These Featured Artists have been thoughtfully selected for their distinctive voice, craftsmanship, and contribution to the creative landscape. Each artist brings a unique perspective to the festival, offering work that reflects both technical excellence and personal expression. On this page, you’ll be introduced to each artist through their story, a glimpse of their work, and links to explore more of their portfolio beyond the festival.
During the event, these artists will have work featured within the gallery, with original pieces available for purchase and, in some cases, prints offered as well. We invite you to take your time getting to know them—so that when you encounter their work in the gallery, you experience not just the art, but the artist behind it.
During the event, these artists will have work featured within the gallery, with original pieces available for purchase and, in some cases, prints offered as well. We invite you to take your time getting to know them—so that when you encounter their work in the gallery, you experience not just the art, but the artist behind it.
2026 Featured Artists
Mark Moseley
Mark Moseley is a creative artist from Elba, Alabama. He started painting at an early age, practicing and teaching himself painting techniques in his teenage years without assistance. He worked alongside his family's photography business for 30 years, picking up skills with light, composition, camera technical abilities, among others. He would continue to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from TROY's Department of Art and Design in 1996, and later a master's in Education with emphasis in Art in 1999. Mark was the owner and Creative Director at Moseley Studios from 2001- 2016, where he was in charge of coordinating photo shoots, marketing clients, video productions and graphic design. He later returned to his alma mater to work as Creative Director in the TROY Marketing department.
His digital paintings have graced numerous Troy Today magazine covers. Also, his photography and video skills have taken him internationally to document for TROY on various occasions. Mark has over 25 years of experience working with video, photography, digital tools, and painting in the private and public sector. Moseley continues to pursue photography and Videography alongside his painting. His subject matter includes distorted landscapes, impactful moments in his travels, and subjects that catch his eye along the path of life.
https://www.markmoseleyart.com/
His digital paintings have graced numerous Troy Today magazine covers. Also, his photography and video skills have taken him internationally to document for TROY on various occasions. Mark has over 25 years of experience working with video, photography, digital tools, and painting in the private and public sector. Moseley continues to pursue photography and Videography alongside his painting. His subject matter includes distorted landscapes, impactful moments in his travels, and subjects that catch his eye along the path of life.
https://www.markmoseleyart.com/
Rebecca Carr
Rebecca Carr is an accomplished artist based in Enterprise, Alabama. After a successful career in aircraft maintenance, Rebecca transitioned to full-time artistry in 2021, dedicating herself to her passion for capturing realism. Specializing in portraiture and wildlife, Rebecca skillfully uses various mediums, including acrylics, inks, pastels, and graphite. Her distinct approach features the use of a micron airbrush, allowing her to achieve an extraordinary photorealistic quality in her work, with an emphasis on the depth and expression of her subjects.
Rebecca’s talent has been recognized in numerous juried art exhibits, earning her several awards. In 2025 her painting “Unwelcome Company” won “Best in Show”, and in 2023 her painting “Delta Cascades” won “Best in Show”, both at the SAC’s Gallery Waterfront Show. Rebecca’s painting “Just a Peck on the Cheek” secured 1st Place in acrylics at the Montgomery Art Guild’s 57th Annual Regions Bank Show and this piece was accepted to the Art Fields Festival in Lake city, SC.
Rebecca’s artwork is displayed in Enterprise at numerous businesses including The Barrel Room, The Artistry Collective, Glow Korner, and The Pea River Historical Society.
Follow Rebecca on Facebook or Instagram @glass2graphite
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Rebecca’s talent has been recognized in numerous juried art exhibits, earning her several awards. In 2025 her painting “Unwelcome Company” won “Best in Show”, and in 2023 her painting “Delta Cascades” won “Best in Show”, both at the SAC’s Gallery Waterfront Show. Rebecca’s painting “Just a Peck on the Cheek” secured 1st Place in acrylics at the Montgomery Art Guild’s 57th Annual Regions Bank Show and this piece was accepted to the Art Fields Festival in Lake city, SC.
Rebecca’s artwork is displayed in Enterprise at numerous businesses including The Barrel Room, The Artistry Collective, Glow Korner, and The Pea River Historical Society.
