Foodstock Festival

Nate Michaels
Since 2015, Nate has been a full-time artist. He trav­eled nation­wide, show­cas­ing his vibrant, pop cul­ture-inspired art at com­ic con­ven­tions and art fairs. When COVID-19 halt­ed live events in 2020, he piv­ot­ed to com­mis­sioned pieces, expand­ing into large-scale acrylics and pop­u­lar Sharpie mark­er draw­ings. In 2021, Nate set­tled in Kentucky’s Lake Cum­ber­land area, con­tin­u­ing to cre­ate com­mis­sioned art for col­lec­tors across the coun­try. In 2024, he was fea­tured in Ken­tucky Month­ly Magazine’s 2024–2025 Gift Guide, praised for por­traits that “res­onate with raw emo­tion and intro­spec­tion” through bold brush­strokes and vibrant col­ors. Dri­ven by the emo­tion­al impact of his work, Nate aims to expand this con­nec­tion in 2025 and beyond, cre­at­ing art that moves and con­nects with a broad­er audi­ence.

Kara Nor­ris
A self taught artist in South­ern Ken­tucky, exper­i­ments with acrylics, inks, & knives. She enjoys paint­ing, illus­trat­ing, and hand­cut­ting orig­i­nal min­i­mal­ist sten­cils.

Jeff Scrib­n­er
Long-time res­i­dent of Ken­tucky, Jeff is a painter and graph­ic design­er. He designs, cre­ates, and mar­kets his work under his J. Robert Trade­mark brand. Jeff is a hydro­cephal­ic and trau­mat­ic brain injury sur­vivor and has a Cer­tifi­cate Diplo­ma of Graph­ic Design from the for­mer Art Insti­tute of Fort Laud­erdale in Flori­da. Vis­it jroberttm.com for more about the Eubank, KY, native’s artis­tic cre­ations.

A Som­er­set, KY, artist that spear­heads Doom­say­er Designs. He fan­cies him­self a com­ic book artist but loves to cre­ate art in any form. He loves tra­di­tion­al art such as water­col­or and acrylic paint­ing, pen­cil draw­ing, and illus­tra­tion.