Artist & Owner

Amanda Farley

Originally from Fountain Inn, Amanda Farley received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Production Design with a concentration on Costume Design, and a minor in Painting.

Now located Charlotte, she has been selling her own original paintings and illustrated her first book in 2022. She created Colony Art Collective as a way to not only sell her own work, but to help promote other talented artists as well. 

Farley loves creative collaboration and has big aspirations for Colony Art Collective.

Artist

GlitchingIcarus

Glitching Icarus (also known as Rae) is an artist and illustrator, with a bend towards the fantastical, fun, and strange.

A Charlotte NC native, they have been pursuing art in a variety of forms for nearly 20 years. Their current focuses are digital illustration and sewing, and sometimes merging the two.

Artist

Elizabeth Ouzts

Elizabeth Ouzts is a Charlotte-based poet and mixed media artist. She works primarily with acrylic paints and inks, watercolor, and thread on pages from old books or repurposed canvases. 

Her focus is on abstracts with rich colors and shapes from nature, contrasting textures, and unexpected elements.

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Artists

Hasty Ladies

The Hasty Ladies are a family artist cooperative by Cathy, Marie, and Jeanine Hasty. We’re Charlotte natives working in mediums like linocut
carving, watercolor, and oil painting. Whether we’re painting Plein Air or inside our studio in Myers Park, we create art that expresses our love of the world.
Cathy’s work focuses on natural beauty communicated through watercolor, acrylics and oils. Marie works in gouache and oils, and focuses
on landscapes and still-life works. Jeanine is a graphic designer and fine artist working in linocut print-making, watercolor, digital art, and more.

Artist

Toni Evans

Toni Evans, the youngest of a family of 5 from New York, developed a passion for art at a young age. Graduating college with a fine arts degree and a minor in art history, Toni's artistic journey took an unexpected turn after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, anxiety, OCD, and schizo-effective disorder. For her, art evolved into a crucial form of therapeutic release.

Her identity as an artist living with bipolar disorder fuels her passion for crafting pieces that capture episodes, emotions, and personal growth, expressed through color, texture, and brush strokes.

Artist

Shaky Hands Embroidery

Madison Channel, as Shaky Hands Embroidery, is a full-time engineer during the week and a crafter after hours. 

She focuses on embroidery and other hand-made fabric products in fun, whimsical patterns. 

Artist

dougwmson (Doug)

I'm an artist with a creative spirit exploring my artistic skills through drawing and painting. I'm currently enjoying live model figure drawing with local artist groups. 

My drawings have been displayed in two separate exhibits celebrating the model and artist experience. I am professionally an interior designer, but am always seeking to improve my art through a variety of scenic images, impromptu sketches and self-portraits. 

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Use of multiple media types: charcoal pencil, chalk pastels, markers and acrylic or oil paint

Artist

Foxon Park Design Co

In 2022, Kelsey Foxon was in search of a creative outlet (and a piece of artwork that looked great in a Zoom call background). After multiple attempts at finding a medium that spoke to her, she stumbled upon textured petal painting - and something clicked. Flowers spoke to her spirit, and painting soothed her soul.

She founded Foxon Park Design Co and hasn't put down the palette knife since. Her paintings are inspired by the chaos and color and joy that is life with two young children.