About Our Labels
At Island Winery, we are very proud of our labels. They are designed around the artwork of some very accomplished and talented artists. Take a look.....
Nicole Seitz is the award-winning author of four novels SAVING CICADAS, A HUNDRED YEARS OF HAPPINESS, TROUBLE THE WATER, and SPIRIT OF SWEETGRASS. As an author, artist and speaker, her work is deeply influenced by her faith and the mystique and charm of the Lowcountry. Nicole received a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.F.A in illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design. Her freelance articles have been in the Island Packet, The Bluffton Packet and SouthCarolina Magazine. Nicole is also a published illustrator, and her artwork has been exhibited in Southern art galleries and libraries. Her novels feature her paintings/illustrations on the covers. An artist at heart, Nicole enjoys painting pictures with words and bringing her characters to life through detail and dialect. She lives in the Charleston, South Carolina area with her husband Brian, and their two children, owns a web design firm, and is currently working on her next novel.
Christina Atchison, is the artist who created our logo and most of our labels. Her talents were apparent at a very young age. Christina started private art lessons at the age of 8 and at a very young age won numerous local awards for her artwork. After graduating from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia she worked for art galleries and advertising agencies. Soon after Christina ran her own successful business, CSA Fine Art, where she sold her artwork and the artwork of others to collectors, interior designers and furniture companies. Christina is currently residing in California with her husband and two sons.
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Ken Batelman is an award winning freelance illustrator with a studio located in Milford, Pennsylvania and has over twenty years of experience working with major publishers, advertising agencies, and design studios all over the United States and Canada. In addition to illustrating, Kenneth Batelman conducts courses in Illustration and Graphic Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, and Sussex County Community College in Newton, New Jersey. Kenneth got his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York and is the author of Adobe Illustrator Paths and Curves, published by J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Roger Hutchison is the Canon for Children's Ministries and Director of the Trinity Center for Mission and Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, SC. Roger also enjoys creative writing, painting, photography and gardening. Most of all, Roger enjoys spending time with his wife Kristin, daughter Riley (6), and their cockapoo, Scout. Roger received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Philosophy from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC and has completed some Master's Level work at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA.
"I find joy when I move my fingers or my paint brushes through puddles of color and across a blank canvas. I am always surprised - and blessed - by the conversation that takes place. It is as if a good friend has joined me for glass of wine and a time of catching up. I invite you to
pull up a chair. Let's talk."
www.rogerhutchison.blogspot.com
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Arianne King Comer is a batik artist. She creates murals, quilts, paintings and wall hangings, using the deep violet-blue dye extracted from the indigo plant, once grown abundantly in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Now residing in Charleston, King Comer lived on St. Helena Island in Beaufort, SC, where she was director of the Ibile Indigo House at Penn Center. She received a BFA from Howard University, did graduate work at the Cranbrook Art Academy and studied indigo processing in Nigeria on a United Nations grant. Her work is shown and collected throughout the southeast.
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Laura Johnston is a freelance graphic artist currently located in Quebec City, Canada, who is originally from, Madison, Wisconsin. After a number of years in research, she changed paths and pursued her passion for graphic design. In addition to being a mom to three children, and her fuzzy child; the family dog, she has setup her own graphic design company Helix Concepts.