On behalf of all SAAG members, and the Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association,
we offer our heartfelt congratulations to all those members list below. The lists are recognitions
of our Signature and Members of Excellence award recipients since the program began in 2012.
SAAG Signature Members
Keith Burgess
Tom Chambers
Joan Christopher-Quillen
Camille Day
Bill Dealy
Suzanne DesLauriers
Fred Dorr
Juanita Greenspan
Bill Groce (Honorary)
Kim Hamby
Irene Klangos
Robin Lewis-Wild
Carolyn Molder
Brooke Nations
Marsha Savage
Zoe Schumaker
Estelle Schwarz
Marie Spaeder-Haas
Bill Suttles (Honorary)
Marie-Luce Van Asten
Paula Van Huss
Marilyn Williamson
 
 
SAAG Members of Excellence
Ellen Minion
Pebbie Mott
Betty Schaefer
 

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Abreu, Anthony
Mineral Bluff, GA
Acrylic, Oil, Photography, Watercolor
www.abreufineartgallery.com
Albertson, Larry and Chris
Blue Ridge, GA
Arcrylic, Watercolor
Alfrey, Christine E.
Snellville, GA
Mixed Media
Anderson, Fred and Ruthie
Blue Ridge, GA
Acrylic, Drawing, Oil, Watercolor, Wood
Arnold, Sarah
Snellville, GA
Encaustic, Oil, Pastel
Baker, Sallie
Suches, GA
Acrylic, Oil
Banister, Laura Crews
Hiawassee, GA 
Photography, Watercolor
Barger, Laura
Blue Ridge, GA
Basco, Joe, Diane, and Sarah
Mineral Bluff, GA  30559
Beagle-Daresta, Pam
Marietta, GA 
Printmaking
Beasley, Betty and Winn
Dawsonville, GA
Bell, Linda L.
Hiawassee, GA 
Fiber, Mixed Media
Bessette, Sheryl
Murphy, NC 
Painting
Branch, Catherine
Epworth, GA
Brantley, Diana
Blairsville, GA
Breed, Rae
Mineral Bluff, GA
Brock, Michal
Canton, GA
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil
Brown, Michael and Evelyn
Blairsville, GA 
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
www.MoonGallery.com
Bryant, Barbara
Murphy, NC 
Acrylic, Sculpture

Burgess, Keith
(2016 Signature Member)
Hiawassee, GA
Oil
www.keithburgessart.com
Bush, Felicia
Royston, GA
Mosaics
Bush, Pamela
Morganton, GA
Fiber, Photography, Poet, Writer, Writing
Canup, Paula
Hayesville, NC 
Acrylic, Pastel
Cappelli, Robin Z.
Blue Ridge, GA 
Acrylic
Carney, William Reid
McCaysville, GA
Carter, E. Jonnett
Ellijay, GA
Cattee, Terry and Alice Stasik
Farner, TN 
Clay
Chambers, Collin
Ellijay, GA
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Photography
Chambers, Tom
(2016 Signature Member)
Chambers, Brenda
Blairsville, GA
Sculpture, Wood
tchambers1000@yaoo.com
www.branchingoutart.weebly.com
 Picture

Chatham, Barbara
Jasper, GA
Jewelry
Chirvanni, Valerie
Sugar Hill, GA
Oil, Photography, Watercolor
Christopher-Quillen, Joan
Decatur, GA
Pastel
www.jchristopherquillen.com
Cinnamon, Mary
Cherry Log, GA 
Gourds
gourdsbygertskid.netfirms.com
Clair, Joyce
Blairsville, GA
Watercolors
Cole, Randy and Carolyn
Blue Ridge, GA
Cole, Ruth Ann
Blairsville, GA 
Acrylic
Daniels, Elizabeth
Ellijay, GA
Clay
Day, Camille (2016 Signature Member)
Ellijay, GA
Drawing, Oil, Pastel
www.studiocamille.com
Dealy, Jr. William (2016 Signature Member) and Linda A.
Jasper, GA
Wood

DesLauriers, Suzy
(2016 Signature Member)
Brasstown, NC
Pastel, Watercolor
artbysuzy.com
DeWolf, Bobbie
Mineral Bluff, GA
Dobson, Charley
Suches, GA
Dodson, Larry
Trenton, GA
Oil, Watercolor
Dorr, Fred (2016 Signature Member)
Big Canoe, GA 
Acrylic, Watercolor
Drummond, Faye
Cumming, GA
Oil
Eckert, Penny
Cumming, GA 

