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Name: Jonathan Caleb SaulsBusiness: JCS StudiosMedium: Oil & Acrylic PaintingsOriginally From: Orangeburg, SCNow Located: Rock Hill, SCHow Did You Get Started?: I started drawing and painting as a child, but when I went to Winthrop University for Sculpture and Drawing I found myself immersed in fine art and art history.What Do You Love About What You Do?:...

Name: Christopher LaneMedium: PaintingsOriginally From: MinnesotaNow Located: West Columbia, SCHow Did You Get Started?: Lane spent his early years in Minnesota and Cairo, Egypt, and then upon being diagnosed with dyslexia, furthered his education at the GOW School in South Wales, New York, where he received guidance from Fine Arts teacher Bill Parsons. Upon leaving the GOW...

Name: Chase WhiteMedium: Drawings with Graphite, Markers, Colored Pencils, AcrylicOriginally From: West Columbia, SCNow Located: Columbia, SCHow Did You Get Started?:  Kindergarten art class was the real beginning of when I discovered my creative mojo could be imagined in other ways. The fact that I could submerse myself in a room full of art supplies and be...

Name: Amy Roper & Stacy JohnsonBusiness: PURE NaturalHandmadeMedium: All Natural Soap and Skincare ProductsOriginally From: Cayce, SCNow Located: Columbia, SCHow Did You Get Started?: In December of 2012, in looking for unique gifts for our childrens’ teachers, we decided to make handmade skin care. Our very first products were conceived- lip balm, lotion bar, and sugar scrub....

Name: Lauren PimentalMedium: Acrylic Painting, Illustration, Watercolor, Wood-burning, Underglaze Pottery PaintingOriginally From: Lexington, SCNow Located: Columbia, SCHow Did You Get Started?: I started off by doodling in school to help me sit still. In high school I decided that I liked to draw. When I was about twenty, I began teaching myself how to paint....

Name: Susane BloomfieldBusiness: KiRoKa EssentialsMedium:  Soy CandlesOriginally From: Born in New York, lived everywhere. Army brat!Now Located: West Columbia, SCHow Did You Get Started?: I started this business once my youngest child left for college in August 2019, and I became an empty nester. My children inspire me in everything that I do, so I took the...

Name: Susan CardBusiness: Susan Card Fine ArtMedium: PaintingsOriginally From: New YorkNow Located: Fort Mill, SCHow Did You Get Started?: I have been an artist my entire life. Earned a Masters Degree in Graphics in 1976 and have been making things and exhibiting ever since.What Do You Love About What You Do?: I have a passion for color!...

Name: Rae ShealyBusiness: Rae Shealy PhotographyMedium:  Wet Cyanotypes on 100% Cotton Rag Water Color Paper and Digital PhotographsOriginally From: Charleston, SCNow Located: Lexington, SCHow Did You Get Started?: I first fell in love with photography when I developed my first roll of film in a Photography 101 class. I then earned a BFA in Photography and have been making...

Name: TomMac GarrettBusiness: TomMac Garrett CeramicsMedium: Porcelain, Stonewares and MajolicaOriginally From: Augusta, GA, CA, then Asheville, NCNow Located: Aiken, SCHow Did You Get Started?: A college class in 1994What Do You Love About What You Do?: Strangely enough, failing. You are right on the edge.Mission Statement: Through images burned into the glaze, representing all we owe our...