GRAVETTE — D. Arthur and Lisa Wilson opened their Art and Soul Fine Art Gallery in the summer of 2019 on Main Street in Gravette and held an open house on Gravette Day last year.
With other galleries in Santa Fe, N.M., Key West, Fla., St. Augustine, Fla., Pittsburgh, Pa., Denver, Colo., and Hot Springs, and pieces of their artwork, both paintings and sculpture, displayed in galleries all over the country, they had a particular motivation to set up shop in Gravette. They wanted to locate close to their oldest son and his family who live nearby in Bentonville.
The Wilsons had started filming a television show, also named “Art and Soul,” but plans for that project were put on hold because of the covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, they have channeled their creative talents into producing more striking pieces of artwork and have branched out into a new venture, the Heart and Soul Yoga Studio….