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KEITH RUNKLE,
Artist
35+ years
Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Runkle received his BFA with a concentration in painting from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1986.
Runkle has focused much of his artistic skill into the realm of graphic design in Pennsylvania and Arkansas for more than 30 years. As a result, he’s received a number of professional accolades as a designer on the local and regional scale, which included several American Advertising Awards (formerly known as Addys).
He works in oil on linen and canvas utilizing a color palette that is bright and unusual. In what can be described as surrealistic, he uses objects in a symbolic way to capture stories related to his personal experiences and observations about the world around him. In the past couple of years, Runkle has branched out into the realm of custom-designed jewelry. Check out this interview for more.
He lives and works in Little Rock, Arkansas.
SCOTT BONGE, Inventor & Entrepreneur, 20+ years
Scott is a visionary thought-leader and inventor with an entrepreneurial spirit. He has had 20+ years of success leading innovation and growth in business and product development. He invented and patented two products that are sold on Amazon and other online stores. He filed and received two trademarks and holds several patents on his products. Scott and his invention, My Perfect Goatee, has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, TODAY with Hoda & Kathy Lee where it was chosen as one of three best men’s products, Rachael Ray Show, The Jonathan Ross Show in the U.K., along with a countless number of radio shows and magazines worldwide. My Perfect Goatee brand of products have been translated into Arabic and boast a strong presence in Saudi Arabia and the entire Middle East.
While his goatee shaving business is going strong, he recently turned his attention to Blockchain and NFTs. Scott has teamed up with talented artist and long-time friend, Keith Runkle, to create digital art. Scott is a self-taught programmer using Node.js, JavaScript, JSON, CSS, and HTML to program ERC-721 NFT smart contracts using Remix Ethereum IDE, Visual Studio Code and Hashlip’s Generative Art Code. Scott has been an investor in cryptocurrency since 2017.