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!
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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.
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.
Soul & Ink is the brainchild of husband and wife design team, Frankie and Sherry Meneses. Passionate about design for social change, they sought to step away from the isolation of computer life and into the community, bringing brands and missions to life. They were inspired to create a mobile screen printing set-up after seeing how thrilled their friends were at screen printing parties they hosted at home. Soul & Ink’s participatory live screen printing experiences reshape traditional relationships between art and audiences through modern aesthetic and vintage technique.
Melinda Lowy is a national award-winning quilter and is actively involved in local art quilt and critique groups. She has exhibited widely, including regionally and nationally. She is a member of Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates, as well as locally of Potomac Fiber Arts Guild and Fiber Art Study Group. She is a native of Billings, MT and resides in Silver Spring, MD. She is retired from a full-time career at a non-profit scientific society, where she managed the higher education programs, although she continues to manage a small non-profit scientific society.
Born in Washington, DC and raised in Bowie, MD, Sasha-Loriene is a 27 year old self-taught painter. Using acrylic paint as her medium of choice with no formal education or training, Sasha-Loriene weaves together different themes and techniques to capture her thoughts, feelings, and interpretation of the world in every piece. The goal of her art is to tell a story and create a personal experience for all that encourages others to not only reach deeper within each painting, but within themselves, as well.
John MacArthur was born in Washington, DC in 1946. Having grown up the son of a writer and an artist in our Nation’s Capital, he was exposed to museums and the work of masters from the time he could walk. Plein Aire painting became a daily activity. John has always been fascinated by color and how the world is comprised of shapes, values and hues. He created his first pigments with water and poke berry juice. After meeting Vincent VanGogh (Kirk Douglas, but at 10, he was convinced it was Vincent), he began using acrylics. Ms.