Three Riverside City College students are turning their high school art skills into a window painting venture, bringing hand-painted holiday scenes to homes across the city.
Ariel, Jewell and Felicity—all Poly High graduates—launched Raincross Window Painting three years ago after their former teacher, Kim Marlowe and her husband Ted Beckwith, asked if they could paint their windows during Thanksgiving break. What started as a Charlie Brown tribute has evolved into an annual tradition and a small business.
The trio joins other Poly alumni turning creative skills into professional pursuits, including alt-R&B artist Brandon, who spent his senior year honing his craft in a music production classroom before releasing an album on respected indie label Secretly Canadian, and Bobby Kim, who co-founded streetwear brand The Hundreds and now serves as Disney’s Vice President of Creative for the Americas…