thought, and labor of creating the piece.

So without further ado, I’d love to share with you works by Addie Chapin. She’s an artist out of Chattanooga, Tennessee and her use of saturated, muted colors are what I’m really drawn to. She’s able to really bring nature’s earthen colors to life.

A lot of her work feels like backroads of a Tennessee small town. An aged town and worn down people but a lot of grit still left in ‘em.

I’m not here to sell you on why I love Addie’s art, but rather to share artists who inspire me. Perhaps you’ll like their works just as much as me and purchase one of their pieces. A win win in my book. You’ll see a that painting or sculpture in your home daily and it will make you so happy. And the artist can continue to do something like love and create for others another day.

Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoy this new series and fall in love with art a little more with every new artist spotlight.

Tucker

Artist Spotlight: Addie Chapin