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Shana R. Goetsch's art frequently involves themes of social justice, empowerment, love, loss and bereavement; she began painting in 1989 after witnessing the murder of her mother. Often using words, cultural references or found objects, she injects personal voice, history and memory into her pieces. Originally from southeastern Wisconsin, Goetsch's work has appeared in numerous exhibitions throughout Wisconsin, Virginia, Maryland, Arizona, New York, Washington D.C. and British Columbia, Canada.
Joanna Barnum uses watercolor to express universal emotional states and the unique spirits of her portrait subjects, balancing experimental, abstract use of the media with sensitive realism and symbolism.
Originally from central Kansas, Dr. Lou has lived in Maryland most of her adult life. Her love of the mountains and National Parks has been inspirational for her paintings. She began painting in 2011 and has had the great opportunity to have been taught by Doug Moulden and Virginia Grass Simmons.
Dr. Lou is a psychologist by profession specializing in PTSD, complex trauma, and dissociation and has helped adolescents and adults heal their broken hearts and spirits in her private practice since 1990. She has an office in historic downtown Frederick, Maryland.
Carmen Martini is a Spanish born artist currently based in Baltimore, MD.
Her love for the fine arts comes from her grandmother, who greatly influenced her to look into art from a different perspective since an early age.
Mid-Atlantic-based artist Lynda Andrews-Barry has a multidisciplinary practice encompassing time-based media, installations and sculptures created from found and fabricated objects that reflect the often unseen or ignored beauty of our world.
My primary interest is in abstract art and I use a variety of techniques in painting, printmaking and sculpture and all kinds of material, including recycled ones, in order to convey my ideas. I explore how the intersection of different planes and line shapes can create illusions within distorted shapes, objects, letters, and words.
Benjamin Jancewicz is a Baltimore, Maryland based visual artist whose work is shown in galleries, cafes and homes around the United States and Canada. He joins a cadre of creatives pioneering the vector technique. Trained in several traditional art forms, including photography, screenprinting, sculpture and painting, Benjamin has found vector art to be a fulfilling and exciting new manifestation of his creative vision. As a vector artist, he uses the emerging form to create compelling pieces that share stories and inspire action.
Erick Sahler's “Eastern Shore art for the rest of us” salutes the common but often overlooked events and institutions — like Smith Island cake, the Delmar stock car races and the old Chincoteague swing bridge — that make life on the Delmarva Peninsula so special.
“The Eastern Shore is chockfull of so many great traditions that make it such a wonderful place to live and make art,” Sahler said. “I want to celebrate them all.”
Brian began his art career after he and his wife raised three sons and he retired from full time employment. Brian had been involved in the building trades and housing industry from 1972 until 2014. Since retiring, Brian has had the time to explore his interest in the arts, particularly in repurposing materials and in saving vintage plumbing and lighting parts and other materials from the scrapyard. In 2015 Brian was awarded a free booth in Baltimore’s Artscape festival as an “Emerging Artist”.