~Marietta Camillieri~

Even as a child, I have always been creative. In high school I was teaching art to elementary school children in an after-school program. During this time, I was also taking three art classes in my last semester of high school.

I was an art director assistant at a community center at the age of 18. I went to a non-accredited art school right after high school for a year and a half. I then went to Kansas City Art Institute, getting my degree in Fibers and Sculpture. I repaired Oriental Rugs for 17 years, fixing hand made rugs from round the world.

I got into tattooing in 2001 for the sheer desire to continue doing art as a living. I approach tattooing as a painting. Besides doing tattoos I also teach art to disabled adults. Both careers are very rewarding to me.

I have two strong interests in tattoos: The first is doing gray wash technique, making it look like a well-rendered drawing (or black and white painting). The second is to use nature as my subject. It doesn't matter to me if I use color or not. I enjoy the realism.

I have many interests such as: my business, essentialartsonline.com. I studied Herbology on my own since 1980. and in 1991, attending the New Mexico Herb Institute. Starting in 1996, I studied aromatherapy with several leading aromatherapists.

I love nature and wild crafting. I have been weaving on a floor loom since 1981. As a six year old child, beading became one of my passions, and this was the beginning of making jewelry and my bead addiction. Indian beading on a loom, different string beading methods and wire wrapping are some of my techniques. At this time, I am learning lapidary to further my love for jewelry making.

I truly enjoy assisting others in expressing their own creations. I hope to make my customers relaxed as I give quality body art.

~Josh Johnson~

~Caitlin Cantele~

Since Kindergarten drawing has always been a passion of mine. I am 24 years old and born in Houston, TX but I have lived in Eureka Springs since I was three. Being in such an openly uninhibited artist's town, art is my lifestyle. I have modeled at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) to pay for the drawing classes I wanted to take from the well known local artists teaching the sessions. Also, just finding an artist in town I wanted to learn from, they were almost always eager to help.

I've taught art classes in the after school program Main Stage in Eureka Springs and love to show art all over Eureka. I enjoy all different mediums and constantly look for new techniques, and most importantly never stop learning. Watercoloring, acrylic painting, and pen & ink are definitly my favorites.

I got the opportunity to apprentice to be a tattooist in June of '09. It was always an interest of mine and since most of the tattoos I already had were ones I had drawn, It was definitly something I was very passionate about. I recieved my liscense in December 2010.

My husband Tom and I live 20 minutes north of Eureka just over the border in Missouri near a National Forrest, so there is plenty of quiet time to sit and relax and do art with our lovely German Shepherds and my step-son Marshall. Stop by the shop and see me and all the other extremely talented artists at Eureka Style.