Metal Heads: Bill Hickmans’s Whimsical Sculptures
Raleigh metalworking artist Bill Hickman — maker of the Whole Foods bull at Ridgewood — creates fantastical sculptures with a deeper meaning
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WALTER Magazine Recognized in 2026 NCPA Awards
The winning submissions included articles that highlighted feature writing, community coverage and feature photography.
Change Agent: Meet Artist Jackie Sanders
Raleigh artist Jackie Sanders uses materials like paint, acrylic panels and more to create a mix of abstract and figurative work
Creating a Happy Habit: Apex Painter Mónica Linares on Turning Daily Practice into a Career
Through daily painting, Apex artist Mónica Linares built a career defined by bold color and a minimalist style — and she’s sharing her process.
Forged in Fire: Metalsmith Ndidi Kowalczyk
An artist with a background in textile design found a love for working in enameling. She builds skill through teaching and experimentation
A Visual Language: Meet Paul Tuorto
et to know the graphic designer who creates the look and feel of some of Raleigh’s most popular food and beverage spots
Craft & Community: Textile Artist Michelle Wilkie
This maker uses her head for math and science to create colorful, modern quilts that merge traditional techniques with contemporary design
Head in the Clouds: Artist Matt Wilson
Informed by his work creating visuals for movies and video games, Wilson fuses art and technology too create surrealistic scenes
Finding Her Away: Artist Katie Stewart
The Raleigh creative has earned a reputation for whimsical, large-scale works — especially inflatables — that bring joy to public spaces
Art & Enterprise: Painter and Collage Artist Eric McRay
As early as elementary school, this Raleigh artist and teacher made the connection between exercising his talents and earning a living
WALTER’s Top Stories of 2025
This year, our readers most-read stories spoke to international travel, local live music, culture and creatives.
Wood & Wanderlust: Meet Brian and Tracy Frerichs
The creative couple behind Forested Way have developed a niche artistic style that uses reclaimed materials to celebrate their love of nature
Beneath the Surface: Artist Michele Yellin
The painter follows her intuition by creating multilayered works that turn into bright, abstracted images of homes, landscapes and figures
Rays of Light: Artist Anna Payne Previtte
This painter and muralist combines prismatic colors, bold lines and techniques like collage and cyanotype printing into her work