Mike Parks is a multidisciplined artist from Cumberland, MD. His work focuses on the interaction of technology and humanity.
Aynex was born in 1978 in Puerto Rico and now lives in USA. She came to the US in 1996 to go to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In 1997 had a car accident and suffered a spinal cord injury. Before the accident, Aynex was right-handed and after the accident, she couldn't control her right hand very well so she learned to be left-handed. Some people say that that left-handed people are more artistic. Aynex was creative before the accident but now she is very interested in art. She has been self-taught in her art and works intuitively.
Val Schaefer began his art journey purely as a means of art therapy. A disabled combat veteran imprinted upon and humbled by the experience of war, he unexpectedly found peace in the workshop. This is where Val discovered a unique way of blurring the line between frame and art, making them one and the same. Instinctively he knew the grandeur nature of extensive ornamentation was the perfect fit. The broad range of details found in the unfinished wood satisfied Val's need for complexity and elegance.