My art explores cultural, identity, and environmental themes. I share my connection with the world and the significance of a place, an object or a memory through my work. As a mixed media artist I’m constantly combining, paint, paper and various mediums to create my work. While I use a variety of materials and processes in each project my approach
My creative journey began when I was nine years old. My grandmother gave me my first sewing machine. She also taught me how to embroider knit, crochet and weave. I became a fashion designer and attended design school at FIT in New York City. I became bored with fashion and started to develop my interest in other areas like painting
I dabble in quite a few different mediums but clay is my favorite! I learned the basics of ceramics in my late twenties from my mother and father, both accomplished potters. Later I expanded my techniques by studying at Penland and Arrowmont Craft Schools. My ceramic techniques include hand building, slab construction, carving, and pit firing using combinations of stoneware,
I am a Maryland born multi-media artist primarily working in gouache and markers. I love doing anything related to art and making things, whether it be sewing, painting, sculpting, veganic farming, making jewelry or knitting. My work is primarily 2-d, though I’d love to branch into 3-D artwork. I love sustainability and using creative ways to deal with waste/recycled material,
Brenda Chandler was born in Bronx, N.Y. Went to St.Augustine Catholic School where the nuns took us to great field trips such as Lincoln Center and The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Studied Commercial Photography in high school. Became fascinated with The Smithsonian Museums and became a intern at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum in my mid 50’s while
I am a lawyer, momma, and artist living in Takoma Park, MD. I developed my love of drawing, illustrating, and painting from a young age, and though I wanted to go to art school, with dreams of becoming a fashion designer or museum curator, I ended up taking a liberal arts path and found myself in a career far away
Sometimes I start with a plan, but more often than not, I end up with something completely different from my initial vision. I take great pleasure in the Zen of letting my art flow through my hands without trying to control how it will turn out. It’s a meditation of a kind in color and texture. Sometimes it works, sometimes
I’m a multidisciplinary artist who has resided in Takoma Park for over 20 years by way of my hometown Baltimore, MD. I love to create, charcoal and oil painting are my favorite mediums. Faces, mythology stories and nature are my muses. I currently attend MICA.
I’ve always admired the creativity and workmanship of artists… their free expression, eagerness to explore, and skill sets. Unfortunately, none of which I possess. Ten years ago, I met a woman artist who repurposed plastic market and department store bags into beautiful useful totes and handbags. It was an epiphany! I felt it important to share how beautiful functional
Born in Treviso, Italy, Davide was introduced to the art of metalsmithing by his father Alessandro and by the sculptor Toni Benetton. He studied jewelry and metalsmithing at the Institute of Art in Venice. In 2003, he obtained his degree in architecture at IUAV, Venice, Italy. Davide worked in Italy as an architect for several architectural firms, especially with