I am a multidisciplinary DC-based artist most recognized for my abstract paintings and street photography, inspired by my two decades living and working in over 30 different countries. I use layers of color, texture and contrasts to convey the energy that makes each location distinct. I am inspired by the beauty of everyday encounters, changing landscapes, and nature’s color palette.
I’m often seen walking around Takoma with my camera, taking pics of everyday things. Please ask me about my zine, “tkpk,” and “Simone, Simon, Sim” (published by StrudelmediaLive), a book I coauthored with my wife, Sandie Friedman, combining photography and flash fiction. Taking pictures has given me a community of creative friends! My manifesto? Photography = Light = Love.
My earliest memory, as a toddler, is of dust mites dancing in a beam of light then illuminating the subtle colors on a braided rug, The media I employ:photography, fiber art, and mixed media are saturated with color. I enjoy stretching boundaries: Weavings may hide the grid structure, My photographs challenge one’s perception. Pages in books may go beyond their
I am a floral designer and when I’m not decorating weddings and parties, I enjoy creating Dutch Masters-inspired still life photographs of my flowers. I use exclusively local and seasonal flowers and many I have grown here in Takoma Park. I create note cards and prints. I also sell vintage mid century modern art and my daughter’s paintings at my
Exploring 19th century photographic printing processes has brought me to the intersection of photography, digital art, and chemistry. Using either the cyanotype or salted paper printing technique I’ve found that printing a perfect photographic print is less interesting to me than how I can change, enhance and play with the print. Each becomes a one-of-a-kind piece as I tone, bleach
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
Katie Jett Walls is a Washington DC based artist working primarily in acrylic and mixed media painting and collage. Her practice is centered around a belief that engaging in art is deeply beneficial to the mind and spirit. In addition to creating her own art, she leads classes in collage for beginners so that others can access the benefits of
Suzanne Bartlett is best known for her heavily sculptural, textile paintings and assemblages of vintage quilts and dresses, paper, castings, lace and antique pattern. Tissue are combined to evoke women’s work themes of survival. Treasures and talismans are collected and assembled in layers to sculpturally tell the story, carefully, exposing stitches, instructions, and handmade elements that were the history of
Does an artist need a benefactor? Does a diplomat need a nation? These questions and others may be among the contemplations that avant-disco music director and writer Patrick Paulus sought answers to, when traveling from Takoma Park to Havana in March 2023, in support of the Cuban people. With his new photography book, curiously titled, “Banana Wine”, he chronicles a
Growing up in India, I was always exposed to the spiritual side of nature. My interest in nature photography blossomed in my college years when I traveled around India, visiting various national parks and learning how to capture the beauty I saw in those places. My photographic journey did not stop even after I moved to the US for advanced