Sofia Gawer was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She attended the National University of Fine Arts, earning degrees in Sculpture and Printmaking. She moved to the USA in 1989, and she works at her studio in Chevy Chase, Washington DC. Sofia taught art workshops at different sites in the Washington DC area, such… Read more »
Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter is a mixed media artist She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Temple University, (BS), and received her MFA from Howard University. She combines painting, collage, and printmaking to create abstract works surrounding narratives, of agency, healing, memory, expressed through a condensed notion of time. Aziza utilizes color, texture, rhythm,… Read more »
I have been painting and drawing for over 50 years. I think I started about the time I discovered that Birthday cards created by grandchildren were held in high esteem by grandparents. While working on my bachelor and masters degrees in architecture, I earned part of my tuition by painting watercolor and ink renderings for… Read more »
Cassandra M. Gillens is a self-taught artist currently residing in North Carolina. Born in Boston, some of her earliest memories are of drawing with colored chalk on the sidewalks of her childhood neighborhood of Roxbury. Cassandra also has fond memories of visits to South Carolina to visit family. These memories have moved her to paint… Read more »
Dave’s passion for photography started at the age of 13 and before he finished High School, Dave’s work had already been published in several newspapers and magazines. While spending much of his time on photography, Dave is also an award winning television producer and editor. Dave has worked for clients including: CBS News 60 Minutes,… Read more »
I make art because that is who I am. I’ve known this since I was 10 when I started sculpture classes at Rochester Memorial Art Gallery. At GWU I was an art major. After college in 1973, I was one of the first females in America with a complete woodworking studio. My work sold even… Read more »
Christina Goodman was born in Pisa, Italy, to American parents. She grew up near Washington D.C. and New Orleans, attended Colorado College, and received a studio art degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Christina later moved to New York where she studied fashion design and worked for several years as a decorative artist… Read more »
“The radiance of nature is audible. So, I listen with my heart and paint what I hear. Night and day dreams filled with rich music and color inspire me to paint visual songs. My landscapes, biomorphic imagery are abstract interpretations. The paintings are emotional attunements to nature’s elements: sun’s fire, the wind, water and Mother… Read more »
John Grazier was born in Long Beach, NY in 1946. An American realist painter, working with India ink airbrush, pencil and oil paint, Grazier studied at the Corcoran School of Art, and in 1971-72 he attended the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1974)… Read more »
Artist Statement As an artist I am not an explorer of the human condition, so much as a hapless tourist, making snapshots of whatever strikes my fancy. I work primarily in paper mache, the appeal of which is twofold. First, it is fast enough that I can try out ideas without any sense of commitment…. Read more »
“I was born and raised in Yosemite National Park, California. I spent the first 14 years of my life surrounded by this natural beauty. Perhaps the subtle beginning of enjoying landscape and light. Boarding school in “Utah” and The University of Utah, (BA History) allowed me to see the west and southwest. Do I know… Read more »
Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1941, Linda Hanson earned her B.A. from California State University in 1983 and her M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1986. Although primarily a painter, Hanson has also done illustration and graphic design. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and art centers in California and Washington, D.C…. Read more »
My first career of forty years was as an aerospace engineer in industry and NASA. I performed engineering research and participated in major aeronautics and space development programs. Contributing to the manned lunar program was particularly rewarding to me. While working for NASA, I attended studio art classes at Montgomery College, MD. For years, my… Read more »
Francine Haskins was born 1947 in Washington, DC. She is a mix-media artist fiber artist, doll maker, quilter, author/illustrator, teacher and storyteller. Francine graduated from the Corcoran School of Art (Advertising Design) and trained at Catholic University in oil painting and the Smithsonian Associate Program in fabric design.Haskins began her art career at “The New… Read more »
In her paintings Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings with vivid contrasting color and thick painterly textures. Inspired by the natural world, Hayman believes in a process of constant investigation.Trained early on as a classical pianist, Hayman… Read more »
Philip Hazard holds a B.A. from the University of Toledo (Ohio) in Film and Design and studied screenwriting and film directing at Tisch School of the Arts (New York University, New York City). He received his M.F.A. degree from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 2007. A native of Toledo, Hazard lived in New York… Read more »
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