Folk art and patterns, history, the environment, and landscapes make up the wide breadth of Magan's work. A painter at her core, Magan is an artist of diverse interests spanning from work with natural materials, to wearable art, to digital design.
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.
Freda was born in Washington DC. She studied Chinese Traditional Painting in Taipei, Taiwan from 1955 with Chun-pi Huang and C.B. King. Minored in Art at the University of Maryland from 1961-65. Later studied Chinese Landscape painting with the renounce master C.C. Wang in New York City from 1981-2003. Studied watercolor with Diana Marta in the 90’s. Taken many workshops with Skip Lawrence, Joe Mayer and Katherine Chang Liu. Freda has had 10 Solo Shows, 11 Duo Shows and participated in more than 10 group shows in USA since 1999. She currently lives and work in Maryland and Virginia in the US.
Kathryn Sowinski attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Master of Arts in Teaching. She lives, works, and teaches in Baltimore.
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.
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.