Hannah remembers first taking an interest in art around age 7, and has been a professional artist for 16 years — first painting in oil, now preferring acrylic. Her favorite part of being an artist is the community of peers she’s formed, both learning from and offering support to other artists. That collaboration recently expanded to the literary world as well; “After the Storm” is featured on the cover of the new paperback version of NC author Ron Rash’s “In the Valley.”