Fairfield Bay Library Exhibit

Bay Area Residents Colored Pencil Show

Fairfield Bay Library will be the scene of 2 talented sisters from Memphis , Tennessee who will display their artwork there beginning October 12.  Jan Cobb and Julie Caswell are known for their colored pencil media around venues both local and in Memphis .  Recently, they both won awards at the Memphis Colored Pencil Society Show.  Although both women belong to the North Central Arkansas Artists League, they maintain their ties to Memphis through the Memphis Colored Pencil Society.  

Having traveled throughout Europe and the Far East , Julie has enriched her training with graduate work in Art History.  She has taken many classes and workshops with significant artists and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Memphis .  Her Master of Education enabled her to work in Memphis area schools for over 20 years. She currently resides with her husband, David, in Edgemont.  

Jan Cobb retired from Memphis to the Greers Ferry lake area with her husband, Tom, after a career as Vice President in banking. Jan began her art studies 40 years ago with watercolorist, Jason Williamson. She has taken workshops in colored pencil with Janie Gildow and Pat Averill and painted in acrylics with Ellen Hobgood. Her 4 grandchildren provide beloved topics for her media inspirations in watercolor, colored pencil, oils and decorative floral art. Jan holds a college degree in micro computer technology from the State Technical Institute of Memphis.

Both of these ladies display delightful paintings and artful treasures at the Arts and Crafts Corner in Fairfield Bay ’s Lakewood Mall.  

The show is open to the general public during regular Library hours Mon.-Friday 1:00-4:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30a.m.-12:30 p.m.  

Standing before their colored pencil artwork are left to right, Julie Caswell and Jan Cobb.

PHOTO:         courtesy of George E. Kelly