Follow Rebecca on Facebook or Instagram @glass2graphite
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Shawna Lewis
Shawna Lewis is an artist deeply inspired by the beauty of the natural world and its ability to evoke emotion. Trained as an architect, she brings a strong sense of structure, color, and pattern into her artwork, finding joy in the interplay between design and organic form. Shawna lived in Japan for over 15 years, where Japanese aesthetics and culture profoundly shaped her artistic perspective and continue to influence her work today.
Her creative journey began with a desire to celebrate nature and its abundance. For Shawna, the process of creating is both grounding and restorative, offering a sense of peace and connection. She believes art should enrich lives, and through her work, she hopes to inspire others to slow down, reconnect with nature, and appreciate its quiet beauty.
You can explore more of Shawna’s work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unadorneddaughter
Her creative journey began with a desire to celebrate nature and its abundance. For Shawna, the process of creating is both grounding and restorative, offering a sense of peace and connection. She believes art should enrich lives, and through her work, she hopes to inspire others to slow down, reconnect with nature, and appreciate its quiet beauty.
You can explore more of Shawna’s work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unadorneddaughter
Andrew Batchelor
Andrew Batchelor is an acrylic painter/graphic artist living in Enterprise alongside his wife, Ashley, their two boys, and their somewhat crazed Cavapoo, Pickles. He studied art and design at both Troy University and Auburn University and has been a graphic designer, product designer, and product photographer for Jeffers Vet Supply and Lambert Vet Supply for over 20 years. His art is most recognized by its whimsical, illustrative style that tries its hardest to bring out the kid in each of us.
See more of Andrew's work here: www.etsy.com/shop/BatchelorStudios?dd_referrer=
See more of Andrew's work here: www.etsy.com/shop/BatchelorStudios?dd_referrer=
Kathryn Clark
Kathryn Clark is a retired federal law enforcement professional with 24 years of service in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, concluding her career as a superintendent in Yazoo City, Mississippi. After retiring, she relocated to Sebastian, Florida, but after experiencing four hurricanes, decided Florida was no longer the right fit. She eventually settled in Alabama, where two of her four grown children now live. She is the proud parent of three daughters and one son, and a grandmother to five grandchildren. Her artistic journey began in 1999, when she started melting glass as a way to decompress from the high stress of working in the prison system. What began as a personal outlet quickly grew into a passion. After retiring in 2003, she expanded her work into fused glass and wind chimes, and the creative practice soon evolved into a full-fledged art business.
Upon moving to Alabama in 2007, she began repurposing old windows she discovered locally, seeing them not as discarded objects but as perfect canvases for stained glass designs. For smaller-scale work, she uses picture frames to create interior art for homes. She continues to fuse glass for outdoor pieces, wall art, and seasonal ornaments, including pieces designed for Christmas trees. Today, she travels throughout the southern United States participating in juried art shows. When she is not creating, she devotes her time to caring for rescued animals. Her household currently includes five dogs, two cats, and two horses, all of which keep her happily busy.
See Kathryn's work at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054488049180
Upon moving to Alabama in 2007, she began repurposing old windows she discovered locally, seeing them not as discarded objects but as perfect canvases for stained glass designs. For smaller-scale work, she uses picture frames to create interior art for homes. She continues to fuse glass for outdoor pieces, wall art, and seasonal ornaments, including pieces designed for Christmas trees. Today, she travels throughout the southern United States participating in juried art shows. When she is not creating, she devotes her time to caring for rescued animals. Her household currently includes five dogs, two cats, and two horses, all of which keep her happily busy.
See Kathryn's work at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054488049180
Featured Live Art Experience
The Elba Courthouse, Painted Live
Throughout the festival, acclaimed portrait and fine artist Betty Tyler will be creating a live painting of the courthouse on canvas, set up inside the historic Elba Theatre. From the first brushstroke to the final detail, visitors are invited to witness the artwork unfold in real time as Betty captures the shifting light, atmosphere, and spirit of this local landmark. This all-day process offers a rare opportunity to slow down, observe, and experience how presence, intuition, and environment come together on canvas over the course of the day.
Betty Tyler
Betty Tyler is a portrait artist whose work moves fluidly between realism and abstraction, always grounded in the textures and stories of real life. Working in oils, acrylics, pastels, and watercolor, she approaches each painting as a conversation—one built patiently through observation, intuition, and the physical rhythm of the brush. Portraiture, in particular, has long been one of her deepest passions, and she finds joy in every stroke that brings a subject to life.
