Welcome to our gallery...
We take pride in showcasing the best artists in Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley area. Our collection features a diverse range of mediums and genres, ensuring that there's something for everyone to enjoy."
Our Artists
Lori Tatum is an award-winning, self-taught artist whose work is inspired by the beauty of God’s creation, particularly the human figure. Since beginning her art journey in 2012, Lori has developed a deep love for oil painting, which she has pursued wholeheartedly since 2016. Her work spans a variety of genres, including portraits, landscapes, and still life, and she especially enjoys painting from life. In addition to her personal artistic achievements, Lori has been teaching oil painting and pastels for the past five years. Watching the “lights go on” in her students brings her immense joy, and she continues to learn and grow alongside them, forever a student at heart. A loving wife, mother of two, and proud grandmother (“Gree”) of five, Lori began painting later in life to fulfill a long-lost childhood dream, proving that it’s never too late to pursue one’s passion and find success.
Katie Calvert is a visual artist based in Huntsville, Alabama, who primarily works in oil. She always wanted to be an artist, but it took a while before she began to see art as not just the thing she wanted to do, but the thing she has to do, a necessity that grounds her in the complexities of life, allowing her to hold both beauty and sorrow simultaneously. Her abstract works often speak to that tension, as she seeks to elicit conversations surrounding the intersections of art, justice and healing. Her landscapes aim to evoke wonder about the natural world and a longing for its renewal.
Tracy Steel Thompson attended Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia before transferring to Ringling College (formerly Ringling School of Art and Design) where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. Her professional experience has included faux finish and mural painting for a high-end market, photo restoration, graphic design, and art education. Tracy's artistic interests have transitioned from illustration and graphic design to mixed media by combining painting and printmaking. Influenced by a visit to Disney's Magic Kingdom at the age of five, she finds her work is reminiscent of the artist Mary Blaire, creator of Disney's iconic Small World ride. Tracy admires and gravitates toward the bold shapes, fluid lines and complex textures of Rex Ray's work. The use of a Gelli Arts printing plate allows her the freedom to create her own papers with multiple layers of texture. She is inspired by the colors and patterns of the beauty of nature that give her a sense of awe for God the Creator. She aspires to express God's love for the world through the bold,playful colors and textures of her work.
Beck McDowell grew up in New Orleans surrounded by the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, canals, bayous and swamps. But it was the beauty and serenity of the marshes that drew her to painting these shallow wetlands that sheltered tiny animals and plants from predatory fish and majestic sea birds in search of a tasty meal. For many years she traveled from Huntsville by bus with her students to study the coastal marshes so they would understand the importance of nature’s nurseries in our food chain. Although she has no formal training, the encouragement of local professionals and artist friends has motivated her to work hard to capture the emotions these scenes inspire in her. Oil is her favorite medium for recreating light and sky and water and reflections. The author of two books, Last Bus Out (bio) and This Is Not a Drill (YA), Beck says the melding of her writing career and art career began when her grandmother sent her first grade poem called “Clouds” to a contest. She’s been writing stories and painting clouds ever since.