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The art quilts created by Eileen Doughty explore the tactile nature of quilts and express her love for the concept of "place." With a background in cartography, she blends art and science in the creation of her quilts. She uses "thread sketching" to convey the image in the textile medium, her hands freely moving the fabric as she sews tree branches, leaves, flowers, grasses and other natural motifs. She adds details with surface design techniques such as painting, collage, and stamping, often on nontraditional fabrics. |
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Jean Hirons’ pastel paintings depict the farmland and coasts of Maryland and Massachusetts, with a focus on buildings in the landscape. She paints both on location and in the studio, taking an interpretive approach to color by pushing the color to be more vibrant and alive. The focus of this show is Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region. Many of the paintings are from the Eastern Shore—Cambridge, Kent Island, and the marshes of Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge on the Delaware Bay. Some are from Montgomery County including Violette’s Lock and a scene from Boyds. |
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Judy Gilbert Levey paints in oils and works extensively in plein air landscape painting. The work in this exhibit interprets autumn at Great Falls, Brookside Gardens and along the C & O Canal. The work captures the intense color of the local trees -- many maples, sycamores and gingkoes -- that have gorgeous leaf color in the weeks before their leaves drop. The paintings portray those leaves and the effect of morning light streaming through and highlighting their colors. |
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Yonina Blech-Hermoni creates functional ceramics, such as bowls, mugs, pitchers and platters, that are all food safe, microwave safe and oven safe, and creates ceramic handbags that look entirely real. Both types of work reflect her skills in many techniques including hand building, wheel work and sculpture. She is especially intrigued by alternative firing methods, such as raku, saggar, salt/sulfates/vapor, and high fire reduction kilns using gas and wood coated with soda and salt solutions. |
