Art in Transit

I submitted to MSAC’s “Art in Transit” call and subsequently experimented with using ChatGPT to create simple visual mockups of my artworks applied to a bus wrap format as an experiment. I was shocked at the effectiveness of the results. I am strongly against the use of AI in aspects of creating original art. However in this context, it sure was useful to better understand how different compositions translate at that scale and proportion.

1- Horizontal aspect ratio art

2- Vertical aspect ratio art adaptation (I did not come up with the words or rainbow background, that was all ChatGPT). 

After After Dark

Here is what I have been up to since After Dark in terms of work accepted to jurors shows—mixture of painting and photography. Pics to come soon!

JHUAPL Annual Art Show, Juror: Catharine Love @ John’s Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory 2025, Laurel, MD, USA

Birds’ Eye View, 8x10 inches, Acrylic on canvas panel

Award: First Place (Fine Art)

Exhibition Website: https://sites.google.com/view/apl-art-and-photo-show/home?pli=1

Human Expressions, Juror: Marisa Stratton @ Maryland Federation of Art: Curve Gallery (Virtual), Annapolis, MD, USA

The Beginning Of The After. 40x50 inches, Acrylic on canvas

Exhibition Website: https://mdfedart-he2026.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery?page=3

Reflecting, Juror: Nataliya Gurshman @ Maryland Federation of Art (Circle Gallery), Annapolis, MD, USA

Dawn Of The Two Suns, 15x15 inches, giclée print of digital photograph 

After The Show, 12x12inches, giclée print of digital photograph

Digital Explorations, Juror: Andy Holtin @ Maryland Federation of Art (Circle Gallery)

Annapolis, MD, USA

Vacation Of A Lifetime, 12x12 inches, digital 

painting based on photo, sublimation print on aluminum

Exhibition Website: https://mdfedart-digitaldirections2026.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

In Contrast, Juror: Marcie Cooperman @ Maryland Federation of Art (Curve Gallery)

Annapolis, MD, USA

Keep Off The Dune, 15x12 inches, giclée print of digital photo

Exhibition Website: https://mdfedart-in-contrast2025.artcall.org/pages/awards/slideshow

After Dark 2025

 What a treat to receive this in my inbox this morning!

At Play

Yay! Both of my entries got into @mdfedart’s upcoming virtual exhibition, “At Play.” See https://mdfedart-play2025.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

I’ll be painting at Paint Annapolis 2025 in 2 weeks, so expect more art soon!

Hospice Cup Pster Competition 2025

 Here is my entry. Of course there are things I see now that should be different but I ran out of time. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Which composition do you like better? I submitted the cropped one but now that I look I’m not sure I like it more now. 

The Homestretch

This year’s entry for the Hospice Cup Poster Competition was made using last year’s entry as a template for a digital painting. 

First Double-Accpetance!

Two of my three submissions for the Maryland Federation of Art's 2024 Digital Directions exhibition, were accepted—making this the first show in which I will have more than one artwork. EXCITING!

ALSO, I was pleased to see that Epidemiologue made the exhibit's poster art.  

Melange II is coming…

Melange II is an opportunity at the Maryland Federation of Art’s Circle Gallery (Annapolis, MD, USA) for a member who had entered an artwork for an exhibition and volunteered a few hours and donated an artwork for their Collector’s Choice fundraiser to win, via lottery, a wall in the gallery for a couple of weeks. I got one! So I will have a wall with my name stenciled over it on which to put anything I want for a couple of weeks, along with a bunch of other artists taking up the rest of the gallery space. So now I am working like crazy to have everything ready. Installation is on Tuesday and the reception is o next Saturday )18 March, 2023)  Exhibition details, including the sales gallery are here. Come ou out for the reception, we’d love to see you!

Small Wonders 2022 now thru 12/23/22

Juneteenth Harvest at Middle Plantation (Davidsonville, MD) | 5x4” | Acrylic on canvas. On exhibit at Maryland Federation of Art’s Circle Gallery (Annapolis, MD) as part of Small Wonders 2022 until 12/23. See https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/270/

What an great show! So much truly wonderful work. I am thrilled , honored, and humbled to have my piece included  with such high caliber work as I saw night at the lovely little reception at the gallery. 

