About the Art
Artemis and the Moon started as a pandemic project: an exhausted, defeated, desperate attempt of control and understanding -- of purpose and expression. Since I can remember, Artemis has been my matriarch, existing to me as a symbol of pure adoration for the wild, a fierce companion and protectress of nature (my first love); someone so absolutely themselves since the moment they were born, as the myths tell it. I have always learned to live my life through her guidance, so naming my dedication to nature was effortless to decide upon. She has inspired my professional life in my environmental sustainability educational career, my personal life in my intimate stewardship with my 6-acre property and neighboring land in the southern Appalachian mountains and my spiritual life, in my close magickal work with both Artemis herself and nature as a powerful partner. Then, finally, through this work, in the physicality of it all -- the tangible craft I can step back from and see myself, her, nature, beauty, death, the intangible wild, all in one.
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I decided to share this intensely personal part of me with my local art community in St. Pete, FL and it was so beautifully embraced by my friends, peers, other artists in the community and outside, including people on the internet that don't know me or even probably of Artemis, and for that I feel the most grateful to be able to create.
About the Artist
Artemis, Artie, Art (they/them)
Artie grew up in and was irrevocably impacted by the stunning wildness of South Florida, with their toes in the warm muds of the Everglades swamps, sawgrass tugging at their clothes. Growing up alongside such an expansive, biologically unique and historically villainized landscape accelerated the dedication to nature that would eventually engulf their entire being in complete saturation. For school, they then move to St. Petersburg and remained for 6 beautiful, bittersweet years, as they fell immediately in love with a town so free and itself and then stayed long enough to watch it become something else almost completely. In 2023 Art and their partner made the extremely difficult decision to leave their beloved home state, moving to the middle of the woods somewhere in Western North Carolina, right in the heart and guts of rural Appalachia.
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Going on their third year living alongside remote, untamed nature, they have fallen in love with the natural history and people of Marshall, NC. After living through the unbelievable destruction of Hurricane Helene and experiencing the indomitable spirit of our community members and neighbors after the thousand-year flood that drowned, gutted and ripped our town in two, Artemis has found only a confident confirmation of their dedication to both the natural health of their property and surrounding areas, but the proliferation of the community, especially in the Arts in Downtown Marshall.
You can find Artemis' work displayed in Ginny Lou's in Downtown Marshall.
You can also follow along to shop in person as Art has founded New Moon Makers Market's sister event, Marshall Magic Market, happening quarterly in Downtown Marshall and soon to have a more permanent installation. ​​​
About their familiars
Orion, Ghost, Nyx, Jupiter, Freya, Garlic, Io
Perhaps the most important part of Artie's life is their beautiful animal children; their earthbound family consists of their familiar Nyx, Daughter of Chaos, and demon puppy in training, Jupiter Chrysanthemum who joined the pack in 2021. Jupiter is now nearly 4 years old and is always seen side-by-side with her best friend, Freya, who joined us in early 2022. Their family continues to grow and has welcomed Garlic in 2024 and Io in 2026. ​​​​​​​​​
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Two of Artie's children are passed on, forever running through the endless wildflowers of the Elysian Field; the first being Orion, the sweetest kitten ever, along with his best friend,
Art's first familiar and first born, Ghost.
Ghost was gifted to Art some Christmas morning in high school, despite their loud, annoying, reliable persistence that animals are not gifts -- Ghost ended up to be their registered ESA, living in their dorm all throughout college and later christened two apartments. He lived a beautiful, lavish life alongside a number of animals he fell in love with, often in nature.
​Ghost passed suddenly from complications with cancer in April of 2021, and the subsequently shock of such life-altering loss and grief put this whole project on hold for the better part of a year. Ghost was immensely loved by his friends and strangers on the internet and on the street alike and touched the hearts of every single person that ever happened upon him walking around a market or sitting angelically at a restaurant downtown; he was regally revered online (as is deserved) and leaves a huge legacy behind. Ghost was and still is an instrumental facet of my identity and I owe everything to him.
I miss him more than anything.​
About Moonwalker farm
Artemis moved to their property in rural Marshall with the motivation to finally fulfill their a dream they have had since they can remember anything at all: wild, unrestricted nature with as many animals as possible. In 2024 they welcomed their first livestock, chicks and bees and knew their lifelong dream was all at once real. In winter of 2024, they experienced an incredible loss of life and lost half of their chickens and all of their bees. As 2025 came to a head they walked into the new year with a newfound understanding of grief and loss but knew this was the life for them. They have continued to add to their property and will soon add even more animals. You can follow Artemis and their partner Hunter's journey of breathing life back into their land on instagram, @moonwalkerfarmwnc
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