EASTSIDE ARTISTS' GALLERY MEMBERS

Linda is originally from punxsutawney, PA but has been living in the Frederick area for over 30 years. Linda’s lifelong love of color and form found new life following her recent retirement. Linda primarily works with acrylics and mixed media. Linda enjoys incorporating mark-making techniques in her pieces using  acrylic-compatible tools. Her love of painting stems from spending time with her grandmother, Anna Dienes, watching her transform blank canvases into amazing works with oil paints. Many of Linda’s works are inspired by water views, both local and from her travels abroad where she captures the vibrant colors and dynamic movements of the ocean and sea. She feels that the many colors and movements of water provide infinite opportunities to be

captured in a painting.

Mary Paul Barnaby is a photographer and a painter.  Retiring from the Air Force, she finally settled down in Frederick, Maryland after a lifetime of travel and adventure.  She has been taking pictures most of her adult life and feels complete with a camera in her hand.  Photography has been her creative outlet for many years.  In the past few years, she has used some of her photographs as the inspiration for her acrylic paintings and it has been interesting for her to discover that not everything in a photograph needs to be in a painting.  Painting her photographs gives her a chance to edit her photos in a way she can’t do in Lightroom.  She feels that painting has made her a better photographer.

Graham Jaimie Bush's visual approach and presentation has developed over the years but has always been based in minimalism.   Using strong textures and tones he hopes to draw the viewer into the image.   Most of his prints should be viewed close up, at about an arm's length.  He likes detail and sharpness in his photographs, but that's not always the case.  Jamie now works exclusively in digital because of his need for detail.   Unless otherwise noted he makes his own prints on an ink jet printer using Big Bend Baryta paper (Red River Paper) which offers all of the rich tonality and feel of a traditional darkroom print.  He especially appreciates the deep blacks and strong contrast.         

 Vicki is a watercolor artist from Maryland that tells contemplative visual stories through intuitive washes of pigment and promise. Her experience as a watercolor/mixed media artist started at the very early childhood stage. Her desire to create and paint was fostered with limited resources.

Raised in the Appalachian “coal country”, She grew up in thick foliage and rolling mountains. Her work is expressive abstractions of the organic, and familiar world. Vicki uses vibrant washes and textural juxtaposition composition to create a visual poetry. She seeks to celebrate the beautiful imperfections and unexpected beauty in the ordinary. Her watercolors and mixed media works start with color stories, conversations and then the materials intuitively guide her along, until she is satisfied with the final result. Clarkson's artwork has been shown numerous places in the DMV, She also teaches and enjoys having her work included in publications.

 As a mixed media artist, Lee has worked from a wide array of materials. Her portfolio consists of varied styles, although all fall within the category of 2-D and 3-D mixed media.  After working with glass for over 20 years, Lee has shifted her focus to fiber. Her introduction of fabric mosaics has become a favorite of her clients, and her plan is to move her art more in that direction going forward.  

Steven is originally from Wisconsin and has been working in the DC area with fused glass for over 15 years.  He was hooked on glass as a medium from the moment he opened the kiln to see his very first creation.  He was convinced that a bit of magic had taken place in the kiln.  That same excitement about his craft still drives him all these years later.  Steven draws inspiration for his form, color, and texture from his years of travel while working for the Peace Corps and Department of State, and even now in retirement.

Steven’s work ranges from glass jewelry to functional to decorative pieces, and even sculpture.  Steven’s work has been shown in art exhibits around the DC area.  He now lives and works in Frederick where his pieces can also now be found at various locations.

Jill Hossler is a local artist, who has been painting for more than 35 years.  Her love of art was first nurtured by her high school painting teacher, Barry Richardson.  She has since studied with a variety of artists and is currently a student of Doug Moulden.  Jill’s preferred medium is acrylic paint and she specializes in rural scenes, time-worn barns, and seasonal landscapes.

Lynn has been an artist for more than 50 years.  She works in many different mediums.  She prefers painting abstracts but also loves architectural themes.  She also works with collage, pencil sketching, portraits, oils and pastels.

Arden Jepsen McElroy only began painting eight years ago after retiring from a thirty-nine year teaching career.  She originally began painting as a way to spend more time with her daughter, artist Jill Hossler and joined her in classes taught by Frederick artist, Doug Moulden.  As the classes progressed, she became more confident and interested in the whole process.  After experimenting with watercolors and oils, she settled on acrylics as her medium of choice and impressionistic landscapes as her favorite subjects.  She is proof that it is never too late to discover a new love.

Sonja has only been painting several years,  She began taking acrylic painting classes with local artist Doug Moulden, but has also found great enjoyment in working with watercolors and pastels. Living in Frederick, she enjoys painting local scenes as well as scenes from the eastern shore and her travels abroad.

Located near the banks of the Monocacy River, artist - blacksmith Stephen Dill crafts an eclectic mix of custom ironwork for homes, businesses, and public spaces. His hammer work is featured on a diverse array of items, from bottle openers to vases, while his larger designs include botanically inspired sculpture and ornamental yard décor.  Stephen works primarily in steel but has experience in forging other metals such as titanium.

Stephen is a member of the Deleplaine Arts Center in Frederick and was featured artist in January and February 2019. Stephen is also a member of the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society where he, currently and in the past, demonstrates the Blacksmith craft, helps plan Fall Festivals, Spring art events, tourism outreach and repairs to the buildings. Stephen is a member of the Eastside Artist Gallery in Frederick, MD, Artist Blacksmith Association of North America (ABANA) and the Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland (BGCM).

My paintings are as much sculpture as they are flat imagery. I start off by constructing a form from plywood that I have warped and shaped.  Acrylic paints aren’t just colorful, but have physical properties such as plasticity and volume. I use these properties to build up structure in space. I extrude paint onto the plywood construction much like caulk out of a caulk gun. I build up the surface through many layers using gallons of paint until the surface is thick, rich and highly varied. Sometimes I carve into it.  The end result is a heavy, rich surface that resembles vines, tree bark, woven fabric, rock or other surfaces. Texture and surface as well as a shape to the “canvas” lend sculptural qualities to my paintings.  It becomes difficult to separate what is two dimensional from what is sculptural.

The inspiration for my artwork comes from the beauty in the world around us. I work mostly from photographs - photographs I have taken or from friends who send me photos hoping that it will inspire a painting. Many of them have, but the painting really doesn’t start working until I put the photo away and let the brushes, paint and color inspire the piece as paint is applied. I enjoy painting in acrylic and in watercolor. It is interesting and at times challenging to change from one medium to the other, but the joy of creating is always the same from both as I decorate the surface with color and texture.

Beth works in mixed media combining watercolor, ink, and dye on paper, using a process she calls “echo printing,”

using the natural chemistry of plants to cast a shadow of their essences onto paper. Each “echo print" is a

unique experiment, combining different plants, dyes, and paper. The results are often unpredictable, giving her many different starting points for her paintings. Beth gives each botanical in her echo prints a life of its own with watercolor and ink, creating intricate illustrations that conjure feelings of light and atmosphere.

Lis's extraordinary and inspirational award-winning artwork, created primarily in colored pencil, expresses poignant human expression. Her subjects reveal themselves with their vulnerabilities and their strengths. The artist’s innate skills are combined with superb detail and composition, masterful treatment of facial features and hands, a myriad of textures, and articulated light and shadow. Her style is reminiscent of the masterful illustrations and paintings of generations past. She demonstrates an uncanny ability to master her medium. Lis teaches Colored Pencil classes Online. Lis does commissioned portraits of your favorite people and pets.