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Kristin L. Murphy
Conway, AR
Kristin L. Murphy is an artist based in Conway, Arkansas, with a lifelong love of creating. Her mom is also an artist, so she naturally picked up skills from her. Growing up, Kristin took watercolor classes from Conway artist, Shelia Parsons. Kristin has a background in graphic design and worked in that field for over a decade.
While working as a designer, she started painting on the side as a way to return to creating art. She hadn’t painted throughout her 20s and found herself wanting to reconnect with the kind of creativity that felt most natural to her.
Watercolor is Kristin's primary medium—it’s where she feels most comfortable. She also paints with acrylic on canvas, leaning into a more abstract impressionist style, while her watercolor paintings tend to focus on finer details. She doesn't like to put herself in a box as an artist; she enjoys painting with different mediums and subject matter.
Sulac
Little Rock, AR
Sulac is a self-taught mixed media artist based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. He has had solo shows at the Thea Foundation, Historic Arkansas Museum, Ketz Gallery, Cox Creative Center, The Galleries and Bookstore at Library Square, The Innovation Hub and River City Coffee.
As well as group shows at Chroma Gallery, Oval Gallery, A.C.A.C., Wildwood Park for the Arts, The House of Art, Gallery 360, Dedicated Art Studio, The Garland Street House, The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, The Argenta Branch Gallery, Satellite Cafe, The Brown Street House, The River Market Gallery, The White Water Tavern, Vino’s, and Gallery 26.
Sulac was voted best artist in the Arkansas Times - Best Of Arkansas 2023 readers poll. His work is in the permanent collection of the Historic Arkansas Museum and can regularly be found at Gallery 26, Ciao Baci, Boulevard Bread Co. (SOMA), Pink Olive, Vino’s, and Batesville Area Arts Council.
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SLUGKNIVES (Jenna Jones)
Little Rock, AR
SLUGKNIVES (Jenna Jones) portrays insects, slugs, worms, and other crawling creatures interacting with their surroundings in vibrant colors. Her love for heart-shaped kitsch and midcentury recipes is evident in her works on canvas and paper.
Using a jigsaw and scroll saw to shape wood into slugs and worms, she grants them their own personalities. Her art can be found at South Main Creative in Little Rock and in private collections of individuals across North America. Her work was displayed alongside Sulac’s at their joint exhibition at the Galleries at Library Square in Little Rock and at the Argenta Branch of the Laman Library in North Little Rock.
Her most recent exhibit, MICRO/MACRO, was displayed at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. She is also a teen community educator with North Little Rock Public Library and resides in Little Rock with her partner, Luke, and their cats, tarantula, and insect pets.
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Mo Lashbrook
Cabot, AR
Lashbrook layers plant symbolism with abandoned materials to give them new life; particularly drawn to nature, its cycles, and textures. As a process-based artist, she is "firmly rooted in cyanotype experimentation, fiber techniques, upcycling, painting, and even growing my own materials."
She uses multiple techniques and materials to create small components. The components are then layered together, forming a larger piece. Symbolism research and fate guide her plant and object choices. Intuition and color theory guide her embellishments.
"I am inspired by the Japanese aesthetic wabi-sabi. Each celebrates the ordinary and forgotten by transforming them into cherished works.
Through the medium of nature, I want to change perceptions and help others live a more appreciative life. It’s the little things."
