Kevin Meredith started out as an art student, but after starting a family of his own, he put away his paints and took another career choice. Thirty-two years later, for no other reason than he missed painting, he decided to “dust off his paintbrushes to test his earlier talent.”. . . read more
While Rebecca Beal was raising her children, she spent most of her working career in corporate sales. Then one day everything changed. . . after the loss of her father she experienced several health issues that resulted in over ten major surgeries, a heart attack, and moving in with her mom.. . . read more
Debbie Shirley attended a Liberal Arts college in Pennsylvania and received degrees in Fine Arts and Communication Arts. After graduation, she moved to New England and became a manager in the printing industry. . . but soon found spending her days in front of the computer unsatisfying. After. . . read more
Jenny Grant has been drawing and painting for most of her life, but she didn’t start showing her art in public until 2010. In 2012, she successfully exhibited in a solo show called, “The Inner Voice,” and today her work appears in Sweden and New Zealand, and is sold online. . . read more
Phil Couture has been selling his oil paintings professionally for eight years, but his roots as an artist began early in childhood, when he was a constant drawer and painter. In 2005, while working as a Veterinary Tech Assistant, he began offering drawings and paintings of clients’. . . read more
Tara Barney started drawing her Shetland pony at the age of four and has college credits in art at the Colorado State University, but her talent as an artist is mostly self-taught. Besides drawing and painting, Tara also knits and creates beautiful handcrafted jewelry in a variety of. . . read more
Jennie Bradley has been a professional illustrator for six years. It was through her studies, in Graphic Communications, that she developed a passion for digital illustration. After graduations, she jumped straight into a job where she created illustrations for greetings cards, gift wrap,. . . read more
Princess Mia is a self-taught artist who uses her emotions to convey a message in each piece of art she creates. She remembers being a very ambitious and career oriented as a child, and that carried over into her young adult life. It wasn’t until her boyfriend encouraged her to follow. . . read more
Shelly Penko earned a degree in fine arts and went on to teach art in public schools for 16 years before she left teaching to become a full-time artist. Though she’s been painting since the age of five, she says that creating art can still be scary, frustrating, and exhausting. . . but. . . read more
When Nathalie Van was a little girl, she watched her grandmother paint furniture using a Swiss folk art technique known as Bauernmahlerei. As her curiosity grew, Nathalie’s grandmother took the time to teach her various brush strokes and how to properly care for her paintbrushes.. . . read more
Sarah Ettinger’s father was a commercial artist who nurtured her interest in art by taking her to the Art Institute of Chicago, and by supplying her with professional grade art supplies. As a young adult, she took the advice of her father and studied in a more financially stable field,. . . read more
Kim Piotrowski is a New York City painter with a background in biology and fractal geometry - two things which extensively influence her paintings. Her work has appeared as store props in. . . read more
Born in France, Lea Vendetta was one of those creative kids whose imagination kept her drawing and creating art all the time. In fact, art plays such a vital role in her life that whenever she goes too long without time to create she says she becomes “relentless and even depressed. . . read more
Josh Tiessen has had the desire to create his own art since the time he could hold a crayon in his hand. He first exhibited his art at the young age of 11, and has since shown his art is 20 exhibitions, sold over 60 original works of art, has been featured in over 50 [...]. . . read more