Noelle Gunn

Noelle Gunn is a NC based artist who paints, draws, and creates two dimensional and sculptural worlds out of paint, fibers, handmade paper, and local materials. She finds, collects, and hand stitches these materials together using mixed media and layered approaches.

Scott Eagle

Scott Eagle is an Associate at the School of Art and Design, at ECU in Greenville, NC. His paintings and illustrations have been exhibited and reproduced internationally. He works in a wide variety of mediums including digital and is especially interested in the idea of the creative act as thinking through making.

Rakia Jackson

Rakia Jackson is an artist based in North Carolina. She works heavily in acrylic, gouache, and digital art however she acknowledges that she is multifaceted in many ways. While self-healing through crystal work and many forms of meditation the goal with her creations is explore translating her internal growth and emotions to works of art.

Don Neal

Don Neal is a retired geologist who taught in the Department of Geological Sciences at ECU for 40 years. Always a dabbler in art, he took to ceramics and painting upon retirement. Interest in texture and color has led him to abstract painting where color and texture allow for emotions to be revealed.

Catherine Spruill

Catherine Spruill is a native of Falkland, NC. She received her BFA in Painting from ECU in 1979 and has made Greenville her home since then. Catherine works mainly in watercolor but enjoys other media as well. Combining her love of nature and the animals that inhabit the world, she draws inspiration from her own backyard.

Jun Vasconcelos

Jun S. Vasconcelos began creating art at a young age and was influenced by his surroundings, music, and issues of injustice. Originally from Brazil, art provided him with a voice to critique the injustice he witnessed. Jun specializes in modern art and mural paintings, which involves organic movement with geometrical shapes or figures.

Catherine Walker

Catherine Walker’s images are made to be visually compelling. Each work represents the view with an aesthetic unity. Her subject matter is draws from her life experiences. She paints objects collected and treasured by people who are in her life. Catherine aims to present the view with something unique, but not inaccessible.

David Edwards

David is a native of Smithfield, NC and has served as a physical therapist for nearly 30 years. He creates vivid paintings typically of cats with a New Orleans theme and donates the full sales price to the Beare Garden Animal Rescue to help with veterinary costs.

Dennis Wilkins

A newer resident of Greenville, Dennis was looking for an art community when he found Emerge. Dennis creates paintings that range from abstract to realistic, in mediums like acrylic and watercolor. Dennis has a story for each painting and loves to share them with fellow artists and patrons.

MIKE LAMB

Mike Lamb is an artist and illustrator who graduated from ECU’s School of Art and Design with a BFA in Painting. Mike has illustrated a variety of publications and worked heavily in commissions. The last few years have brought him out of hibernation. You can find his work here at the gallery as well as at Alley Cat Records.