• Read more about Don Coomes

• Read more about Sarah Stoll

Sarah Jane Stoll is a Frederick based fine artist and illustrator. She has a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has exhibited work in galleries in Baltimore, Boston, New York, and publications such as the Guide Artists Magazine. 

• Read more about Vicki Favilla

Vicki Favilla began painting as a child in Montgomery County, MD.  She excelled in Art throughout her school years painting and drawing scenes from nature and portraiture.  She fell in love with the work of Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso.  While studying Art History in college, Vicki’s practical side took over and she began a full-time career in property management, causing her to set aside her art.  Married with two (now grown) children, Vicki always had the Itch to be an artist and found creative outlets through renovating and decorating homes with her husband, but it wasn’t en

• Read more about Karen Richey

Karen Jenise Richey is a visual artist and graphic designer in Frederick, Maryland. Blackbird Art & Design is her portfolio of past and current passions and projects. She received her Fine Arts degree from the University of Maryland with a concentration in Applied Design. After over twenty-five years in the field of advertising and marketing, she is happy to be working in the studio again, primarily painting, but also exploring new mediums and techniques through further study and practice. Her work can often be seen at art galleries in and around Frederick, Maryland.

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• Read more about Janet Seifert

Janet Seifert, artist bio         Janet is an abstract artist creating luminous, intuitive paintings and drawings that express novel ways of perceiving and interpreting the unexpected beauty transcending everyday life.      A native of Baltimore, Janet studied studio art and art history at the University of Maryland, College Park on a full scholarship awarded by the Maryland State Legislature. After a long career on the west coast as a graphic designer and naming consultant, she returned to her home state and to the creative work she loves most - improvisational painting and drawing.  

• Read more about Lori Niland Rounds

Artist Statement

• Read more about Vicki Clarkson

I began my life long journey of creating art in the fashion and interior design field, but soon grew to a more expressive form of watercolor and mixed media work. I am located in western Maryland and my work can be found in many regional shows.  I am stepping back into a whole new experience of celebrating my painting style. I hope to find a broad audience for my expressive watercolors. My artwork offers a feeling of calm and appreciation for the organic and natural world that is slowly falling away from our daily life. My artwork offers a voice of serenity.

• Read more about Vicki Anzmann

A Maryland native, Vicki’s work is influenced by the varied and dynamic landscapes as well as the different seasons. Photography, digital painting, and illustration all find their way into her work. A lifelong Maryland resident, Vicki is an artist, photographer, and designer. Using her art to reveal the beauty in everyday scenes, Vicki is captivated by the changing landscape. Her love of rural farm scenes as well as main streets, cityscapes, mountains, and seashores that make up the state, influence her choice of subject.

• Read more about Dan Kennedy

I decided to pursue a lifelong goal of becoming an artist later in life.  While that journey is ongoing, it is as rewarding and challenging as anything I have ever  undertaken.