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About Creative Graphics

Kevin Bass

President / Owner
Kevin was born in Michigan but has lived in Lebanon, TN since 1970, so this is where he calls home. You might remember him from working at Quik Stop during his high school days. He graduated from Friendship Christian School, Cumberland College (back when it was College, not University), and MTSU. 
 
He also did some post-graduate work at Auburn University in, believe it or not, Chemistry. After two jobs in the chemistry field, Kevin decided to change his career path and purchased Creative Graphics, along with his wife Amy. Kevin is the business side of the partnership, but you might see him doing anything from delivering orders to taking out the trash.
 
Kevin enjoys playing with electronic gadgets, Android phones (check out our mobile website on your phone), computers, and pinball machines. His dusty golf clubs will have to wait until retirement. He also loves taking trips with Amy and his daughters Hannah and Emily on the never-ending quest to find the best roller coaster in the world.

Amy Bass

Graphic Artist / Owner
Amy@creativegraphics.net

Amy Bass - Graphic Artist / Owner

Amy (Stephens) Bass was born in Lebanon, Tennessee and graduated from Mt. Juliet High School. She met Kevin in an art class at Cumberland College (why was Kevin in an art class?). Amy is one of the few people who is doing what she went to school for. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University, majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Graphic Design. 

She has worked for Creative Graphics the longest of anybody; working summers in high school and her internship from MTSU. She returned to CG in 1993 part-time, which turned into full time, and then purchased the shop in 1997.
 
In her very little bit of free time, she enjoys stamping and scrapbooking, church events with her daughters and occasional mission trips.

Nakia Vensel

Nakia Vensel was born and raised in Blair, Nebraska and always knew that she wanted to be an artist. She has been drawing and painting since early childhood. She went to college in Omaha, NE. to pursue a career in commercial art and learn the fundamentals of graphic design. She moved to Tennessee in 1995.

She worked as a designer and even a press operator for a few printing companies until coming to Creative Graphics in 2000. Nakia has created an impressive portfolio utilizing her unique artistic style. She offers custom portraits and stationery on her website: www.cowgirlart.com.
 
Nakia and her husband, Shane, own 60 acres outside Watertown and have a daughter, Emery, who was born in early 2010. Together they enjoy working with their horses, rescuing stray and abandoned dogs and working on their farm.

Terry Shreeve

Press Operator


Terry Shreeve - Press Operator

Terry started in the printing industry in 1985. Since then he has operated many different kinds of printing presses up to a 6-color 40 inch Heidelberg on which he printed art designs and advertising agency work. Terry came to work at Creative Graphics in early 2008.

After work, he runs a karate school where he teaches Wado Ryu Karate and continues to train with his sensei (teacher).