Get to Know Our AFJ 2026 Featured Artists!
Kaylyn Webster
Kaylyn Webster was born in 1999 in Memphis, TN. She received her BFA in Studio Art (Painting Concentration) from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, as well as a minor in African and African American Studies.
Webster has been shown in numerous exhibitions, including “I Got a Story to Tell” and “Bloom Where You Are” at Tanya Weddemire Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, and her solo exhibition, “Commune [verb]”, was on display at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, TN. She has participated in residencies at the Children’s Museum of Memphis and at Crosstown Arts. Webster’s work has been written about in Artsy, Canvas Rebel, and The Daily Memphian. She was featured in Friend of the Artist: Volume 16, and has most recently been featured in New American Paintings: South #178. Webster currently lives and works in Memphis, TN.
Stefanie Rawlinson, courtesy of Noelle Holler
Noelle Holler
Noelle Holler is a contemporary realist painter of wildlife, landscapes, and portraits, working primarily in gouache. Her representational approach attempts to reflect the beauty and light of the natural with scientific accuracy, while also emphasizing the personality of life through a subtly expressive and playful style. The beauty of nature, an adventurous childhood in Colorado, the stories and poems shared by a literature-teacher husband, family life, and faith in Jesus have all grounded and influenced her painting. Compelled by an effusive love of God’s creative work, her art is an invitation to celebrate a good and beautiful world.
Born in Colorado to an adventurous family, much of her early childhood was spent exploring the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Dad was a rock climber, and Mom was baptized in the pools of Havasupai in the Grand Canyon; family time often meant hiking, camping, and discovering beautiful views, wildflowers, and animals. Noelle developed a lifelong love of the outdoors and a habit of ready observation. Insect-collecting with her entomologist grandfather fostered joy in the unlikeliest of creatures.
She received her BFA in 2006 from the University of Memphis, followed by years of portrait commissions while growing and raising a family in Arizona and Indonesia, and now Tennessee.
Noelle is currently represented by Goetze Art & Design in Memphis.
Savannah Jewell
Savannah Jewell is a painter based in Memphis, Tennessee, where her artistic journey began in childhood. The vibrant culture of Memphis continues to be a rich source of inspiration for her work. Savannah draws heavily from her extensive international travels.
For Savannah, travel is not just an adventure; it’s a wellspring of creativity. Her intellectual curiosity and ability to immerse herself in diverse cultures inform her painting style, resulting in works that vary from abstract to representational. Each piece conveys a spirit of wonder, characterized by fluid color and dynamic motion.
