Chalkfest 2018 Featured Artists
Meet the Artists
For our second annual Kport Chalkfest we are proud to welcome back Janet Tombros and Lisa Gaither as well as three new featured artists!
The product of a very busy mind, Janet P. Tombros’ work is ever changing in genres. She says the diversity challenges her skills and helps to keep her perspective fresh and energized. Janet’s art reflects the broad cross-cultural influence that comes from her extensive travel experiences. From the Brazilian tropics to the surrounding riches of Sicilian antiquity, Janet’s vivid color palette reflects these carefree cultures.
Janet was born into a creative family with different family members studying visual and performing arts. Janet’s talents developed in visual arts. She was fortunate to attend public high school in Fairfax County, VA where the schools offered intense arts studies. While enrolled in the College of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, she was further educated in the basic fundamentals. Janet has continued her studies over the years within community colleges and through private tutoring with local art instructors.
Janet is a certified "Master" Street Painter with the Florida Chalk Artist Association and an established acrylic artist on both canvas and murals in the Central Florida community.
Lisa specializes in interior and exterior murals, street/chalk painting, 3D interactive/performance art for events and also fine art commisions. She has been creating art her entire life but her actual art career started out with printing and graphic design in the 80's. Lisa decided to move on to bigger and better things and has been a self employed fine artist since the mid 90's. She has completed hundreds of interior and exterior murals and paint finishes, both large small and large scale. Lisa loves interacting with the public and is always looking for new and creative ways to reach the public with her art, she believes that art is truly for everyone to enjoy.
Katie is a native of Maryland and has been working in games since 2011 and chalking since 2012. She currently lives in New York. She is inspired by animation, wildlife, art history and public art. She's well-versed in illustration, character animation and motion capture.
When not creating art Katie enjoys a good book, traveling to eat and snuggling her pet bird, Rex!
Erik's passion for chalk art began more than a decade ago in the driveway of his suburban Pittsburgh home, when his then-toddler-aged daughters, Jaycie and Jenna, first asked him to draw Mickey, Cinderella, Elmo and Eeyore. Those young art directors were very demanding and wanted more and more elaborate pieces. Erik soon became known as "The Chalking Dad" among his neighbors.
Today, Erik (who is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant and works in corporate finance) participates in street painting festivals around the country, where he joins other artists in creating large-scale, elaborate chalk drawings over several days. He especially enjoys drawing portraits of celebrities and sports heroes. Oftentimes, he teams up with Lori Hughes [ Facebook] on massive projects to form "The Chalk Monsters" [ Facebook].
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Lee Mobley is a self-taught artist from Douglas, Georgia. He has enjoyed expressing his creativity through art since an early age. He enjoys creating large-scale acrylic murals but was introduced to street painting in 2012 and has developed a passion for this art form. His profession as an early childhood educator influences his chalk art, which has been described as bright, kid friendly, and often times comical. He is often assisted by his wife Holly or one of their three children. Lee balances his career as an Elementary school principal with his passion for art by traveling the southeast taking part in festivals and private events in his spare time. As a member of the Florida Chalk Artist Association & the Georgia Chalk Artist Guild he is able to regularly work alongside many other professional artist and continue to grow in the artform. If you are interested in contracting with Lee for a public or private event, please visit his contact page for additional information.