Ed, born in Anniston, Alabama, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Auburn University. While at Auburn, he worked with a large Architectural and Engineering firm in Nashville, TN, and studied in Cortona, Italy, through the University of Georgia, receiving…

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…

Susan Wilson-Mahar, originally from Texas, is a retired Military Contractor and proud U.S. Army Veteran. In 1976, she made history as the first woman to become a Helicopter Radio Mechanic in the Army. She moved to Powell about eight years…

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.

Linda Lee has been a resident of Wetumpka since 1998, and has lived in the tri-county area since 1975.   With a background in public relations, she has enjoyed taking photographs professionally and over the years, developed her skills with…

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…

My husband and I have lived in Hoover, AL, for almost 35 years. After 30 years of working in advertising, public relations, and sales, I retired and started oil painting. That was eight years ago. In 2010, we built our…