Artists Bio's
Sherridean Carmichael
Curator | Practicing Inspirational Artist | Kingdom Art Mentor | Director of CAF and IFA Gallery | Podcast host for Kingdom Creatives
Sherridean is a practicing inspirational artist, curator, and visionary leader committed to raising and equipping a generation of Kingdom creatives. She is a wife and mother to a wonderful family who supports her efforts. As the Director of the Inspirational Fine Art Gallery and Creative Arts Fellowship, she creates transformative spaces where art, faith, and purpose intersect.
A 2-time Caribbean Creative Innovation Award nominee and recipient of other distinguished art awards. Sherridean’s work has been recognized for both its artistic excellence and cultural impact.
With over 35 years of experience in teaching, mentoring, and exhibiting locally and internationally, she is passionate about guiding emerging and established artists to develop both their skill and their spiritual understanding of creativity. Her work is known for its bold expression, vibrant color, and messages of hope, healing, and divine purpose.
As a Kingdom Art Mentor, she is dedicated to helping artists discover why they were gifted, refine their craft according to God's Kingdom Blueprint for Artist, and use their creativity to impact lives and culture. Through curation, training, and community-building, she continues to inspire artists to rise, create with intention, and walk boldly in their calling.
Amanda Escamilla
Amanda Escamilla is a talented and creative young woman. She is a primary school teacher, a social media influencer and a speaker.
Art has always been a part of her life. From a young age, she used graphite and coloured pencils to create vibrant images. More recently, she has branched into acrylics on canvas.
Her artwork reflects her emotions and lived experiences, offers encouragement, and serves as a meaningful way to share Jesus with others.
Art brings Amanda great joy, and through her work she hopes others will experience that same joy. She wants people to know that art isn’t perfect—it’s messy and sometimes confusing, but it is powerful beyond words and capable of transforming lives.
Ashleigh Williams
AshIeigh works primarily with ink, water colour and gouache. Her work is centered around the female figure, nature, and her faith.
Currently, she has been working on more narrative driven pieces, alternating between pen & ink drawings and acrylic ink paintings on wood. Through the exploration of storytelling, she seeks to express the more vulnerable and often deeply hidden aspects of ourselves.
Fran Downey-Smith
For the first time, as a ‘matured lady’, Fran has attended various art classes in New Orleans over the past few years, while resident there. She was exposed to working with acrylics, pastels and oil and techniques such as pouring, mosaics, mixed media and painting from a picture. Artistic expression comes from within. It is a way of honoring God, our Father, who is the greatest creator. He made us each with a different fingerprint, because His creativity is infinite! So let’s create… it’s a form of worship! Thanks to Sherridean for encouraging me to see my work as valuable and worthy to be shown!
Juliette Clarke
Juliette is a Barbadian artist for many years with a passion for exploring unique traits about her beautiful island Barbados; reflecting beach scenes, landscapes and village scenes. She has continued to develop her artistic skills over the years with an incredible talent to create One of a kind paintings.
She has exhibited at various exhibitions on island. One being N.I.F.C.A where she received a Bronze Award for her piece entitled "These Fields and Hills".
Jeriah Walcott
Jeriah, is a lifelong artist specializing in traditional media such as graphite, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, and ink. His work emphasizes technical mastery, detail, and grounded realism, focusing on contemporary subjects like derelict buildings, landscape, and seascapes.
By blending media, he creates layered, visually compelling pieces that highlight beauty in both present and decay of the past. Through public and private commissions, he maintains a consistent dedication to detail and aesthetics, aiming to develop a distinctive artistic voice that unites realism, experimentation, and lasting visual impact.
Donne Haynes
Most of the time Donne live paint in churches, to visually showcase the theme and message of the day. Donne believes God is an artist so she use her talents for him
Nicolette Gibbons
Nicolette is a Barbadian artist who has loved art from as far back as she can remember. Whether it be at home, at school or at church, she was always drawing something.
She studied art at school and has CXC and CAPE diplomas in Art and Design. She enjoys many facets of art, design and related fields including customizing and upcycling clothing, shoes and bags, decorative and functional art, graphic design, and of course painting.
Acrylic paint is her preferred medium, and she paints both landscapes and portraits. She creates mostly semi realistic pieces often mixed with symbolic imagery and/or geometric lines and shapes.
The subjects of her work range from scenes of nature (mainly seascapes, flowers and sunsets), space, portraits and animated characters. She aspires to paint with purpose and create more pieces that uplift and connect with others and point towards Godly principles and themes.
Rychous
Rashad J. Stoute, is a husband and a father, and a visual artist registered with the name Rychous. He creates as a servant unto Yah, The Creator of Heaven and Earth. May Yah be praised through all that I am. HalleluYah!
Harriett Gay
Harriett creates art from a place of faith and lived experience. Her work is deeply connected to the realities of family, community, and personal emotion, including moments of joy as well as pain and loss. Through her art, she seeks to create space for reflection, healing, and hope. She believes that God is present in every part of our journey, and her desire is to visually express His ability to restore and renew, even in the most broken situations.
Linda Coombs
Linda is an acrylic artist who began painting in early 2022 as a hobby, and since then, she has developed a passion for this art form.
Initially she started with fluid art but have since explored other techniques in creating pieces, such as landscapes and abstracts.
This is the 3rd year that Linda is exhibiting her work with the Inspirational Fine Arts Gallery and in 2025, she received a NIFCA Bronze Award for her art piece entitled "His Glory".
"Creating art is therapeutic", says Linda, and she finds joy in seeing her work unfold on canvas. She particularly enjoys creating art that honors God, In doing so she is reminded of His grace and the hope she has in Him.
Christopher Leach
Christopher is a faith-driven graphic designer and CEO of CG&Emate (a multimedia studio), EllelittleLights (A Children's Website that teaches biblical morals and truths about God's Character) and Biblical Cashflow (A site that teaches biblical principles for financial growth). His work blends creativity with biblical truth, using visual design to reflect themes of renewal, purpose, and God’s movement in this generation.
As a husband and father of two, he is passionate about building legacy through both his art and his faith, declaring through his work that God is Light and in him is no darkness at all - God is indeed doing a new thing.
Amanda Campbell
Amanda is a creative entrepreneur whose work beautifully blends artistry, faith, and purpose.
As the Owner of New Dimensions Floral and Gifts, she expresses her creativity through floral design—transforming ordinary moments into meaningful, elegant experiences. Her arrangements and gift creations are more than decorative; they reflect intention, beauty, and a desire to bring joy and inspiration to others.
Amanda’s artistic journey is deeply connected to her faith. What she creates is not just for display, but for impact—each piece carrying a sense of care, excellence, and purpose. Her work stands as a reminder that art can be both expressive and transformative.
Through her creative vision, she continues to inspire others to see beauty differently, embrace their own gifts, and use their creativity as a tool to uplift and serve.
