ABOUT THE ARTIST

 Doreyl Ammons Cain... Born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
western North Carolina, she grew up drawing birds in the dirt of the
mountain roads around her home. Even as a child she dreamed about being an
artist, and painted forever in her mind the misty mountains she loved so
deeply.
Later, in California, after achieving a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a
Master's degree in Biomedical Art, her dreams became a reality as she
worked in about every artistic venue-- storyboarding for films, owning her
own design & advertising agency (specializing in logo design) while
exhibiting her works of fine art in group and individual shows at the
Smithsonian Institute, the Pentagon, University of Southern California
School of Medicine, and universities, museums and galleries throughout the
country.
Since coming home to North Carolina, she co-founded Catch the Spirit of
Appalachia, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to honoring the
heritage and creativity of all people. Through this outlet, she and her
sister, Amy Garza, author and storyteller, have facilitated creativity
workshops and performed (storytelling and spontaneous visual art) for
children and adults in schools and colleges all over the southeast. In 1999
she wrote a new book called Greatness in a Nutshell. The book helps
people explore their unique creativity and follow their dream.
Presently she and her husband, Jerry Cain, are following their dream by
building a Nature Center & Yurt Center called Nature's Home, (based on
Permaculture) where people can visit and become in tune with nature. Here
they conduct Nature Art & Tai Chi workshops and have well known naturalist,
artists, musicians and writers conduct workshops as well.
She and Jerry also own a marketing design firm called Seat of Your Pants
Visual Media where they design logos & corporate image for companies
throughout the world.