Portfolio: Laura Goldman
August 15, 2008
By Holly Selby
Photography by Bryan Burris
Laura Goldman was about 13 when she first saw glassblowers at work at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. The glowing beauty of glass captured her attention and has never let it go. Read more »
Portfolio: Sherry Feldman
July 29, 2008
By Hope Keller
Photography by Bryan Burris
When she’s not at her day job, Sherry Feldman runs her own company, Art Tile Design. The Reisterstown mother of three makes mosaics that decorate everything from small picture frames to fireplaces. Read more »
Portfolio: Jenny Campbell
Screen Painter Jenny Cambell Keeps Up a Tradition
April 5, 2008
By Hope Keller
Jenny's Portrait by Bryan Burris
Screen Paintings Courtesy of Jenny Campbell
During the 11 years of what she describes as her Westminster exile, Baltimore artist Jenny Campbell had the Mona Lisa standing watch at her back door. The enigmatic, dark-eyed woman startled the neighbors, which might have been the artist’s idea. Read more »
Portfolio: Julia Kim Smith
Exploring Illness & Identity Through Art
February 15, 2008
By Holly Selby
Julia Kim Smith's Portrait by Bryan Burris.
Images Courtesy of Julia Kim Smith.
On a typical day, there is very little in Julia Kim Smith’s studio. Dark beams crisscross the high white ceiling. Sunlight slants across the hardwood floors. Long workbenches, free of the conventional trappings of art making — pencils, paper, paint, canvas — carve the space into large blocks. A laptop computer and a sleek thermos sit on the smooth surface of one table.
Portfolio: Juliet Ames
December 4, 2007
By Hope Keller
Jewelry Images Courtesy of TheBrokenPlate
Juliet's Portrait by Bryan Burris.
Juliet Ames breaks plates for a living. A metals and craft major at Towson University, Ames went on to work for the Howard County Arts Council organizing gallery exhibits. Meanwhile, she kept up her own craftwork. The plate-breaking started with a mosaic mailbox. “There were leftover pieces, so I soldered them and wrapped them around my neck and got a lot of compliments,” says Ames, 28, who just had her first child, a boy. Read more »
Portfolio: Susan Sykes
September 10, 2007
By Hope Keller
Photography By Bryan Burris
Susan Sykes is a Baltimore girl, not born but bred, and from the look of her Baltimore photorealist paintings, bred in the bone. She started classes at MICA at the age of 7. Read more »
Portfolio: Carole Lyles Shaw
July 7, 2007
By Hope Keller
Photography By Bryan Burris
Carole Lyles Shaw leads a double life. The Laurel resident is a sought-after business consultant with an MBA from Columbia University. She’s also a sought-after artist who has exhibited her art quilts and mixed-media work in galleries around the country. Read more »
Portfolio: Heather Kirtland
Traveling is a big part of her life and a major source of inspiration for her paintings.
May 17, 2007
By Hope Keller
Containers, or vessels, are a recurring image in Heather Kirtland’s artwork. A shape contains a collection of smaller shapes, each like a house and holding an image: eggs, a ladder, a starry night. The whole resembles a display case for miniatures. Read more »
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