Artbeat Gallery & Lounge

I’ve spent most of my life in the creative world, and I’ve been a full-time professional artist for more than a decade. My career has taken a path that I never could have planned.I became known for live performance painting—creating large-scale paintings in front of audiences, often in just 8–10 minutes and choreographed to music. Through my Artbeat Live performances, I’ve worked with corporations, professional sports organizations, private events and more than 300 charities, helping nonprofit organizations raise more than $5 million through the auction of my artwork.But behind the performances, I’ve always simply loved to paint.Today, I work from my studio and gallery in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, where I create my own contemporary paintings and continue exploring what happens when you stop worrying about whether something is “right” or “wrong” and simply allow yourself to create. My work and story were recently featured on the cover of The Laurel of Asheville magazine.That philosophy is really the inspiration behind my Just Paint Workshop.I’ve met so many people who tell me, “I’d love to paint, but I wouldn’t know where to start.” Others have painted before but don’t have the space, materials or confidence to work on a larger canvas. Just Paint was created for both.Come into the studio, put some paint on a canvas, stop overthinking it—and Just Paint.