EVENTS
2026 GUEST ARTIST
APRIL GUEST ARTIST
MARY ADAM
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 6-8PM
Mary grew up in Greenville attending the Fine Arts Center and the SC Governor’s School for the Arts. She earned her B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia. She spent her early professional years in New York City, gaining experience in galleries, auction houses, and museums. This led her to complete her M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University. After returning to Greenville in 2003, she founded the Artisphere festival and spent 20+ years working locally for museums, theatres, and cultural organizations.
About five years ago, Mary made a pivotal shift in her career, returning to her own art-making and committing herself fully to building a second career as a professional artist. She is now a practicing landscape and portrait artist working in oil painting, pastels, and graphite drawing. Her landscape practice includes painting en plein air on location at scenic sites throughout the Carolinas, as well as developing larger, more refined works in the studio. An avid hiker and backpacker, Mary completed a solo through hike of the 77-mile Foothills Trail last year. Her outdoor adventures and love of nature serve as both inspiration and reference material for her paintings.
In addition to landscapes, she accepts portrait commissions, specializing in children's portraits. Taking a traditional approach to portraiture, she is known for capturing a strong likeness and creating timeless family heirlooms.
Mary is a member of The Portrait Society of Atlanta (PSA), The Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC), the Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), and the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA). She continues her pastel and oil painting education through attending professional workshops and plein air events throughout the region. She enjoys participating in MAC’s Open Studios event each fall and has exhibited work in local and regional exhibits. Mary’s landscapes and children’s portrait commissions fill the homes of collectors and families throughout the Southeast.
Website: maryadamartstudio.com
Email: mbevell@aol.com
Phone: 864-320-5251
MAY GUEST ARTIST
JAY BURRISS
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 6-8PM
With over 35 years of artistic experience, Jay Burriss has developed a distinctive style inspired by his lifelong connection to nature. Growing up in South Carolina, he spent his childhood exploring the outdoors, an influence clearly reflected in his work, which often features trees and winding paths that invite viewers into the scene.
Working primarily with oil paint using palette knives, brushes, and even his fingers, Jay creates richly textured pieces full of movement and emotion. He especially enjoys large canvases, where bold strokes and vibrant color bring his imaginative landscapes to life. His work continues to evolve, offering nature lovers an immersive and expressive visual journey.
JUNE GUEST ARTIST
STEVE MITCHELL
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 6-8PM
Steve is an artist working in and around the Upstate South Carolina area. With more than 30 years of experience serving a wide range of commercial clients as a graphic designer and illustrator, he has recently been transitioning back to his roots in fine art. His first love has always been drawing and painting, with a strong emphasis on watermedia.
Regardless of the medium, Steve brings passion to everything he creates and enjoys sharing that enthusiasm through his artwork and his YouTube channel, The Mind of Watercolor.
JULY GUEST ARTIST
VINAYAK GODBOLE
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 6-8PM
The central element in each of my paintings is the use of color.
Nature and people serve as elements for my compositions. Composing flat components in muted, layered impasto blocks invites viewers to explore and discover happiness.
I have always been curious about why people either like or dislike paintings. This curiosity led me to consider how feelings can be triggered by muted expressions. As a result, my compositions often convey a passive tone and gradually elicit a parasympathetic response.
I began my art career by painting portraits on commission in the ‘80s. I studied portrait and landscape painting at the Chitra Mandir Art Institute in India. In recent years, I have transitioned from oil and watercolor to acrylic and impasto styles, using palette knives to enhance texture and depth.
I am represented in a couple of Galleries in Atlanta metro and just recently moved to Greenville, SC in early December 2025.
AUGUST GUEST ARTIST
CAROL ANN GOOD
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 6-8PM
More info to come.
SEPTEMBER GUEST ARTIST
SHANNON McGEE
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 6-8PM
Shannon is a native South Carolinian born in Iva, SC and having lived in downtown Greenville for more than 40 years. Leaving a corporate job in the late 1990s, he had an antique store on Main Street and the Westend Market for years where he began dabbling in artistic finishes on floors and walls.
His art uses Italian marble plasters and mixed media to capture unusual textures, colors, and layers on canvas and panels. Shannon draws inspiration from time as an exchange student in the Flanders region of northern France and later as an English assistant in the Pyrenees of Southwestern France near Spain.
Though his initial art was Italian marble plaster wall finishes in homes in the Upstate and Western North Carolina, it has evolved more to smaller, individual artworks (especially as he reaches Medicare age).
OCTOBER GUEST ARTIST
JANIE CULLEN
MEET THE ARTIST
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 6-8PM
Janie is a mixed media artist whose interest in art began in high school. She was drawn early to black-and-white film photography, finding magic in the hands-on process of developing film and creating prints in the darkroom. This tactile relationship with materials and process continues to inform her work today.
In 2016, as her life underwent a significant transition, her artistic practice evolved as well. After returning to her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina with her 3 young girls, Janie reconnected with art and discovered the healing power of creativity. She now creates vibrant mixed media works using collected materials—paper, thread, her grandmother’s buttons, etc. These materials are torn, cut, shredded, and reassembled into animals, flowers, and organic forms.
Through this process of fragmentation and reconstruction, Janie explores themes of resilience, repair, and renewal. The fragments become something whole, mirroring her own lived experience and the quiet strength found in transformation.