Tory Casey

American Folk Artist

I love color and light, repetition of pattern and the natural order of things.

I live in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, with
my beloved partner Joe Thrift, in a quirky house we built ourselves using
recycled materials, architectural antiques, and lots of salvage. The house
sits deep in the woods, far from the light of any town or the noise of the
highway, surrounded by gardens.

In my paintings it is my intention to communicate with the observers imagination.
With strong colors and deceptively simple images, I try to create an intense
and specific accounting of the world I know. The people, the culture, the
environment.

Using layers of color and lots of small brush work, I paint from a bird's eye
view.




The following gallery pages show a portfolio of my work. Many are
available for sale at local and regional art galleries. Information for
these galleries is on my contact page.