About Us
Zoe is the artist and owner of Zoë E. Designs, & has been in the face painting & henna business for roughly 10 years, though she has been an artist as long as she can remember. Living in Santa Barbara now for 15 years, she majored in fine arts at SBCC where she studied art history, drawing, painting, and even theater makeup. Her mediums include acrylic, charcoal, oils, digital, graphite, & watercolor. Today she's a local entrepreneur and aspiring tattoo artist, making personal art and painting smiles on children's faces with her fun and creative designs. She loves working with children and finds fulfillment in bringing them joy and helping them feel special through art and transformation.
Meet Zoe!
Ian is a self-taught artist and has been a studio painter for the majority of his adulthood, exploring styles such as biomechanic, art nouveau, calligraphy, and dark art. He has worked with a multitude of mediums, but typically works in graphite, ink, and acrylic. Like Zoe, he discovered he had a talent for art at a young age and spent much of his upbringing exploring his creative side. Zoe and Ian have been together for over 8 years, and when her business started getting more demand than she alone could take, she decided to train him to face paint about 3 years ago. Because he already had a solid foundation in art, he picked it up very quickly and was an immediate success. Today, Ian works in his studio on personal pieces and commissions, and face painting as Zoe's trusty second artist, who she's very grateful to have!