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Sallie Ellington Middleton...
Her Work Lives On
When Sallie Ellington Middleton was a child, her
father walked with her through the woods of Asheville's Chunn's
Cove, telling her stories and creating a private world where myth
met and mingled with reality. According to Sallie, the late Kenneth
Ellington “was very imaginative... an authority on fairies and
elves. He believed in the old tales and would tell them to us when
we walked through the woods, pointing out the pine trees and the
creatures, and as a child, in looking for imaginary creatures, we
would see more than others."
Sallie’s inherited gift for interpreting nature with a curious eye,
mind and heart serves as the foundation for her refined skills as a
painter.
She was a prolific
artist. She won numerous awards for her work which can be found in
such museums as the Gibbes Art Museum in Charleston, S. C.,
the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., and Magnolia Gardens in
Charleston, S.C
Sallie Middleton passed away
August 7, 2009 at her childhood home in Chunn's Cove.
Even though she is gone, Sallie Middleton is an
enduring Asheville presence. Come in and see the diversity of
wonderful Middleton art available at The Compleat Naturalist.
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