One Artist Painting the Town Red

One artist is making his mark everywhere he goes. Give him any kind of medium and he will paint anything in sight from the buildings, to cars, to even your shoes.

Howard Gentry, 38, originates out of Sacramento, CA and currently resides in Memphis, TN. Gentry started his artwork in 1980, and in 1981 won a 1st place poster contest. Even at a young age, this was the beginning of his career. His resume is impressive with all of the talented work that he has done. Gentry was awarded Artist of the Month by Clarksville, TN Chamber of Commerce in 1990. He has made numerous guest appearances at several different Art Shows across the country. Gentry has held 3 hour live paintings at local Dance Clubs across the country. Gentry has done paintings for Snoop Dogg and the Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN when Pres. Obama's was Inaugurated. March of 2010 brought devastation to Haiti, but Gentry stepped up doing a 3 hr live painting for 2010 fundraiser for Haiti. TN Rep G.A.Hardaway purchased an acrylic painting of a Haitian child crying tears.

Gentry is now the owner of NoManKind Arts, providing Art for everything that can be painted on; Clothes, apparels, murals, tattoos, anything that can be painted to include your body. All he needs is a blank canvas. Gentry works with Acrylic, oil, and watercolor.

Gentry will be featured at several different venues the weekend of Sept 2-5, in Memphis, TN. The talent starts to flow down at the Memphis Cook Convention Center with this year's Memphis Hip Hop Expo Art Show/ Exhibit from Sept 2-5 where artists, entertainers, businesses, and people who involve themselves in the Community can showcase their talents, sell products, and network. Sept 2nd is the All Star Cheech & Chong 3 hr live painting. Then party gets live on Sept 3rd at the Black Out Virgo Birthday Bash with Live Body Paintings by Howard Gentry. This spectacular venue will be glow in the dark, so white attire is recommended. Gentry will also be participating in Life Over Aides @ Caritas Village Hope Gallery in Memphis on Sept 15. All the art that will be submitted must address the subject of HIV/AIDS Awareness. The art will be on display from Oct 1- Dec 31 at Caritas Village Hope Gallery. This is not only an exhibition but a contest as well with the grand prize $1000 in Gentry's sight.

Gentry can be contacted at nomankindarts@yahoo.com should you be interested in any type of art to be created. Gentry does magnificent work for whatever your need may be from apparel to flyers to tattoo's. NoManKind Arts is located in both Memphis, TN and Sacramento, CA.