I am a lawyer, momma, and artist living in Takoma Park, MD. I developed my love of drawing, illustrating, and painting from a young age, and though I wanted to go to art school, with dreams of becoming a fashion designer or museum curator, I ended up taking a liberal arts path and found myself in a career far away
Marilyn Banner was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received a BFA in Painting from Washington University and pursued further work in the fine arts at Queens College (CUNY), University of Maryland, and Massachusetts College of Art (MSEd 1982). Mentors David Lund, Lowry Burgess, Marvin Bileck, and Betsy Damon were significant influences in her approach to painting, media, concept, and
Sometimes I start with a plan, but more often than not, I end up with something completely different from my initial vision. I take great pleasure in the Zen of letting my art flow through my hands without trying to control how it will turn out. It’s a meditation of a kind in color and texture. Sometimes it works, sometimes
I’m a multidisciplinary artist who has resided in Takoma Park for over 20 years by way of my hometown Baltimore, MD. I love to create, charcoal and oil painting are my favorite mediums. Faces, mythology stories and nature are my muses. I currently attend MICA.
Drawing is active seeing. Making art is a way to be an active participant in life. Showing these images to you completes the cycle. My imagery combines life events with visual experience in a multitude of medias and dimensions. Making art is my consistent passion and a means for survival. Vision and experience builds up an energy within that needs
My mixed-media collage practice arose out of an appreciation for color and interest in paper. Collage appeals to me because I like the idea of making art from something that already exists, giving it new meaning by simply cutting, tearing and pasting. I enjoy the creative process of collecting found objects and materials, sorting and organizing them based on color,
Katie Jett Walls is a Washington DC based artist working primarily in acrylic and mixed media painting and collage. Her practice is centered around a belief that engaging in art is deeply beneficial to the mind and spirit. In addition to creating her own art, she leads classes in collage for beginners so that others can access the benefits of
I walk for miles each day, often along Sligo Creek. On pathways and sidewalks, in refuge and refuse, I find objects. Plastic objects that remind me of the power of the human body. Metal objects that remind me of the wonder of the great outdoors. Natural objects that remind me of the supernatural. I collect these objects, and
Rainey found her passion for art when going through a health crisis in 2020. Her mission is to use art to heal (both herself and her audience). Inspired by nature, music, and expressed emotions, she uses paint and textiles for her interpretations. She moved to Silver Spring, Maryland in August 2023 and is excited to be joining the vibrant art
Suzanne Bartlett is best known for her heavily sculptural, textile paintings and assemblages of vintage quilts and dresses, paper, castings, lace and antique pattern. Tissue are combined to evoke women’s work themes of survival. Treasures and talismans are collected and assembled in layers to sculpturally tell the story, carefully, exposing stitches, instructions, and handmade elements that were the history of