Congrats to Spartanburg friend and Converse College professor, Andrew Blanchard, for making this list!! He was one of five South Carolina artists to be honored in this 41 - 100 online list. The top 40 artists will be listed in the print issue that was scheduled to hit the newsstands on March 1st. 

Artwork caption: “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” (2011) by Andrew Blanchard. Screen-print with wood inlay on mounted found-wood panel, 35 x 47 inches. Courtesy of The Janet Turner Print Museum.

See also —- 

Jonathan Yoerger of Charleston: http://www.jonathanyoerger.com/ 

Ben Gately Williams of Charleston: http://gatelywilliams.com

Reynier Llanes of Charleston: http://www.reynierllanes.com/ 

Eliot Dudik of Columbia: http://eliotdudik.com/ 

(via 100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art Continued :: Oxford American - The Southern Magazine of Good Writing)

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