About our Artists
Christy M
Jonathan Lake
Jonathan Lake
Christy is one of our talented instructors. She has been painting for almost a decade.
Jonathan Lake
Jonathan Lake
Jonathan Lake
Jonathan Lake, BFA SIUC '82, is one of LEAA's multi-talented painting instructors, teaching Acrylic, wet-on-wet Oil, and water color painting. A 50+ year resident of Southern Illinois, Jonathan leans toward landscape painting.
Kasku
Kris Killman
Kris Killman
Kasku is a self-taught Native artist who works primarily with acrylic inks on paper. After painting off-and-on for 20 years, she retired to pursue art full time. She likes to paint scenes that capture moments of wonder and serenity.
Kris Killman
Kris Killman
Kris Killman
For more than 30 years, I’ve been painting watercolors inspired by my own photography, capturing scenes from Southern Illinois and beyond. I am a founding member, past president and currently Vice President of the Little Egypt Arts Association.
I teach photography at John A. Logan College and Little Egypt Arts. For well ov
For more than 30 years, I’ve been painting watercolors inspired by my own photography, capturing scenes from Southern Illinois and beyond. I am a founding member, past president and currently Vice President of the Little Egypt Arts Association.
I teach photography at John A. Logan College and Little Egypt Arts. For well over a decade, I’ve also contributed to mural projects
throughout Southern Illinois, including several municipal murals in Herrin, Illinois.