Hi, I'm Nicole, i'm an independent artist with a penchant for learning new mediums in which to express myself. Fiber arts, Drawing, Writing/storyboarding, & Leather Crafting, are my main interests, though I am trying to branch into Screen Printing, Painting, Animation & Stop Motion shorts.
Currently, Darrelynne Strother manages online customer interactions with a government contractor. She works part-time as an afterschool teaching artist with elementary and middle school students in Washington, DC. In 2009, she graduated from the University of Virginia with a concentration in architecture and urban planning with a minor in studio art. She launched her art website; justd.art in December of 2018. The focus of her artistic discipline is drawing/mixed media which includes Sharpie ink blotting, metallic acrylic paint, alcohol ink, ink pen, and watercolor.
I have lived in the Baltimore area most of my life, while I also spent short periods in Pennsylvania and Michigan. I went to Penn State for graduate school and Towson University for my undergraduate degree. I received a Ford Foundation Grant for the Arts and a teaching assistantship to attend Penn State. While at Towson University I studied with Enrique Montenegro, learning a great deal about color and brushwork. I also studied with Richard Meyhew, learning what he liked to call the "Color grid" during my time at Penn State.
Kate Kretz earned a Cours De La Civilisation Francaise certificate at The Sorbonne, a BFA at SUNY Binghamton (SUNY Foundation Award for Excellence in Fine Arts, Harpur College Departmental Honors in Art, & Harpur College Academic Honors) and her MFA at the University of Georgia.
Julia K. Burzon is an artist of traditional and digital media. Early published work includes pen and ink illustration for Iowa State University Extension publications, scientific illustrations in peer-reviewed journals, and and commissioned projects (ex. photography and creation of a wall calendar). Returning to art as a serious pursuit m in 2019, after a long hiatus working in natural resources administration and raising a family, Julia embarked on a quest to master digital painting from 2020–2021 by learning how to use all’s various capabilities via the framework of apple-themed artworks.