Instructors' Bios

Clem Bedwell

A graduate of Auburn University, Clem Bedwell is an illustrator and an artist who explores the landscape as elegantly spare statements of shape, space, light and shadow. He works two- and three-dimensionally, creating pieces that are tactile and ephemeral. He is represented by the Tew Gallery in Atlanta.
 
 

June Ellen Bradley

June Ellen Bradley is on a ceaseless journey within the art of nature as an herbalist, naturalist and visual artist. She graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Biology and Government, spent 10 years studying Native American skills & philosophy with Tom Brown, Jr. and apprenticed with Rosemary Gladstar, a leading herbalist in the US. She continues her studies with Jackie Woods at the Adawehi Institute in Columbus, NC.
 
 

Danie Janov

Danie is an artist/art educator with 25 years of experience Instructors at hemlocks studio teaching art and design at the college and university level and continues to teach workshops here and yon. She has a BA from Georgetown College in Art and English, an MA from Radford University and a doctorate from Ball State University in Art / Art Education and is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina. Her mixed media artwork reflects her interest in nature from intricate shapes to simple abstractions of pattern and light.

 
 

Monita Mahoney

Monita Mahoney is an award-winning multimedia artist and a signature member of the South Carolina Watermedia Society. Her primary focus is watermedia exploration, although she works in many mediums. She says, "Working in more than one medium is like a farmer rotating his crops to replenish the earth…each medium I use enhances my use of the others." As an experienced art administrator, an art teacher and an artist, she understands the nuances of the art process and is an "ARTapedia" of tips, techniques and magic tricks.