Tyler is especially known for her large-scale portraits, often painting works as tall as six feet. She describes these life-size creations as a true adventure—an immersive process that allows her to explore presence, expression, and human character at full scale. Her work can be found in universities, corporate offices, and private collections, reflecting both technical mastery and emotional depth.
Her artistic foundation was shaped through formal study at North Carolina State University and enriched by private instruction with accomplished artists, including Tom Edgerton of Washington, D.C. galleries; Rodney Moser, a noted watercolorist featured in Artist Magazine; Marla, an international oil painter from Spain; and Bob Rankin. Tyler also studied oil painting in Florence, Italy, an experience that further refined her classical sensibilities and appreciation for enduring artistic traditions.
Beyond her studio practice, Tyler has remained deeply engaged in arts education and community service. She has been affiliated with Alamance Community College, served on the board of Alamance Artisans and the Alamance County Arts Council, and is a member of the Portrait Society of America. Her commitment to accessibility in the arts is evident in her work teaching art classes to foster children in Alamance County, North Carolina.
Tyler is the director of TylerD Studios and Gallery, where she continues to create, teach, and mentor. Through her work, she brings together technical excellence, lived experience, and a genuine reverence for the human story—captured one portrait at a time.
Tyler is especially known for her large-scale portraits, often painting works as tall as six feet. She describes these life-size creations as a true adventure—an immersive process that allows her to explore presence, expression, and human character at full scale. Her work can be found in universities, corporate offices, and private collections, reflecting both technical mastery and emotional depth.
Her artistic foundation was shaped through formal study at North Carolina State University and enriched by private instruction with accomplished artists, including Tom Edgerton of Washington, D.C. galleries; Rodney Moser, a noted watercolorist featured in Artist Magazine; Marla, an international oil painter from Spain; and Bob Rankin. Tyler also studied oil painting in Florence, Italy, an experience that further refined her classical sensibilities and appreciation for enduring artistic traditions.
Beyond her studio practice, Tyler has remained deeply engaged in arts education and community service. She has been affiliated with Alamance Community College, served on the board of Alamance Artisans and the Alamance County Arts Council, and is a member of the Portrait Society of America. Her commitment to accessibility in the arts is evident in her work teaching art classes to foster children in Alamance County, North Carolina.
Tyler is the director of TylerD Studios and Gallery, where she continues to create, teach, and mentor. Through her work, she brings together technical excellence, lived experience, and a genuine reverence for the human story—captured one portrait at a time.
2026 Kid's Gallery Featured Artist
Thomas Ellis
We are honored to introduce Thomas Ellis as the Kids’ Gallery Featured Artist for Art on the River. Thomas is a seventh grade student at Opp Middle School. Growing up in Covington County, Alabama, he finds inspiration in southern, rural, and coastal still life and landscapes. Completely self-taught, Thomas was exposed to various art forms at a very young age. From oil pastels, gouache, watercolor, and even clay and plaster, he has explored a wide range of mediums in search of his unique artistic voice.
Currently, Thomas’s medium of choice is acrylic on canvas, where he works in an impressionistic style reminiscent of Renoir and Monet. After a recent visit to the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., he was inspired to explore Impressionism more deeply, drawn to the movement’s light, color, and expressive brushwork. Thomas credits fellow southern artist Maddie Grace Art as a meaningful influence and has utilized her instructional videos to develop his understanding of composition and depth.
At just 13 years old, Thomas is already demonstrating remarkable dedication and vision. He looks forward to a lifetime of creativity and continued growth as an artist. We are proud to feature his work as part of this year’s Art on the River celebration.
Currently, Thomas’s medium of choice is acrylic on canvas, where he works in an impressionistic style reminiscent of Renoir and Monet. After a recent visit to the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., he was inspired to explore Impressionism more deeply, drawn to the movement’s light, color, and expressive brushwork. Thomas credits fellow southern artist Maddie Grace Art as a meaningful influence and has utilized her instructional videos to develop his understanding of composition and depth.
At just 13 years old, Thomas is already demonstrating remarkable dedication and vision. He looks forward to a lifetime of creativity and continued growth as an artist. We are proud to feature his work as part of this year’s Art on the River celebration.