Meet Our Artists!

  • “Beaufort” 2023

    All my life I have loved making things and making them beautiful.  As a child I mastered many traditional crafts but painting became my favorite.

    I studied Art at UNH, graduating in 1994, and have focused on painting and decorating  whatever I could get my hands on ever since.

    For twenty years I’ve been using my talents in homes, businesses, on theatrical stages, and on film sets.  I can change the color of a room or create a view in a room where there isn’t one.   Would you like birds flying on your ceiling or an owl in a night sky?  I can do that.  I make floors look like marquetry  and walls look like brick.  I’ve painted many wooden surfaces to look like stone and once even painted a stone counter to look like wood.  I also do custom stencils, gilding, venetian plaster, custom mosaics and wallcovering installation.  As often as I can, I work on my own imaginings in my studio.

    I was born and raised in NH, but now happily reside in NC.  I have a wonderful husband, 3 cats, 19 gray hairs, lots of books, and a magic closet.  I dream of an island where it never snows.

  • “Vintage Postcards of Beaufort” 2024

    Her story is painted on the walls.

    Bobbie is a self-taught artist, based in New Bern. She embraced her new life as a full-time artist and muralist after moving to the coastal Carolinas.

    She engages in various forms of media, yet painting possesses a uniquely significant energy in her journey. “I wish for my art to evoke a memory or convey a timeless sense of place to the viewer.“

  • “Bloom Where You Are” 2025

    Seraphim Smith is a Renaissance man. Having hailed from Nashville, Tennessee, Smith has a keen interest in the arts, hospitality and all things Southern – especially food!  Smith is a film producer for PBS North Carolina and creates branding, marketing and promotion for business and non-profits. His art studio is located at Art105 on 105 Blount St. in Kinston, NC. When Smith isn't working, he enjoys playing with his dog, fixing up his old house, baking bread, and performing with the St. Mary's Episcopal Choir in Kinston, North Carolina.