Evil Bobs is a self taught artist from Wendell, NC. Bobs' early work was mainly focused on pen and ink illustration and is using the smART program to focus on his painting. Bobs' art touches on the surrealist imagery that you see in many popular contemporary art magazines such as Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose.
Website: evilbobsart.com
Jamil Burton, born 1975 in Newark, New Jersey is an American artist and illustration painter. He lived a large part of his life in the states of New Jersey and North Carolina and attended Northern Nash Sr. High school, graduating in June of 1993. Jamil has formal training in fine art and illustration; Savannah Art & Design, St. Paul’s College and Katherine Gibbs School. He has completed numerous commissions professionally various companies, galleries, organizations and schools such as Williford Elementary School, Mount Vernon High School, The United Way. He has illustrated children's books, most recently, Hannah's World in collaboration with Tara S.Lewis and Oli the Octopus written by Kenneth Hamilton. Inspired by his community and the love of life and family, Jamil hopes to paint images of love & happiness. Painting a picture of his community and society, the good and bad, Jamil hopes to provoke thought, a feeling, and emotions. Take a look at the windows (paintings) of his soul.
Maner Nobles is a North Carolina native and retired state employee whose passion is helping people and creating art.
Maner graduated from Woodington Consolidated School and Lenoir Community College. She has national certification in several behavioral disciplines and management strategies. She can't remember a time when she couldn't create art. She won an art contest as a teenager which provided her with training, materials and encouragement to make good art.
For the last nine years she has painted and exhibited her work nationwide. Her pieces have been juried into local and national shows and purchased for private collections. She does commissions routinely and is the lead painter for the Senior paintings and the Lenoir County Council on Aging. She is a member of the Lenoir County Artist League. Her long-term goal is to create a therapeutic art program for seniors.
Kristy Kelly Writing is something that Kristy's done for as long as she can remember. Her writing career started with a few stories published with small presses. In 2019, she began writing for Neuse News as a journalist. She raised four children to adulthood and they rewarded her with four grandchildren with one on the way. In 2021 she started a video podcast about Lenoir County called Local Hogwash.
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Maximillian Mozingo's work reflects his motto: Art is Life. Goldsboro artist Maximillian specializes in fine art, murals & custom clothing and paints in with a myriad of mediums: acrylics, oils, spray paint, and does mixed media pieces as well. Art means everything to and he truly believes that this is his purpose and mission in life.
Facebook: Palmarius : Art By Maximillian Mozingo
Michael Mosca graduated in 2002 from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where he studied sculpture and painting. Michael has spent the past 18 years investigating marks and movement created from his subconscious and represented in his large-scale charcoal drawings or his paintings in oils. Michael has shown his work regionally and internationally over the last 18 years. He has participated in several international artists colony's and residences. Currently, he is participating in the smART Kinston City Foundation.
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Abbye Godinez
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Connie Hull
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Anna Small
Gail Kelly
Stephanie Brea
Poet
Corey Bennion
Musician
Crystal Eadie
Painter, Muralist, Faux Wall Design
Kate Heraty
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Kelly Rye
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