UPDATE: ***SOLD***

Incidentally, here is the inspiration for the frame painting, although my figures are mostly women. A slave burial site was discovered near the plantation during road construction some 40-60y ago, according to a local historical marker sign. Since I’m order to get the effect of a “floater” frame that shows entire canvas I use a regular frame and turn it backwards, I have to do something with the back that is now the front, as it is generally in/poorly finished. So I’m this case I plaited it with the figures of women standing and climbing on the backs of their ancestors until they get to run and their babies are free people at the top. I put (faux, but good faux) leaf on the sides of the frame. 

2 New Juried Show Acceptances!

To wrap up the year, I have received 2 positive notifications from juried exhibitions: 

1- Small Wonders 2022 (Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD): 

Juneteenth Harvest on Middle Plantation (Davidsonville, MD)
3x4" (unframed)
acrylic on canvas

2- BWI Exhibit 35: Bright Skies (Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Baltimore, MD):

The Lottery 
8x10" (unframed)
acrylic on canvas panel

“Mind The Glass” goes to BWI!

My artwork, Mind The Glass, has been included in the Art Council of Anne Arundel County  in “Exhibit 34: Imagine…” which will be on display between concourses C & D (pre-security) from July 22–November 14 at BWI (Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport, Baltimore, MD, USA). This is my first non-gallery exhibition and speaking of imagination, I can’t imagine a setting where more people might see artwork in person over a period of time than a busy national airport. 🫢 Incredible. For a gallery of all the included work, see https://artscouncilofannearundelcountynew.submittable.com/gallery/7b48ccac-1cbe-49b9-95f2-e282feaaa11e

Paint Annapolis—That’s A Wrap

Here are my 3 from Paint Annapolis: Chlöe Lives Here (the boat & dog from previous post), Hats In The Belfry (my “nocturne” = done at night), and Downtime (the Circle Gallery alley. All are viewable at the pop-up Gallery (West St x Church Circle, #Annapolis, #Maryland) this weekend amd avilable for sale online vis https://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/galleryA/inde

It is such a privilege to have my work in the same space as that of all the wonderful pieces from this week. I totally fangirled the juried artists’ work last night at the reception, which was lovely, (tho warm). Big thanks to Matt Barber Kennedy, who took the time to endure my snark, hear a story, and give my nocturne a quick critique. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him and the other juried artists, and had the especial privilege of getting to watch Matt paint one day as a workshop. He’s a good sport and parried my heckling quite as masterfully as he painted. It was a great learning opportunity and a lot of fun. So thank you to Maryland Federation of Art, I can’t wait for next year!

MFA Studio Tours - What I'm sending to 49 West Restaurant Exhibit

 I'm submitting 3 here. I was tempted to choose apple works, or Herman again but I wanted to put out something different, so I kept with the theme of places and chose these:

Flyby (Fenwick Island, DE)
8x10" acrylic on canvas panel

We Were Here (Mount Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59, Crownsville, MD)
10x8" acrylic on canvas panel

Halsey from Eastport
7x5" acrylic on canvas

MFA Studio Tours - What I'm sending to Circle Gallery

 It is so hard to decide what to send! Officially sending in my choices as submissions always stresses me out so. I want to choose ones that all have nothing to do each other if I were to choose my favorites and that doesn't work because, as I understand, it's desirable for any grouping of your work to seem cohesive. In any case, these 2 are what I will be delivering to the gallery:

MFA Studio Tours 2022

I am participating in the Maryland Federation of Art's first Studio Tours event Saturday, April 30-Sunday May 1, 2022. Since my "studio" is in my home in Crofton, I will temporarily share a space with the gracious and talented Elizabeth Kendall (at SoCo Arts Lab, 312 Deale Rd, Tracys Landing, MD 20779). Although I won't be having this painting hanging in MFA's Circle Gallery as part of the event, it is what I submitted when applying to participate.  This was the first painting I did using my new easel that I got for Christmas and reclaimed a truly terrible canvas.

Follow The White Rabbit
18x22" acrylic on canvas panel

Digital Directions OPEN until Feb 26, 2022

 

All framed -up and ready to go!

 Ready to be delivered to MFA next week for Digital Directions 2022. 

MFA Digital Directions Acceptance!

 Happydance! My An Apple A Day digital painting, Flow, has been accepted to be part of the Maryland Federation of Art's upcoming 2022 Digital Directions show. As usual, something I didn't overthink and that was more play than anything is the successful image.