Welcome to The Blue Bean Gallery- Online!
The Blue Bean showcases and promotes the works of Appalachian
artists and artisans.
Our gallery offers a variety of items for purchase, including
cards, stoneware, metal sculpture, wooden flutes and CDs by the
artist, jewelry, paintings in a variety of mediums, multi-media
art, sumi-e (Japanese Art), photography, healing balms and
lotions, leather and tapestry items, cut stone and glass, walking
canes...and so much more...
Discover that perfect piece for yourself, for the office, or
find a truly magnificent gift for someone special at the Blue
Bean!
You're always invited to even just stop in and browse all these wonderful
creations and collections.
Featured Artists
Below is a partial list of artists we are currently showcasing at the Blue Bean.
By clicking on their name, you will be able to read
more about them and their artistic works...
•DOROTHY EHRENBERG
•LISA A. (Morris) DAVIS
•ESTHER MARIE VERSCH
•BARBARA HILL-RICKMAN
•LINDA CANDLER
•SUE ANN THOMASON
•ELIZABETH WYNIA
•JUSTIN ROSE
•BEVERLY MORGAN
•KELLY CURRY
•KAREN MYNES
•RUSSELL MERRITT
•ANN CUTLER FRANCE
•LISA A. MERRICK
•ROBERT M. WALKER
•LINDA REGULA
•MICHAEL SEARCHING BEAR
•MARY LOU MCCONNELL
•JOAN D. STAUFER
The Blue Bean is an atypical gallery. It is unique. Expect
to be greeted warmly and in the same type atmosphere as that of
my childhood home. The artists exhibiting here gallery are
special people and of the same heart and
spirit.
Naming the Blue Bean
My parents home was always open to anyone, anytime. We
had an open door and lots of company. Love, kindness, and
generosity lived within.
When children entered the house, my mom would come down to their
level to greet them, arms outstretched and say, "Oh come here and
let me squeeze a Blue Bean out of you!"
Sometimes it would take three good hugs to get a blue bean. Mom
would then open her hand and hold out a blue bean. Some of those
children, now grown, still have their blue bean. It was my job to
keep her supplied with Blue beans. Blue beans are rare and hard
to get. If you were lucky, you might get two in a lifetime.
Both of my parents are gone now, but the soul of the blue bean
survives.
The gallery is dedicated to their memory and the legacy they left
us.
Bob and Dianne "Hicks" Morris of Mineralwells, WV.