2008 "Hard Candy Christmas" Featured Artist - Michael M. Rogers

‘  I no longer desire to build and live in a castle, for I have walked through the grandest cathedral of all; these precious mountains are my home’.

These are the words of Michael M. Rogers, a native of Franklin, North Carolina and the Featured Artist of this year’s 21^st "Hard Candy Christmas" Art & Craft Show.  For 30 years Michael has been a watercolor artist, graphic designer, and photographer.  His company "Share the Beauty" is dedicated to the education, promotion, and preservation of our national forests, natural resources and regional history.  His newest project is a series of DVD movies which feature many  mountain landmarks.  He will premier Vol.2 at the show as well as his original watercolor, ”Cullasaja Falls in the Fall’.  Michael's gallery is located at 1511 Highlands Road, Franklin, NC.  His web site is www.sharethebeauty.com

  MOUNTAIN ARTISANS FINE ART AND FINE CRAFT SHOWS... "WHERE ALL THE GOOD ARTISTS ARE ".......You will find  the work of some of the area's most unique artisans.

     Selective customers eagerly anticipate the wide assortment of original work from the hands of 100 + artists at the  'SUMMERTIME' (July 4 week end ) show and the perennial favorite the  'HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS' always  the Friday and Saturday  after Thanksgiving  !

     At both shows  you can purchase an original painting or a piece of rustic furniture for your mountain home and meet the artist who created  it !  

     If you are interested in outstanding fine art, folk art, glass, woodcraft, pottery, master jewelers, rustic furniture, and whimsical dolls, these shows are for you !

 There is heritage craft like quilts, brooms and goats milk soap.  The heirloom ornament  makers will personalize your favorite  collectable . Take home some sourwood honey and fruit butter too.. 

Some of the artist represented at the "Mountain Artisans" Shows