Each year, the Fall Fiber Festival holds an art competition to honor the extraordinary renderings of local artists who work with fiber animals and fiber arts. See below for a celebration of our 2021 winner.
For more information on our artists, the winning pieces, and the artwork competition contact [email protected] .
Congratulations to our 2021 Cover Artwork Winner, Joseph Gray!
This drawing is a graphite rendering of a Shetland ram that Joseph’s family previously owned. Joseph’s son took the photo the drawing was based on.
Joseph’s art was used on our catalog cover and 2021 T-shirts!
Joseph grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee and is a self taught artist who leans more towards graphite and color pencils. As a youth, he spent most of his free time in the outdoors and the rest of his time drawing on any and every scrap of paper he could get his hands on. After graduating from Northwest Highschool in 1991, Joseph joined the United States Marine Corps, which landed him in the small eastern North Carolina town of Richlands. Joseph and his lovely wife of 26 years run a small farm where they raised their three children along with their Corriedale and East Friesian sheep and horses. The subject rich environment of the farm coupled with the encouragement from his wife and family has helped him to continue with his artwork. This is the first time that he has officially entered into any type of an art competition and is very humbled to have been selected as the winner!