About the Artists
Rosaly Natera was born and raised on the mean, sunny streets of Miami Beach, FL. From birth she was diagnosed with Hyperactive Creativity Disorder, which caused her brain to grow delirious with color and ideas. To cope with her illness her mother filled her room with the tools of art & craft. Soon Rosaly found herself turning the chaos within into tangible, visual, colorful, won
derful things that delighted her. Today Rosaly spreads her disease by creating decorative art and jewelry. She also spends an unhealthy amount of time rifling through piles of orphan clothing, rescuing only the Vintage-iest pieces and finding them a proper home where they’ll be loved. Although Richard is a native New Yorker, he became an involuntary resident of Jacksonville Florida at the delicate age of three. To cope with the distress of this sudden displacement, Mr. Smith delved into an alternate reality driven by the forces of such contemporary folk heroes as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and American sweethearts G.I. Soon he began drawing his muses and even created characters of his own, turning them into comics and peddling them to his classmates. Trained in the fine art of water coloring, Richard now attends UNF and will soon be receiving his B.F.A. in Fine Arts & Illustration.