Edge, Ray
Ellijay, GA
Mixed Media
Edwards, Barbara P.
Jasper, GA
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pastel, Watercolor
Egli, Richard and Jacqueline
Murphy, NC
Woodworking
Esposito, Brenda
Suches, GA 
Acrylic, Fiber, Mixed Media, Oil
Ettman, Elma
Blue Ridge, GA
Writing
Frazier, Cevonna
Blue Ridge, GA 
Acrylic, Glass, Sculpture, Watercolor
Gardner, Dianne
Andrews, NC
Other
Gay, James T.
Carrollton, GA
Acrylic, Oil
Geiger, Cynthia
Brasstown, NC
Oil, Watercolor
Grace, Tina
Blue Ridge, GA
Goodspeed, David
Blue Ridge, GA
Photography, Sculpture


Greenspan, Juanita
(2016 Signature Member)
Topton, NC
Stone Sculptor
Greiner, Marilyn Carlyle
Blairsville, GA
Photography
www.marilyncarlylegreiner.com
Groce, Bill (2016 Honorary Signature Member)
Morganton, GA
Other, Photography, Sculpture, Wood, Writing
Haas, Marie Spaeder
(2016 Signature Member)
Ocoee, TN
Mixed Media
www.spaederhaasgallery.com

Hamby, Kim (2016 Signature Member)
Blairsville, GA
Colored Pencil, Drawing, Pencil
www.khamby.com
Harris, Elsie Kay
Lexington, KY
Acrylic
Herold, Bill
Hiawassee, GA 
Acrylic
Holland, Judy
Brasstown, NC
Acrylic, Oil, Painting
Holstein, Sheryl
Ellijay, GA 
Clay, Pottery
www.facebook.com/mountainoakpottery
Huston, Richard
Athens, GA
Jefferson, Bill
Cherry Log, GA
Jewett, Martha
Epworth, GA 
Clay, Glass
Jones, Chris
Murphy NC 
Pottery
www.jonespottery.net
Jones, Robert
Jasper, GA
Oil,  Photography
Jones, Verlee
Hiawassee, GA 
Watercolor
Picture
Kelly, Robert
Roswell, GA
Sculpture
robertkellysculpture.com
Kifer, Zelia
Blue Ridge, GA
Quilting and Writing
Kindl, Andrea
Snellville, GA
Oil
Kittelsen, Karsten
Resaca, GA 30735
Oil
Klangos, Irene
Suches, GA
Watercolor and Mixed Media
Kowalczyk, Deborah
Riceville, TN
Oil
Koscik, Mary
Blue Ridge, GA
Lamarre, Kathleen
Mineral Bluff, GA
Acrylic, Drawing

LaMontagne, Patty
Blairsville, GA
Felt tipped markers
Larson, Deborah
Blairsville, GA
Photography
Lengnick, Mary D.
Young Harris, GA 
Jewelry
Lewis-Wild, Robin
(2016 Signature Member)
Mineral Bluff, GA
Oil
Locke, Margo
Murphy, NC
Painting, Watercolor
Lynch, Francoise
Maggie Valley, NC
Oil
Marx, Jeanie F.
Ellijay, GA
Massey, Carol
Jasper, GA 
Clay, Drawing, Pastel
Matheny, Jeanne
Dunedin, Fl
Other
backroadslesstraveled.com
Mayes, Lynn
Big Canoe, GA
Acrylic
McAllester, Spears
Signal Mountain, TN 
Photography
www.photographybyspears.com
McNish, Sherry
Ringgold, GA
Oil
Meacham, Jack
Ellijay, GA
Ceramics, Colored Pencil, Drawing, Painting, Pen & Ink, Sculpture
Merkel, Anne
Mineral Bluff, GA
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Minion, Ellen J.
(2016 Member of Excellence)
Woodstock, GA
Acrylic, Watercolor, Pastel and Mixed Media
Molder, Carolyn M.
(2016 Signature Member)
Marble, NC
Drawing, Oil, Pastel, Watercolor
www.artexpressionsbycarolyn.com
Mott, Pebbie
(2016 Member of Excellence)
Murphy, NC
Acrylic, Drawing, Oil
Muller, Teresa Marie
Blue Ridge, GA
Acrylic
Murphy, Marsha
Morganton, GA
Garden Art, Sculpture
Nations, Brooke D.
(2016 Signature Member)
Blue Ridge, GA 
Acrylic, Oil
Nestorsson, Tina
Suches, GA
Oil
Owens, Mariella
Mableton, GA 
Ceramics
Padoll, Patricia
Blairsville, GA 
Oil
Patrick, Donna
Morganton, GA
Acrylic, Wood
Patten, Terry
Blairsville, GA
Photography
Phillips, David
Auburn, GA
Pinnick, Brenda
Woodstock, GA 
Oil
www.brendapinnick.com
Potzauf, Nichole and Tom
Blue Ridge, GA
Ramsey, Teresa
Rydal, GA 
Rand, Ann
Mineral Bluff, Ga
Photography
Reid, James
McCayesville, GA 
Oil, Pastel
Rist,  Jim
Morganton, GA 
Photography and Writing
mysticdancerbook.com
Ritch, Catherine Shaw
Dahlonega, GA
Oil


