Kay graduated with advertising and art degrees from the University of Alabama and has held various art-related jobs in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Montgomery. In 2007, she and her husband Ray moved to Montgomery, where Kay served for four years as…

Roger Blueshew is an artist and musician with a deep passion for both creative disciplines. He studied art at Jacksonville State University, where he honed his skills and cultivated an appreciation for various artistic styles. His journey led him to…

Ann discovered her passion for painting in 1985 following the passing of her first husband. Seeking solace, she enrolled in classes under her good friend Jean Chadwick, and immersed herself in the world of art. Inspired by Bob Ross, she…

Sherryl Lewis is a passionate artist who fell in love with barn quilts during her travels, leading her to design and paint her own. Her first pieces, created in 2014, still adorn her barn, and her work can be found…

Shawn Schuster has always loved creating. As a child, he crafted elaborate storylines for his GI Joe toys and wrote them in notebooks. He also pursued sketching and painting while his friend’s watched cartoons. After attending art college in Chicago,…

Janna Culpepper Gist is originally from Ft. Payne, AL & now resides in Decatur, AL with her husband, preschool age daughter, scruffy cat-like dog, and nosey dog-like cat. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in…

A native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Steve spent his youth outdoors hunting, fishing, and working on the family farm. He graduated from Michigan Tech University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and moved to the South in 2001. He lives…

Trevor Hill became an artist at an early age, following in the footsteps of his grandmother, Eskell Day. He was about five years old when he remembered her showing him some pen and ink drawings and when she would go…

Joe Curtis is The WoodGnome, a woodworker from the DeKalb County specializing in wood turning bowls, cannisters, and goblets. He also creates mallets , gavels, and hammers with unique adornments.

The Spillman family originally hails from Germany and England. Part of the family moved to the Appalachians in the mid-eighteen-hundreds. Suzie lives on a farm on Lookout Mountain with her sister, daughter, cousins, and an Indian spirit called Coyote. She…