Conversations In Color
Thank you to our sponsor!
A huge thank you to our artists, donors, and sponsor! We appreciate your support of our first-ever virtual event, CONVERSATIONS IN COLOR. Thanks to you, we raised just over $2,300 to help fund our free adult tutoring programs in Anne Arundel County.
Our art sale officially closes October 12, but please feel free to browse our catalog and email Jane Seiss if there is an item you would like to buy. We will keep the catalog open for a few more days.
Show your love for literacy and art! Join The Anne Arundel County Literacy Council for Conversations in Color, October 7 – 12. We have partnered with local artists to raise money to support our literacy, math, diploma, and ESL programs — benefiting adults and out-of-school youth throughout Anne Arundel County.
Proceeds from every purchase of artwork will support these critical programs and services.
Browse our catalog (below) — there’s a wide variety of paintings, sculptures, jewelry, and other mediums by local artists.
All purchases are on a first-come, first-served basis — there is no competitive bidding.
Donations are crucial to keep our mission thriving and growing. Please note that the values listed are intended as guides.
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CATALOG
Curious what is available? Browse artwork by medium.
Minimum prices are listed for some items.
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The art sale is first-come, first-served — there is no competitive bidding.
ALL proceeds benefit our tutoring programs.
Email Jane Seiss with questions.
After the sale, volunteers will arrange safe, curbside delivery.
- Acrylic
- Clay
- Collagraph
- Etching
- Fabric
- Fused Glass
- Jewelry
- Lithograph
- Mixed Media
- Oil
- Paper Print
- Pen, Pencil & Ink Drawings
- Photography
- Sculpture
- Watercolor
- Wood and Ceramic
- Woodcut
Acrylic
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Blue Pour Painting I by Juliana Anzalone
SOLD This is a pour painting, abstract flowing shades of blue on a white background. The artist used acrylics and floetrol. Dimensions: 8″ x 10″ x 0.5″ Unframed Minimum price: $25 |
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Blue Pour Painting II by Juliana Anzalone
SOLD This is a pour painting, abstract flowing shades of blue on a white background. The artist used acrylics and floetrol. Dimensions: 8″ x 10″ x 0.5″ Unframed Minimum price: $25 |
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| About Juliana Anzalone
Juliana Anzalone is a mechanical engineer and portrait artist. She recently explored pour painting and enjoys the sense of flow and movement captured in the genre. Juliana runs a 3D scan, 3D design, and 3D print company in Millersville, Maryland: www.MarylandCAD.com. She is a member of the Baltimore Bead Society and the Patuxent Lapidary Guild. |
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Orchid by Anita Ewing
Acrylic on watercolor paper. From the artist: “My husband grows beautiful orchids. I painted this at a painting retreat at Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs, Virginia.” Dimensions: 25″ x 22″ Unframed Value: $300 Minimum Price: $200 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Anita Ewing Anita Ewing is a long-term Literacy Council volunteer. She is always exploring other media, but so far, watercolor is still the medium that takes her breath away. Anita is a member of the Muddy Creek Artist Guild, Annapolis Arts Alliance, the West River Artists, and the Annapolis Watercolor Club. She has exhibited paintings with all of these groups around Anne Arundel County. Anita is currently the president of the Muddy Creek Artist Guild. Learn more about Anita and her art at www.anitaewingwatercolors.com. |
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Calico Cow by Kay Fuller SOLD A painting of a spotted cow with a curly top knot. Dimensions: 10″ x 10″ Unframed Value: $75
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| About Kay Fuller
Kay Fuller is an award-winning artist who has displayed her art with the Maryland Federation of Art, the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, the Annapolis Arts Alliance, and the Annapolis Watercolor Club. Her mediums include watercolor, acrylic, oil, and mixed media. Kay is a member of the Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis Arts Alliance, the Art Council of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Annapolis Watercolor Club, Potomac Valley Watercolorists, the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers. |
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Secret Lovers Rendezvous by CS A 17th or 18th-century couple meet at night under a moss drenched, Southern tree. This acrylic painting depicts a stunning red, orange, and yellow-banded sunset sky with the moon rising. “Secret Lovers” was purchased at the Space Needle shop (built for the World’s Fair) in Seattle, Washington, and has been donated by artist and collector, Marcia Glesener DeFalco. Dimensions: 8″ x 14″ Unframed Minimum price: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Universal by Jen Sterling Acrylic on canvas, this piece is an abstract in black, grey, white, magenta, and blue. Dimensions: 12″ x 12″ (14.75″ x 14.75″ framed) Framed Value: $175 Minimum Price: $125 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Jen Sterling
Jen Sterling is an abstract painter based in Annapolis. Her work inspires energy and excitement in homes and workspaces. She works large and small and adores commissions. For more info visit jensterling.com and follow @jensterlingart on Instagram. Jen is a member of the Maryland Federation of Art, Arts Alliance of Annapolis, and MSAC. |
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Sailing Blue Waters by Martha Walker
SOLD Acrylic on yupo paper. Rocky cliff in the foreground with 3 boats sailing in the distance. Dimensions: 11″ x 14″ Unframed Value: $85 |
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| About Martha Walker
Marty has been actively engaged in art for as long as she can remember. She began her teaching career instructing jewelry and lapidary to adult servicemen while attending California State University Long Beach. Upon receiving her BFA degree she moved to Maryland where she taught art in AAC for 31 years. She received her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Marty has exhibited throughout AAC, PG, and Howard counties, the Eastern Shore, in Baltimore, and at the Art League in Alexandria, VA. Inspiration for her art is often from nature with the activities she enjoys doing, including flower arranging, traveling, skiing, and sailing. Marty paints with the West River Artists. |
