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Bayou Artist

Article by STARLA GATSONPhotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Meka Bennett talks with BayouLife about being motivated by her family to attend beauty school, and how she went from working at a mall salon to working with celebrity clients. When Meka Bennett was young, she sat on the floor in the bathroom do...
Article by Starla GatsonPhotography by Kelly Moore Clark Betty Crouch picked up pottery at 67-years-old. This hobby turned career has given Crouch purpose, something she was desperate for when she began devoting more of her time and energy to it over a decade ago. I’m a jack of all trades but a maste...
ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSONPHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY MONTI SHARP After spending more than three decades away from Monroe, Monti Sharp is ready to reconnect with his hometown. Besides, he says, there’s no place like it. Leaving Monroe was never what Sharp wanted to do, he explains. But it was necessary, as re...