Colorful Bear with Baby

The Bearfootin’ Art Walk Bears, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, arrive as blank slates before local artists transform each into a spectacular fashion, with creative themes. A colorful “Spark and Burst” piece with mommy and baby bear sitting on Main Street.

Mother and Baby Bears

Visit to Hendersonville, North Carolina

Henderson County is a county located in North Carolina. Its county seat is Hendersonville.

Hendersonville, NC, is known for its charming downtown with boutiques and restaurants. Hendersonville’s Main Street is the heart of the community. Wide sidewalks, art galleries, and family-owned restaurants make it one of the most charming downtowns in the Southeast.

Henderson County Welcome Center

Main Street Hendersonville

Cars on Main Street, Hendersonville

Nutcracker as Guards

The original store, located in beautiful downtown Brevard, North Carolina, is over 6,000 square feet of fun and hands-on excitement. There is a reason that O.P. Taylor’s continues to be the #1 toy store in the South.

Nutcracers guard the store entrance.

Nutcracker Soldier Right

Nutcracker Soldiers

Nutcracker Soldier Left

White Squirrels

Portraits of live white squirrels in Silvermont Park, Brevard, North Carolina.

Seeing a white squirrel is rare overall, but in some areas, they have established colonies where they are relatively common. Brevard, North Carolina, is known as the “Home of the White Squirrel” and has a large population, with some estimates saying a third of the squirrels there are white. 

White Squirrel Searching

White Squirrel

Illuminated Worlds

A sculpture named Illuminated Worlds – by James Westermann, at the Sculpture Celebration in Lenoir, North Carolina.

This image was converted into black and white and won first place in the Catawba Valley Camera Club’s print competition.

Illuminated Worlds – by James Westermann

Winner in B&W Competition

Modern versus Artistic

Two style sculptures at Broyhill Walking Park in Lenoir, North Carolina. One depicts the digital age at the Sculpture Celebration, while the other is an artistic one in a permanent place in Broyhill Park.

Digital Age – by John Cheng

Metal Sculpture at Broyhill Walking Path