Nick is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in soft sculpture from Columbia, Maryland. He loves the ocean and taking photos of toads in his backyard.
MFA Printmaking, University of Connecticut
BFA Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University
"A sense of wonder" speaks to how Leslie Goldman creates: developing characters and landscapes drawn from memory and folklore, a childlike curiosity and the senses - crafting visceral works that give the viewer’s imagination room to explore.
Leslie predominantly works with oil paint, graphite, pastel, ink and wax; building up, sanding down and scratching into layers to create a dreamlike atmosphere.
Linda Press grew up in New York City where she attended the prestigious High School of Music and Art. She is a graduate of Cornell University and holds an Master of Fine Arts in painting from Columbia University where she studied with Robert Motherwell, Stephen Greene and other abstract expressionists. She paints both in her studio and in plein air; traveling to France every year to paint.
Megan Burak is a contemporary realist artist working mostly in oil. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland at the age of four. Burak graduated in the fall of 2015 from Salisbury University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a concentration in two-dimensional art. She has won multiple awards while exhibiting in juried shows and galleries and has shown all around Maryland as well as New York and Washington D.C.
Susan Wolfe Huppman grew up in New Orleans. She graduated from Princeton in 1983 with an A.B. in Art History/Visual Arts. She studied Critical Theory under poet and artist, David Shapiro, himself a student of Meyer Shapiro. She studied painting under Sean Scully, Michael David, Harvey Quaytman and Heidi Gluck.She has taken many continuing studies classes at MICA. She has been painting professionally for over 25 years.
Elli maria is a Latinx, mixed-media artist based in Baltimore. she experiments across different mediums - blurring the lines between photography, painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, installation, and more - to explore themes of time, memories, identity, and trauma. her distinct visual language is inspired by personal narratives/emotions, nature, & science. she invites viewers to explore imagery that is ambiguous and evocative while constructing their own meanings and interpretations.
I began putting color and tone on canvas as a teenager in Chevy Chase, Maryland. I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, then continued my studies at the Corcoran College of Art and the Winter Palace Studio in Georgetown.
Geraldine Pontius is a visual artist. Presently she works in Digital Art, Photography and Watercolor Painting, En Plein Air and in her studio. Her work is influenced by Abstract Realism and Tonalist principles. Pontius received her art education at Columbia University, NYC, Her art, photography and films can be found on her website at https://www.geraldinepontius.com
A Brief Bio of Sheryl Southwick
Sheryl, a resident of Easton, is a colorist having studied with professors who had been students of Josef Albers, including Harvey Harris and Paul Dufour. After attaining a BFA in painting, Milton Resnick, Nathan Oliveira and Leon Berkowicz were also teachers who influenced her work. Chris Mona, Printmaker; Mary Vernon, Janine Nagy, and David Hornung at Mississippi Art Colony; and Laurel True at True Mosaic Studio in New Orleans are among her other teachers.