A native of Baltimore, Barbara Epstein Gruber's early career aspirations were brought to an abrupt halt at age six when Mr. and Mrs. Epstein discovered her going full Rembrandt on the wall behind the living room couch. This Crayola-on-plaster endeavor went largely unappreciated, and it would be 30 years before Ms. Gruber began to paint seriously again.
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Towson, MD 21204
United States
I am a local artist from Baltimore, MD. I consider myself a figurative painter/sculptor. My body of work consists of oil paintings, watercolors, mixed medium painting, acrylic paintings, sculptures and paper mosaic paintings. I have exhibited my work throughout Baltimore City for the last 30 years. Though I am a self taught I studied and MICA and Coppin State University.
Jordan Lawson was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Towson University with a degree in Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Digital Art + Design in 2015. He is a digital artist whose subject matter focuses on contemporary themes and popular culture. In his spare time, Jordan enjoys rollerskating, exercising, and exploring different cities.
MFA Printmaking, University of Connecticut
BFA Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University
Mary Opasik has been working with found object assemblage for 28 years. Raised in Baltimore, she is a product of a postindustrial society whose streets and woods are littered with discarded materials. Opasik's affinity for repurposing is expressed in her sculptural art.
I have appreciated art from a very young age. My mother would take us to all of the cool museums in and around Baltimore. We frequented the Walters Art Gallery on many occasion. That is where I truly was inspired to start creating. After a few attempts to get into certain art programs during my scholastic years I decided to pursue music and give Art a rest for a while. Time went on and finally I got married. My wife saw something she really liked for the walls. Only problem was it was too expensive. I told her I could make something similar and I did and that's how I began this journey.
I've been drawing and painting since I was 5 years old, but never attempted to make it my main profession, even though I sold numerous paintings during the years while pursuing other professional venues. My work is genuine and unique in many ways. I use a vast array of conventional and non-conventional material to draw, paint, and apply on and onto my artwork. I do that by combining, mixing, and applying almost instinctively, in ways that might contradict mainstream painting schools dictates.
Susan Wolfe Huppman grew up in New Orleans. She graduated from Princeton in 1983 with an A.B. in Art History/Visual Arts. She studied Critical Theory under poet and artist, David Shapiro, himself a student of Meyer Shapiro. She studied painting under Sean Scully, Michael David, Harvey Quaytman and Heidi Gluck.She has taken many continuing studies classes at MICA. She has been painting professionally for over 25 years.
Elli maria is a Latinx, mixed-media artist based in Baltimore. she experiments across different mediums - blurring the lines between photography, painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, installation, and more - to explore themes of time, memories, identity, and trauma. her distinct visual language is inspired by personal narratives/emotions, nature, & science. she invites viewers to explore imagery that is ambiguous and evocative while constructing their own meanings and interpretations.