While Ringelstetter was working a street show in Gainesville he had a chance run in with a young artist from the area, Kole Trent. Usually Ringelstetter doesn’t like to leave his booth during his shows, but the young artist seemed eager to show what he had been working on, so Ringelstetter followed Trent over to his booth and he was blown away. Trent was only about twenty years old at the time, and Ringelstetter was impressed to see the amount of talent and dedication his new acquaintance had acquired in his short life.
A few years later, during Ringelstetter’s super tour, he found himself in the booth neighboring Trent and they reconnected. Later on, when Ringelstetter went to Cocoa Beach he reached out to Trent and learned that his family had opened a new gallery. The Trent’s offered Ringelstetter a place to work during his next show and asked him to be their first ever guest artist of the month for November. Ringelstetter had been planning to live out of his van, as he usually does on tour, but the Trent’s offered him a room while he was there, making the whole experience a little more relaxing. The time spent there was fun and worthwhile for all involved, as they got to blend together their artist cultures and learn from one another.
Darienne Keniece