Our Team

Each of our team members is either an artist, a figure model, or both.

Chalice Meikle

Ms. Meikle founded Creative Convergence CLT and has organized figure drawing groups throughout Charlotte since 2017. From Unorthodox Studios and the VAPA Center to co-founding Draw McColl and the Charlotte Portrait Group, she continues to make figure drawing accessible and welcoming to artists of all skill levels.

A smiling man wearing a yellow Hawaiian shirt with floral and leaf patterns, standing against a plain white wall.

Ramon Jaquez

A woman smiling through a cutout of a yellow dress. The cutout is part of a display in a store with a window showing a street scene outside.

Eliza Dunaway

Eliza is a painter who loves painting and drawing from life. She loves painting landscapes en plein air. Her primary mediums are pastles and gouche.

A man with long wavy hair and glasses stands smiling in front of a river with historic buildings on both sides. He is wearing a beige short-sleeved shirt and shorts, with tattoos visible on his arms and legs. A backpack and a water bottle are on the ground beside him.

Joseph Rackley

Lana Sheikha

Lana is a self taught, mixed-media artist. She loves exploring the form through organic, liberated shapes in her “gender-fluid lava lamp” style. Rather than adhering to rules, she prefers to enable folks to create in their own intuitive style.

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Stephanie Chapman

Chapman is a conceptual artist whose work blends abstract realism, her love of history, and experimentation to challenge perfectionism and spark conversation. As a self-taught artist she brings her passion for learning about art to each figure drawing session creating space for new and experienced artists alike. Check her out on instagram at @stephaniechapmanart

Ramon loves creating expressive drawings inspired by the energy of life drawing. A self-taught artist, he teaches planar analysis, sight measuring, and treats every student like family.

Joe is a classically Renaissance-trained artist whose passion for the human form began with figure drawing and painting. In 2023, he expanded his practice by becoming a tattoo artist.

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