Barbara Ann Eknoian's first collection, Jerkumstances, received the Jane Buel Bradley Chapbook Award and was published by Pearl Editions in 2002 and has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was featured in the 6th Annual Emerging Voices Show produced by Sally Shore's New Short Fiction Series in 2009. She hails from New Jersey and lives in La Mirada, CA with her extended family.
Eric Greenhut became interested in art when he was a pre-teen. Although he started with a " paint by numbers " oil color set, he soon found that he didn't want to stay within the lines nor use the assigned colors. Majoring in art in high school gave him the opportunity to explore various mediums and to study art history. He included art courses while pursuing his Business degree at Indiana University. In 1998, he started to develop a new painting style. He was greatly influenced by the Fauve Landscape Art of 1904-1908. He finds that the works of Andre Derain and Henri Matisse have influenced his style the most.
Eric Greenhut has entered his art in various competitions and has received awards for his work. He has sold his art to private collectors in California, Arizona, New York, Hawaii, and Canada. His art can be viewed at: www.ericgreenhut.com.