John Lister, III was born in Shreveport, LA in 1985 on July 8th. Lister spent a majority of his life between Maryland and Louisiana. He claims his first stint at creating, was at a very young age with his food, i.e. oatmeal. The child would take his toddler hands and draw abstractly in the overturned bowl remnants of oatmeal. Upon seeing this, his educator of a grandmother Ella D. Douglas, whom he affectionately named "Grants." Grants then thought it be wise to introduce crayons and coloring books to the young child.
Precious Jefferson is a watercolor painter living in Baltimore, MD. She's been painting since 2020 and enjoys creating Afrocentric art that captures joy, happiness, and positivity.