Ricky Sears creates paintings, drawings, and site-specific installations that are objective, abstract, or inspired by architecture. His plein-air oil paintings carefully observe and record perceived locations, his mindful watercolors use a proprietary method of linking the movement of the brush to create unique breathing patterns, and his sculptural work uses reclaimed materials to reference our build environment.
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In her most recent work, Audra uses digitally manipulated photographs of the environment around her as the basis for her paintings. Her understanding of visual design concepts and color theory are evident in her work. By connecting photography, graphic design, and painting, Audra has found authenticity in her art practice.
Audra works out of Rockville, MD.
“Aligning my skills has shifted my relationship with my art, providing a level of fulfillment that was missing from my previous work and allowing me to enjoy the process of creating.”
I am an abstract painter who enjoys painting larger pieces on canvas. I use acrylic paints, pastels, charcoal, and occasionally spray paint to bring my music-inspired paintings to life. I will occasionally create artwork on paper largely for art studies. My creative process starts first and foremost with the music which informs my palette selection and sets the tone for the energy in the work ahead. After this foundation is established, my work is created through intuitive responses and reactions to music, a love of life, and all its experiences.
His versatility has wowed audiences with his talent and skills, performing in four languages and five genres attracting crowds of various ethnic backgrounds. Words and phrases that best describe his talent are: (G.R.I.P.) Graceful, Refreshing, Inspiring, and Powerful.
Susan Due Pearcy was raised in St. Louis, MO. She studied art at Southeast Missouri
State University and graduated from New York University with a B.S. in Painting,
Graphics and Sculpture. She studied lithography at the Art Students League in New
York City, etching at Fort Mason Art Center & and reduction woodblock at Graphic Arts
Workshop in San Francisco, CA. Susan studied pastel at Montgomery College, MD.
She has participated in numerous continuing education workshops.
Susan worked in printmaking with the Graphics Workshop and the Printmaker’s
My name is Ashlee and I am an artist. I started drawing when I was 10. That is when I realized my talent. I went to college and earned my Bachelor of Arts degree from Stony Brook University. My focus was printmaking but that has shifted into portraits. All of my work is for sale and I can also create a work of art for you. I have a website with work up but that is just a few that I have presented for a special purpose. Contact me to see more!
Nani Lowery, who was born and raised in Hawaii and has been playing the ukulele for 50 years. “When I was 5, my mom put me a ukulele into my hand. I played by ear; I never had any formal lessons. I just listened to the radio and watched what people did, and asked questions.”
Nani came to the mainland 30 years ago for college and has been teaching ukulele since then. “I know how to read music, but I teach by experience,” she said. “I urge my students to listen to what they’re playing, that we know naturally what things should sound like.”
Azadeh Sahraeian was born in Omidiyeh, Iran in 1979. She received her M.A. in architecture from Azad university of Shiraz and practiced at architectural firms for several years before starting her journey as an artist in 2012 by creating a series of intricate, detail oriented pen drawings on paper.
Her artworks which remains strongly rooted in design, focuses on the relationship between formation, growth and time. Being influenced by the architect and philosopher, Christopher Alexander, she approaches design as the art of creating living entities in different disciplines.
Darab Shabahang has worked as a musician artist, graphic designer, webmaster, journalist, human rights activist and Persian music instructor, for more than 30 years in Iran, Canada and United States. He got his BSc.from Poona University - India and continued his Master in Bedford college in London. Shabahang continued his studies in Graphic design and web technology In Vancouver, British Colombia Institute of Technology and got his Associate Degree from BCIT.in 2002.