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. 

Summit makes it to Maryland Hall (Annapolis)!

This will be my first artwork to be displayed at Maryland Hall (Annapolis), which is very exciting. I wish the reception weren't during Paint Annapolis week, but it's probably not a bad thing to make me take a break and socialize.

New Gallery! Gallery Underground (VA) acceptance

 I am thrilled to have received an acceptance into Our American Soul, a juried exhibition by the Gallery Underground, an art gallery part of the Arlington Arts Alliance (VA), located in Crystal City (adjacent to Reagan National Airport). This is my first acceptance into a non-MD gallery that is not for virtual work. So, I will be schlepping my Mind The Glass mixed media artwork down to Arlington, probably using the Metro....

MFA Spring Member Show 2023 complete

 I had a good time at the reception last night for the 2023 Maryland Federation of Art Spring Member Show. Thanks to everyone who came out!

MFA Spring Member Show is up!

The Maryland Federation of Art’s (jurored) Spring Member Show is up at Circle Gallery (Annapolis, MD) thru May 27th, with its closing reception that evening from 4-6pm. See mdfedart.org for details. 

My entry is the 1st of 2 pomegranate studies I finished this year.

MFA’s American Landscapes 2022

***UPDATE*** This artwork received an Honorable Mention award for this exhibition. (There were 5 “Juror’s Choice” awards and 5 Honorable Mentions.)

Original Post (3 Aug 2022):

So pleased to have my mixed media (ink, watercolor, acrylic/gouache) artwork included in this year’s Maryland Federation Of Art’s American Landscapes exhibition. (!)

Title: Summit (Top of E. Atlantic St. dune crossing, Fenwick Island, DE)
Media: Mixed media (watercolor, acrylic ink)
Size: 14"W x 20"H 

“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

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:

New commission!

 And it’s going to be BIG. Here is a digital mock-up:

2 more poms

I FINALLY nailed that ruby color.

 

Last pom for a bit? Nope

 

The pom kick continues…

 Lots of mixed media on paper. 

Poms on the brain

 

2023 UPDATE:

I worked on these in the beginning of 2023, repainting a lot and adding even red nail polish in an attempted to get the deep jeweled saturated color I wanted. I titled them PomPom Studies 1 & 2. #2 was shown at MFA's Circle Gallery (Annapolis) as part of my wall in the 2023 Mélange exhibition, and #1 was accepted into MFA's 2023 Member show (also at Circle Gallery).

Playing with pomegranates

Playing catch-up here on the blog. How amazing that I posted every day for a year! As I start spending more time on my next commission, I am doodling pomegranates as they are meaningful to the client. 

Finished—Impatien Tiger

 14x16” mixed media (acrylic, beads)

06/25-26/2021 impatient inpatien

Progress pics. the Most complete is ProCreate experimentation (pic of the painting digitally “painted” on the iPad. Analog painting to follow. Yes, those are glass beads glued to the canvas. 

 

08-20-2020 Play deconstructed

This was really fun. I may do more of these. I cut pieces from original image (below, titled “Play” because I was playing around with the watercolor brushes and not working from life), and moved/resized them. Then I used the recolor feature and liked the addition of greens & yellows.

 

08-18-2020 Venus

Contemplating the Venus of Willendorf in apples....main painting on day 1; the next day I put an apple under a light and added a highlights. 

08-15-2020 Apple shroom