Valerie Aleta Smith - Currently lives and work in Baltimore, Maryland
Valerie Smith is artist working primarily in oils on canvas, bottle art, cigar box art and shoe art. She often employs bold and bright colors in her surrealism style of painting.
EDUCATON:
Graduated: Professional Institute of Commercial Art – 1984
Studied: RETS Electronics and Architectural Design School; Maryland Institute of Art (fine Art);
Towson University College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITS:
2009 - Joe Squared Restaurant
2013 – Padonia Stations Restaurant
2013 – Towson University, Department of Chemistry
I’m Anna Sellheim, a cartoonist, artist, and educator based in Baltimore, MD. I earned my MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2016. My work primarily explores themes of health, trauma, and the healing power of art. My comics have been published by The Nib, Oni Press, and Seven Days (Vermont’s Alternative Weekly Newspaper). I’ve also contributed to several anthologies, including the Eisner-nominated Comics for Choice, which raised over $30,000 for the National Network of Abortion Funds.
Tima Aflitunov is a visual communicator based on Planet Earth. His artwork is often driven by imaginative ideas and concepts. When Tima is not illustrating or designing, he enjoys writing, literature, exploring language and history. For Tima, as an immigrant in a foreign country, art became a key to the language barrier and an important outlet for self expression.
Born and raised in New York City, USA, 1990. She is a self-taught artist, designer and a poet. she has decided to pursue her education in the Engineering discipline. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Avionics Technology, in 2014 at Vaughn college of Aeronautics and Technology, NYC.
Greetings, I am a visual artist based in Laurel, Maryland.
A graduated from Towson University in 2016 with a BS in Advertising and Art + Design. I have a wide range of mediums from digital to sculpture. I am currently focused on fluid art and oil pastel. I love getting inspiration from women and nature. I like earthy tones and bright pops of color.
Abstract art is such a fun and creative medium that in 2019 I started my own fluid art classes called Paint & Pour. I have hosted at The Remy in New Carrollton, Six Flags in Largo, as well as my own events.
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.
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 .
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.
Deb Mackie’s interest in leather began with a Tandy Leather “half-pint” saddle kit given to her by her grandmother for her 12th birthday. Her grandmother, an accomplished leather crafter, lent Deb her some of her tools to finish the kit, and the journey began. Deb eventually began creating her own patterns and designs.
All her pieces begin with top-quality leather, carefully selected for each project. There are several stages, including prep, tooling, skiving, dyeing, and selective finishes and sealers. Although she may repeat a design, no two are exactly alike and may be considered unique.
Education
1983 BA Fine Art, minor in Philosophy, cum laude, Frostburg State University
Additional coursework:
Towson University
The Maryland Institute College of Art
University of California Santa Barbara
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Clouds’ Uncertain Future, Carspecken Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2019 Recent Work, Gibson Island Club, Gibson Island, MD
2015 Lacunary Series, Carspecken Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2012 Sky, Sea, Land, David Simpson Gallery, Hunt Valley, MD
2010 Island Days, Gibson Island Club, Gibson Island, MD