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watercolors are clustered on every wall, and sit atop tables, desks and chairs throughout every room. Inspired by nature, the South and North Carolina mountains in particular, she often stands on her porch—just off the kitchen—coating a canvas with rich whisks of paint. Sometimes she dives in with specific intent, sometimes she arrives just to experience the unconscious marriage of shape and color before letting it dry and starting again, but she always comes toward her art with a profound interest in nature, and a desire to let it come naturally. As passionately as she interprets nature on canvas, Judy is equally enthusiastic about preserving the Upstate environment and respectfully modifying it for � 96 � ToP: Inside the front door the home reveals its “shotgun”
style of main hallway with rooms to the right and left. rIgHT, ToP: Judy’s paternal aunt painted the entry hall
mural shortly after the Iselin family moved in. She used the only available medium…house paint. It appears that the artistic streak runs deep in the family. rIgHT, boTToM: The indoor art studio occupies the front bedroom. When friends and family come to visit the lucky ones will repose surrounded by Judy’s colorful art.