Ashley Renee Hoffman is a collage artist living amongst mountains of magazines not unlike the Appalachian mountains around her. Her imagery is derived from vintage pornography, pop culture magazines, and encyclopedias procured from yard sales and thrift stores.
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I have loved the outdoors since I was a small child. My love of painting came later yet it flows directly from this earlier passion. I seek to capture the aliveness of the natural world through the strong use of color and attention to the shapes found in nature. as I evolve as an artist, I am experimenting with pushing shape and color to a more abstract, elemental level while continuing to maintain an emotional connection to my subject. What I love about making art is that it is always a journey, never a destination. I hope to take whoever views my art on the journey with me.
EDUCATION
School: Good Shepherd Convent (India)
College: Bachelors degree in Science from Women’s Christian College, India
Immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1995
Largely self-taught but have taken workshops with a few artists like R. Burridge, David Dunlop, Joe Digulio.
2012: Solo exhibition at the Bank of America, Olney, MD, gallery space
2012: Selected and exhibited in juried show at the Glenview Mansion, MD
2012: Selected to exhibit in the Waterford Foundation Arts & Crafts Fair, VA
2013: Selected to exhibit in a juried show at The Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
As an artist, I have been creating photographs for the past 30 years. My evolution as an artist parallels my professional development. In the past, I had darkrooms both at home and work. Today, I use my digital camera and Adobe Photoshop in both locations.
I hope to share with the viewer a sense of wonder of the natural world and of the beauty that surrounds us, sometimes found in the most unexpected places.
A native of Maryland, Cyd studied art at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Her focus is the human figure. She attends open studios for figure drawing and painting in order to continue to refine her skills.
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Founder, Director at The Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery and Co-founder at The Griffin Art Center.
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Walter Bartman, Director and Founder of the Yellow Barn, has taught art in the Bethesda, Maryland area for over thirty years. Specializing in landscape and figure painting, he is known as one of Maryland's finest painting teachers. He is listed in the Art and Artist Files in the Hirshhorn Museum and Scupture Garden Library Collections.
An American artist recently returned to Maryland after more than 25 years abroad, Linda Colsh exhibits internationally. Her award-winning art is in private, corporate, and museum collections and has been published worldwide. Recent career highlights include selection to show in Fiber Philadelphia’s Inside/Outside the Box, the 4th Riga (Latvia) International Textile & Fibre Art Triennial, and Quilt (R)Evolution at Ohio’s Dairy Barn Arts Center. Her work has hung in solo shows in France, Belgium, Hungary, Korea, and Germany.
Aubrey Garwood is a photographer based in Baltimore. She has worked at Discovery, Inc., and is currently working as a senior coordinator of photography production at National Geographic. Her art is about discovering new places, whether physically through nature or via the landscape of her mind. It has been shown in galleries in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, and was featured as a Pop-Up exhibit on Maryland Public Television’s Artworks (episode 423). Her most recent show she participated in was Camera USA 2019 in Naples, Florida.