J. Devore Fine Art -- Abstraction at this best.
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Though accessory design for Qwishuna began as an intentional love for "edgy" jewelry, her love quickly grew into a passion for leather accessories that extends from couture wear to every day statement pieces. This passion has birthed what's known today as Lobe Dangle's Haute Couture Leather Accessories.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Qwishuna releases a touch of her urban background, as well as facets of Eastern culture and the Victorian era, throughout her Lobe Dangle line.
Why leather? Why accessories?
Born in Washington, DC and raised in Bowie, MD, Sasha-Loriene is a 27 year old self-taught painter. Using acrylic paint as her medium of choice with no formal education or training, Sasha-Loriene weaves together different themes and techniques to capture her thoughts, feelings, and interpretation of the world in every piece. The goal of her art is to tell a story and create a personal experience for all that encourages others to not only reach deeper within each painting, but within themselves, as well.
John MacArthur was born in Washington, DC in 1946. Having grown up the son of a writer and an artist in our Nation’s Capital, he was exposed to museums and the work of masters from the time he could walk. Plein Aire painting became a daily activity. John has always been fascinated by color and how the world is comprised of shapes, values and hues. He created his first pigments with water and poke berry juice. After meeting Vincent VanGogh (Kirk Douglas, but at 10, he was convinced it was Vincent), he began using acrylics. Ms.
Thank you for taking a moment to read about my artwork. I began painting while employed hospice homecare nurse. I experienced grief on a daily basis in my work, while also receiving beautiful spiritual gifts from my patients and families. My paintings were a way for me to remember those gifts and to transform my grief into lasting joy.
Dana Simson is an illustrator/author and the design force behind Chesapeake East Company, producing her handmade designs in paintings/prints, ceramic, jewelry, decor and gifts. Her engaging imagery has also been licensed internationally in fabric, rugs, stationary, home decor, gift items, and tabletop. Her store closed in Salisbury, MD January 2020- but please do visit her online store full of uplifting treats at danasimson.com
I grew up wanting to be an astronaut, watching the Apollo missions with rapt fascination. Looking at the world from a different angle as you would in space always intrigued me, that is, until my first algebra class. I learned that that math wasn’t my thing, and without the math, no engineering degree, no engineering degree, no space flight. So kicking around in Holland during my 8th-grade year (my father was in the Air Force), trying to figure out how I wouldn't be just another tool to society in my later life, I happened upon a person with a Canon camera with a very long lens attached. As
Conceptual and portrait photographer. She reveals the extraordinary in what she calls her ordinary life. Searching out those liminal moment, the drop that never falls, the people who never age, the bubble that never bursts.
Guevin's work exhibits throughout Maryland and has been published in both national and international magazines.