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 .
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.
b. 1974 Nova Scotia, Canada
Eric is an abstract "automatist" artist who works in a loose abstract gestural style throughout all his media, including stone. His paintings and other 2-D works are largely made without any plan other than to keep a constant reverence for composition and open mind. Often his compositions remain non-objective, but spontaneously works will evolve to become abstract figurative forms using a technique of layering paint.
Baltimore based artist Becky Borlan engages in a multi-disciplinary practice that is grounded in playful, large-scale public art. Through her sculptures and installations, Borlan explores geometric form and color interactions, creating engaging and immersive experiences that challenge perception. Drawing from a wide range of materials, she experiments with perceived functionalities, proportions and color theory.
Lynn Cazabon is an artist based in Baltimore, MD and is a Professor of Art at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
DAEN ROSE is a contemporary artist from Kaneohe, Hawai'i on the island of O'ahu. He currently works and exhibits in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and other parts of the mainland East Coast. He creates oil paintings, drawings and other objets d'art that are hand-crafted and timeless.
Thomas Sterner is a full-time artist living near Union Mills MD, where he built his ‘Art Factory’ studio, with a large woodshop, welding area, and a painting/printmaking loft, nestled in the forest on the edge of farmland. He works in various materials including steel, wood, paint and ink. The new outdoor welding area with hoist and trolley assists in the fabrication of large public work commissions. Thomas teaches workshops. He is a member of NOMA Gallery and Baltimore Sculptors, and exhibits regionally and internationally.
Erwin Timmers is co-founder and co-director of the Washington Glass School, where he teaches glass, lighting, sculpture, and metal work.