Our gallery is pleased to be partnering with the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) to increase public appreciation and support for the arts throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area. Please visit (www.waldogallery.com) to get more information about our gallery and to view the artwork and collectibles we have to offer.
From an early age, I discovered I was fortunate to have inherited an artistic perception of the world allowing me to create whatever I could envision. I was only limited by the technologies of the time.
M.C. Pratt is a native of Baltimore who works in oils, watercolor, mixed media and occasionally installations and stone. She lives and works in Allegany County, MD with her husband and 2 dogs. With a dual BS in Art and Philosophy, and an MEd in art education, she teaches in a variety of public and private venues while pursuing a life robust with painting, exhibiting and writing. As Director for Art Education for the Evergreen Heritage Center, Mt.
Welcome to Chesapeake Shoppe. My name is Lisa Christie. I grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. As a child, I was a horse lover, and an avid book reader. I wrote stories, crafted things with my mother, and loved acting. I studied theatre arts in college, had a horse and a pony, a smattering of cats and kittens, a couple of dogs, and several parakeets. I have always had a love for the arts and for nature, and I decided to take that love and turn it into something more.
Megan Maher is a mixed media artist whose work explores the interactions between line, color, and materials. The squiggle is a recurring motif in her work. Maher grew up in Kentucky and Indiana, enjoying both city and country life. She received her BFA from Indiana University and moved to Washington, DC, to earn her MFA from American University. After graduating, she stayed in the DC area teaching and producing art.
David Bottini, paintings “for Gabriel
Classic Realism with a Romantic Viewpoint
Painting has enthralled me since I was a young student studying with nationally known artists Robert Stanley and Nick Ruggieri. I remained focused on art and design throughout high school, and I studied art at The Rhode Island School of Design, The Maryland Institute, and earned my MFA at The Savannah College of Art & Design. I continue to revel in the power of a brushstroke and the transformational impact of making paintings.
I grew up in the middle of horse country: Lexington, Kentucky. This suited me just fine because from the time I was a little kid all I wanted to do was ride. I got the chance to do plenty of that but it was during a short stint in the army that I became interested in art. I moved from Kentucky to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
Elyse Harrison has been producing and exhibiting her art primarily in the Washington, DC area since the mid-1970s. Her work includes both fine art paintings and commercially commissioned site-specific murals. She is the recipient of a 2021 Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council, four Individual Artist Grants from The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, and has produced ten murals for The Maryland State Arts Council’s Artists in Education Program.
April C. House is an abstract encaustic and acrylic artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Design from the Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD Atlanta.) A shy child, everything was fodder for her imagination. She spent time wandering the outdoors, making Barbie clothes with her grandmother’s fabric scraps and tape, creating fashion illustrations, and collaging with old wallpaper books and mail order catalogs. April is inspired by everyday color, composition, and her saved mementos of daily life.
Christopher Bowling has been creating art for over almost 40 years, focusing on sculpture and drawing. His main media is graphite, colored pencil and fine-tipped markers for drawing and metal, wood and found objects for sculpture. He worked for several years as an elementary school art teacher in Harford County, MD as well as substitute teacher in Seattle, WA. His drawings are mostly of animals, filled with various random objects - recently he is using iconic Baltimore/Maryland landmarks and objects.