Puma Love Art

For journalists, bloggers, podcast hosts, and anyone who wants to tell this story. 

Puma Love is a self-taught watercolor artist, a former criminal defense attorney, and a seasonal nomad living in a teardrop camper named "One Love." With seven generations of Appalachian roots and twelve years of law practice experience in North Carolina, Puma brings a rare combination of cultural depth, social consciousness, and artistic talent. 

His work spans Appalachian heritage portraits, southern humor, wildlife art, botanical watercolors, and unflinching advocacy art -- for trans-folk, racial justice, climate action, and LGBTQ rights. As a queer man living and thriving with HIV, he makes art that advocates for everyone who has ever been told they don’t belong. That work lives right alongside the possums, the dandy frogs, and the Appalachian grandmothers — because joy and justice belong in the same place. Puma says out loud what some people are afraid to whisper. 

These days, Puma spends his winters following the sunshine to Florida and his summers in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina -- traveling in One Love, accompanied by his loyal sidekick, Bella, a Jack Russell terrier mix. His original watercolor paintings are available for sale in the Shop Art section of this website, and his Etsy shop offers wearable art, where his Appalachian and Southern humor shirts have found an enthusiastic and growing audience. 

• Based in Asheville, NC -- winters in Florida
• Seven generations of Appalachian roots
• Twelve years as an attorney practicing law in North Carolina
• Full time watercolor artist for five years and lavender farmer for eight years
• Lives in a teardrop camper named One Love
• Queer man living with HIV and advocate for LGBTQ rights
• Available for interviews, features, and podcast appearances

• The attorney who walked away from law to paint
• Appalachian culture through the eyes of a nomadic artist
• Art as advocacy -- painting trans rights, racial justice, and climate action
• Living with HIV and thriving -- a story about resilience and creativity 
• Life in One Love -- making art on the road across the American South
• Preserving Appalachian culture one watercolor at a time

• High resolution images of original paintings available upon request
• High resolution artist portrait available upon request
• Artist available for phone, video, or in-person interviews
• Available for podcast appearances, panel discussions, and artist talks

For press inquiries, please use the contact form on the contact page or email directly at stray.puma@gmail.com.