I've been creating art since I was a small child living in New York. I attended a high school where my creativity was supported and could flourish. After living in Los Angeles for many years, I came back to the East Coast to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art (aka MICA) and pursue my dream of art. I followed that with a Master of Arts from the University of Baltimore. I worked for many years in the commercial side of art creating graphics and animation for the Intelligence Community. I am now enjoying my lifelong dream of creating fine art paintings full-time.
Tara creates abstract works with a variety of media including strips of dried acrylic paint she likes to call "palette trash." She uses this recycled material for entire works as well as collaging into acrylic and oil paintings rich with texture. An artist for more than three decades and former high school art teacher, Tara finds endless visual inspiration during walks in her historic Baltimore neighborhood.
I define my work as an opinion to express, which is created to invoke the thoughts, emotions and impression of the viewer. Because art is subjective, I create so the viewer can effortlessly engage with the art. I create original abstract, expression, modern, realism and contemporary works of art.
My images are not confined to one subject matter or design, surface or medium. Canvases are always primed and each work a series of under paintings, layered one after another, until the final image is achieved, and I am confident the expression is complete.
Being relatively new to Howard County MD, I have spent the last 30 years in 15 different locations, following my husband's career. Art making has always been my touchstone since childhood, my happy soul and safe place, as well as my own creative journey. "MCI" = "Many Changes Instantly" happens to be our family motto.
Being relatively new to Howard County MD, I have spent the last 30 years in 15 different locations, following my husband's career. Art making has always been my touchstone since childhood, my happy soul and safe place, as well as my own creative journey. "MCI" = "Many Changes Instantly" happens to be our family motto.
Shanelle Harrison is a visual artist, educator, and author primarily working in printmaking, drawing, and mixed-media art. She was born in Columbia, MD, and received her B.A. from Morgan State University in 2019. As an artist, Shanelle explores sociological and psychological conditions to convey a story and begin a dialogue. As an educator, Shanelle teaches art for elementary school children, hosts art lessons for beginning artists, and creates art videos on YouTube for people who cannot afford art lessons.
I am LaShonda C. Henderson, a writer, poet, painter, and ethical technologist whose creative and technological endeavors explore the social implications of love on both micro and macro levels. Through poetry, novels, workshop journals, and daily reflections shared on social media, I delve into how love shapes our society and individual experiences.
Started painting a couple of years ago with californian artist Cathy Grawin. Work with oil, acrylic, mixed media.
Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi was born in Tehran, Iran and currently works in the Washington, D.C. area. Ilchi received an M.F.A. in studio art from American University and a B.F.A. from the Corcoran College of Art + Design. She has received many awards, including the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellowship, Zeta Orionis Painting Fellowship, Bethesda Painting Award, Carol Bird Ravenal Travel Award, and the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Research Grant from American University. Ilchi has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally.