Narrative painting and protest art have been my forms of expression for over 40 years. I studied art at Hunter College in NYC and received a BFA in painting and I earned an MAT in art education at The University of Chicago. I have taught art in Montgomery County Public Schools for over 25 years, preserving my studio and art practice by teaching only part-time.
Two of my drawings separated by 44 years from my work with the feminist artist movement are in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum. They are on display in the National Portrait Gallery through 2021.
Ed started producing art when he was sick with rheumatic fever, and bedridden, in middle school. Though he went on to take drawing classes, and got accepted at art school, his inspirations were from internal states of suffering, feelings, and dreams.
I am a self taught artist since 2020. I started my art career during the pandemic because I needed an outlet for what was going on. Animals and people are my main studies and I primary use charcoal as my medium.
Working on abstract mixed media and illustration to upcycled tins and pattern design, Jo Coyle considers her works and motivations to be led by an internal "art roulette."
Jo graduated from Mount St. Mary's University with a BA in Fine Art, after studying fine art and film in high school at Carver Center for Arts & Technology in Towson, MD. Though her strengths lie mainly in fine art, she is developing new interest and skill in both traditional and digital illustration and design.
It is what it is
I am a painter of landscapes in oil along with portraits and figure studies in graphite. I typically work from my own photography, and I seek to capture the essence of the image. I received my BFA in Fine Arts at York University, after having previously attended the studio program for 2 years at the Philadelphia College of Art. I have subsequently taken painting courses with Dean Fisher, Alyssa Monks, and an on-line, evening class at the New York Academy of Art with Zane York. My work is in private collections in Denmark, Spain, Iceland, and the US.
Elizabeth Weiss Nook is an artist and architect, and has been a creative within the natural world in the forms of fine arts, design, and architecture for as long as she can remember. Taking inspiration from nature and her own sense of adventure, she is passionate about ecological conservation, design and construction, finding the beauty in difficult circumstances, and celebrating the light that inevitably shines after the storm passes. She is also a wife, mom to two little ones, and a boat captain.
Driven by a desire to understand the world through fantastical interpretations, my art captures fleeting moments and the tension between presence and absence. Expressed through bold color and subtle expressions, my oil paintings depict Neoclassical, Hellenistic and contemporary figures suspended between eras, reflecting society’s attraction to escapism and idealized fantasy.