Roddy, Rhonda
Blue Ridge, GA
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pastel, Watercolor
Rollins, June
Murphy, NC
Alcohol Inks, Mixed media, Oil, Pastel, Watercolor
www.junerollins.com
Rossi-Espagnet, Carmen
Suches, GA
Savage, Marsha Hamby
(2016 Signature Member)
Smyrna, GA
Oil, Pastel
marsha@marshasavage.com
www.marshasavage.com


Schaefer, Betty
(2016 Member of Excellence)
Blue Ridge, GA
Fiber, Watercolor, Oil
Schaefer, Bert
Brasstown, NC
Schinell, Lorraine
Dunwoody, GA
Glass


Schumaker, Zoe
(2016 Signature Member)
Hiawassee, GA
Pastel, Writing
Schwartz, Estelle R.
Hiawassee, GA 
Oil, Pastel
estelleschwarz.com
Smith, Megan
Gainesville, GA
Fiber
www.ragcitydolls.com


Smith, Nancy Oliver
Blairsville, GA
Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, Quilting, Writing

Stanford,  John
Suches, GA 30572
Oil, Pastel
www.johnstanfordart.com
Stanford, Sally Bowell
Suches, GA 
Oil
Starr, Linda
Blairsville, GA 
Pottery

Steele, Peggy
Blairsville, GA 
Stephens, Melissa (Libby)
Roswell, GA
Photography
lemongrassandgreentea.blogspot.com
Summer, Dru
Murphy, NC 28906
Encaustic, Oil
Suttles, Bill
(2016 Honorary Signature Member)
Blairsville, GA
Oil, Pastels
www.billsuttles.com
Suttles, Todd
Atlanta, GA
Photography
Szep, Anthony
Ellijay, GA
Clay, Pottery
Talmadge, Lynda
Atlanta, GA 
Charcoal, Drawing, Pastel
Thompson, Carole D.
Blairsville, GA 
Clay, Oil, Watercolor, Writer
Thompson, Kathleen
Blue Ridge, GA
Photography, Poet Writer, Writer
Thompson, Linda
Warne,  NC
Fiber
Tucker, B. J.
Jasper, GA
Watercolor
Van Asten, Marie Lucet
Atlanta, GA
Clay

Van Huss, Paula
(2016 Signature Member)
Blairsville, GA
Acrylic, Drawing, Mixed Media, Watercolor
paula-art.blogspot.com
Vanderlaan, David and Debra
Murphy, NC
Photography
www.celebratelifegallery.com
Wagner, Melinda
Mineral Bluff, GA
Webster, Patricia
Dunwoody, GA 
Watercolor
West, Jackie Su
Hiawassee, GA
Oil
Williamson, Marilyn
(2016 Signature Member)
Cherry Log, GA
Colored Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor
Wingertsahn, Mark
Blairsville, GA
Clay


Woody, Linda Stowe
Suches, GA 
Pottery
Yanjitis, Pat
Marietta, GA 

Thelma's Daughter


Yawn, Nadine
Ellijay, GA
Photography
My Sunflower
Yellowhawk, Cheryl
Largo, FL
Pastel
Yeomans, Shirley
Blue Ridge, GA 
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor