Lou Mitchell Courtneys' classical art training was in painting and sculpting, concentrating on landscape and the human figure. She graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts with a major in Visual Art and from U.N.C. Greensboro with a B.F.A. in design. She then spent seven years in the furniture industry, designing and building original sculptural prototypes for the companies Lane, Basset Glass, Thomasville (Four Corners Collection) and Casa Bique, among others. During that time she was a member of the American Society of Furniture Designers. John King is a fine woodworker who understands construction materials and techniques, essential to the construction of large scale architectural ceramics and their installation. He has spent the last 20 years sculpting and installing beautiful large scale ceramic works all over the country with his brother Peter King of Stonehaus Architectural Ceramics.
Together, Lou Mitchell and John have created ELEMENTS Architectural Art Forms, a full service award winning design, fabrication and installation firm specializing in architectural ceramics including handmade sinks, murals, bar facings, fireplaces, fountains, countertops, sconces and original art tiles. ELEMENTS is a member of the Pensacola Professional Artist Guild, a small group of highly talented and skilled artists that each have their own business.
GOLD AWARD winner Parade of homes Raleigh NC 2008 powder bath sink.
First Place ceramics 2006 Gulf Breeze
Recent Exhibits include:
2008
Gallery COCO; One person show; Pensacola, Fl
Artel, 'Alien Language';Pensacola,Fl
Piedmont Craftsmen; 45th anniversary retrospective & also the Figurative show;Winston-Salem,NC
2007
Ohr Rising;George Ohr Museum, Biloxi,Miss
Pensacola Museum of Art :Artists outreach program; by invitation
2006
Pensacola Museum: Members Show
Gulf Breeze Art Show: *First place in ceramics
2005
Saltline Bienniel; Mobile Alabama
Eastern Shore Art Center; Clay Invitational;Fairhope, Alabama
Pensacola Museum of Art Members Show
2004
Craft Art 2004 (Florida Craftsmen); St. Petersburg, Florida
Power Of Excellence retrospective show for Piedmont Craftsmen members exhibited at SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art); Winston-Salem,N.C.; by invitation
Wiregrass Museum; Dothan, Alabama
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