For 13 years, I have been a full-time painter, mixed media, and fiber artist. From 2009-2011 I lived and exhibited my work around the Washington D.C. area and was a 2011 visiting artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. From 2012-2019, I lived in Ramstein, Germany where I collaborated with German artists and continued to produce and show work, including a Dada-inspired embroidery installation. Currently, I live in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dirk was born in Trinidad, grew up in NY and has been based in Baltimore since 2002. For the last 30 years he has worked as a visual artist, art teacher, performing artist (puppetry and theater), and a graphic designer. In 2016 Dirk founded String Theory Theater, a puppetry troupe in which he performs with his daughters.
Artist Biography - “The Inward Canvas”
Artist Biography: Lydia Peters
Lydia Peters is a contemporary fine artist dedicated to documenting the structural evolution of the human spirit. Her work serves as an exploration of "The Inward Canvas," utilizing the human form as a medium to map the delicate processes of self-restoration and internal alignment.
I enjoy creating mixed media pieces from found, natural, and upcycled items. I paint with acrylics as well as gouache and watercolor. I also work with fiber to create traditional wool rug hooking pieces. I was trained in illustration and advertising and my work has a strong illustrative feel. Creating art is my passion and sharing that passion with others either through them experiencing my art or when I share my knowledge through instruction is so fulfilling.
Professional Fine artist 46 years capturing black history, women issues, world issues, spirituality, and culture. As a painter creating fine art that is diverse is texture, color, and mixed media I am able to create art that speaks with great emotion and triumph of the human spirit .
I am a Baltimore-based artist whose photographs have been exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California, SF Camerawork, the SFMOMA Artist Gallery, 3A Garage: Architecture, and the University of Nevada Reno's Exit Gallery, and published in Arc Ca, Architecture, Dwell, Photo Metro, and Photo News.
My photographic work overlaps both the silver and digital eras: from early lyrical landscape work and plastic camera explorations to large format architectural work to later conceptual work done with digital tools.
Heather Kirtland is an artist, author, speaker, and creative instigator. She received her BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and was a Maryland State Art Council Grant recipient that same year. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and in both Italy and Wales. In addition to her painting practice , Heather teaches encaustic, is a community founder at Carve Out Time for Art (33K) and published author of “The Motherhood of Art” selected as a 2021 Best New Book on Motherhood by Book Authority.
Elizabeth Schwarz Sumner was born and raised in Washington, DC. The youngest of seven children, art was a constant in her home. Her father was a WPA artist and landscape painter and was Elizabeth’s first art instructor. She grew up seeing her father working on oil and watercolor paintings and learned to observe objects and see color through his eyes. This intimate training and guidance are still major influences on her work today.
About The Artist
Art is capturing a moment of time.
A moment of one’s soul.
That is why every piece of art is different even if we are looking at the
same model or the same still life or landscape.
It has to be different because the art is a reflection of who we are at the moment, and how we are relating to the object or person at that moment.
In doing so, we are bringing our histories with us:
Our past, present and hopes for the future.
I really don’t know what led me to art. I didn’t get there until much later in life.