A cultural nomad with many roots I have lived my life at the intersection of cultures. Serendipity brought me to Rockville where I now live and create art.
A multi-media artist with a background in photography and trained in classical oil painting, I have been moving into installation art over the last decade. I transform my photo-based images into interactive and immersive installations often environmental in scope. Playful, they unapologetically appeal to our sense of wonder and invite the viewer into a contemplative space.
16Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County https://www.creativemoco.comSuzan.Jenkins@creativemoco.com(301) 565-3805
801 Ellsworth Dr
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
Ravi Raman likens his arrival in America at the age of five to television going from black and white to high-definition, forty-foot tall, 3-D IMAX. Inundated by American pop culture – television, movies, literature, fashion, art, and especially music – he consumed all of it with such a voracious appetite that its influences still permeate each of his paintings.
I'm an artist working and living in Silver Spring and Washington, D.C.. My art is very drawing-focused, experimental and highly-detailed. My inspirations include pop surrealism, video games, sci-fi and fantasy, the aesthetics of graphic DIY art, and most of all, improvisational creativity and a love of playing. I sell pieces and make art on commision- if interested contact me at ethegmc@gmail.com. Thanks!
My name is Violeta Barcenas. I am a Self-taught Nicaraguan mixed media artist and illustrator. I try to combine colors, patterns, and words to create pieces that inspire and bring joy. Violet Red is my dream.
I was born November 17th, 1950 in Ann Arbor Michigan and grew up in Chicago. My childhood was marked by broken homes in rough neighborhoods. When I was ten, my stepmother, having discovered my artistic talent, drafted me to sketch portraits on the beaches of the Chicago lakefront, to help support the family. I charged 50 cents for each portrait and averaged between 5 and 8 dollars a day. Although I had to contribute all of the money to the family, I benefited greatly from this experience at that early age.
Elizabeth Steel is an artist in Rockville, MD. She has eighteen years of experience in the visual arts, and studied jewelry making and metal smithing, sculpture, and design at Montgomery College and elsewhere. Currently, she focuses on creating acrylic and mixed media wall pieces. Her work is widely exhibited and has been awarded honors in a variety of venues. Her jewelry, sculpture, and paintings are included in private collections in the States of Washington, Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina, as well as in Canada and the D.C. Metropolitan area.
Lamar Jones, (b. 1989) is an American painter, whose work reflects contemporary life from a black American's perspective. Through portraiture and mixed media, Jones depicts energetic celebrations of black existence in leisure. His paintings meet somewhere between realistic depiction and raw abstraction, incorporating text, motifs, and symbols rendered on canvas.
I was born in 1953 and grew up in Wyandotte, Michigan just 14 miles south of Detroit. In 1975 I graduated from Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan with a BFA and in 1978 graduated from Yale University School of Art with an MFA. I was awarded the Fannie B. Pardee and Polish Heritage Grants. I live and work in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
retired math teacher/self taught in the arts
A professional sculptor since 1976, Jay Hall Carpenter earned his reputation during 20 years as sculptor for the Washington National Cathedral. He created the original carver’s models for over 500 sculptures that adorn the gothic, limestone building. These sculptures include saints, angels, grotesques, and gargoyles. Many American churches have commissioned his work, as have the State Department, the Smithsonian, Canterbury Cathedral, and the New England Medical Center. Other clients include, the University of Missouri at St Louis, and the State of Maryland.