Tom Joyner Foundation

fv 2014

Adrian Pickett

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[pullquote_right]“I am an artist by nature. I believe that my FAITH increases my talent.  I believe that the quality of art should not be based on its’ medium nor canvas, but rather by the skill of the artist.  I give a little of myself in creating which adds soul to my subjects. I am committed […]

Thomas Williams

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  Thomas Williams started drawing at the tender age of 12, after comic books had piqued his interest in the ability of the pictorial to convey meaning and further a narrative. His high school years were devoted to tutelary having concentrated on the trade, tools, and techniques of commercial art, including an enthusiastic exploration of […]

Kevin Okeith

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Kevin Okeith Corley is an Atlanta based painter from Chicago who is known for his distinctive impressionistic paintings. Described as one of the most promising artists to emerge in the 21st Century. His pre-eminent works are large figures, eyes closed, executed with a pallet knife into multi-faceted original paintings. For him, music and art are […]

Al Burts

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Al Burts is a skillful artist who uses the thin lines of a ballpoint pen to create bold works of art that display African American themes such as homelessness, migrations and struggles of average Americans. He creates emotional portraits through his unique style of carefully using line and space, and parts of various individuals that […]

Nina Fabumni

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  Nina Fabumni says that some of her earliest memories are of me making art; I developed my artistic skills just as I learnt how to read and write but I realized it was a gift when I noticed that my peers could not do draw like I could. As a teenager, art became my means […]