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Clay
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Earthen Pot I by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
SOLD A wheel-thrown small pot with bisque ware clay and earth tone glaze. This piece possesses the earthy feel of the hands-on molding of the clay. One of the artist’s first hand-thrown pots. Dimensions: 3 1/4″ tall x 3 1/4″ diameter Minimum price: $25
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Earthen Pot II by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
SOLD A wheel-thrown small pot with bisque ware clay and earth-tone glaze that conjures thoughts of ancient indigenous people’s stoneware colors. One of the artist’s first hand-thrown pots. Dimensions: 4 1/2″ tall x 3 1/2″ diameter Minimum price: $25
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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Collagraph
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Wind Makes the Sail by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Hand inked with multiple colors and handmade Oriental paper cut and applied individually. This was a new kind of printmaking for the artist. She also printed these three plates individually in a very small number. notes on this printmaking process: A collagraph print is made by gluing different materials to cardboard and creating a kind of collage. During the inking process, the ink will rub off surfaces that are smooth or higher and stay on surfaces that hold more ink, at edges, and at lower points thus creating the image. To protect the plate through the printing process it is sealed with one or more layers of shellac. A collagraph plate is quite sensitive and will be deformed by the pressure of the printing press so the collagraph editions are usually smaller. Chine-collé is a printmaking technique in which the image is transferred onto a surface that is bonded onto heavier support in the printing process. One purpose is to allow the printmaker to print on a much more delicate surface, such as Japanese paper or linen, that pulls finer details off the plate. Dimensions: 25″ x 17″ Unframed Value: $70 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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Etching
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Copper Etching: Looking Up by Wynn Hopkins SOLD A photo of trees converted to a copper print. Wynn was a high school teacher and artist who exhibited widely in the Midwest; winning many awards with his very unique technical capabilities and style. He typically took photographs of real things and composed them into etched works of art. Donated by artist and collector Marcia Glesener DeFalco. See more of Wynn Hopkins’ work on eBay and Etsy. Framed Dimensions: 14 1/4″ x 11 1/4″ Value: $40
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Intaglio Etching: Deep River County Park by Marcia Glesener DeFalco Less than 10 made. This one-color ink piece depicts a working grist mill (with attic art gallery) in Lake County Indiana near Chicago. “Deep River County Park” came from a series of “art in the park” classes set up and managed by the artist. Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Indiana Arts Council paid for these events. Unframed Dimensions: 13 3/8″ x 10 3/4″ Minimum price: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Dragons Fly by Marcia Glesener DeFalco Triptych of three plates. Dragon with wings perched on a branch and looking down. Multiple plates inked separately with a deep bronze-colored ink, rolled with a pink ink; triptych is a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like. It is a convention used frequently in Oriental art. Unframed Dimensions: 24″ x 14 1/4″ Minimum price: $45 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Dragon Watching by Marcia Glesener DeFalco This piece depicts a winged dragon looking down from the branch of a plant. It was reverse printed by mixing up the background color on a flat surface then taking a large rubber roller and picking up the ink on the roller to hand roll across the plate so that the etched, indented lines did not have ink in them; two separate plates were inked and placed to pull the individual print by hand. The artist has always drawn dragons even as a child. Some of the background plants (a ground cover, weed called Creeping Charlie) were actually pressed into the dried, liquid asphalt. Marcia drew around them with a metal stylist and then pulled them off and drew in the lines before putting into the acid. Framed Dimensions: 13 3/4″ x 21″ Minimum price: $45 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Dragons Fly Plate III by Marcia Glesener DeFalco A winged dragon sitting on a branch with tongue out. Bronze ink with pink surface roll; plants were arranged and drawn from Creeping Charlie weed in the artist’s yard and a popular house plant; top plate inked with gold ink. Unframed Dimensions: 15 1/2″ x 8 1/4″ Minimum price: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Dreaming by Marcia Glesener DeFalco SOLD This piece depicts a woman in a Japanese Kimono with a swallow-tailed butterfly kite held over her head as it begins to rain. Handmade Chine colle paper inspired the artist to use it for a Kimono in this piece that illustrates a favorite Haiku (a form of Japanese poetry): “Breath of cool winds; rising in my sleeves; rain marks; marks of greeting.” Unframed Dimensions: 24″ x 18 1/4″ Value: $55 |
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Intaglio Etching: The Elements by Marcia Glesener DeFalco SOLD The artist’s interpretation of a famous Japanese painting of a large wave with fish and starfish added in the foreground. This is an Artist Proof — truly one of a kind — before the printing of an edition. Multi-color hand-rubbed plate print. The artist sold a number of her works like this one at juried art fairs. Unframed Dimensions: 10″ x 5″ Minimum price: $25
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Intaglio Etching: G Baby by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
SOLD A baby giraffe looking up from under the mother’s belly. A detailed drawing made into an etching. Unframed Dimensions: 2 3/4″ x 2″ (very small) Minimum price: $25 |
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Intaglio Etching: Going Up by Marcia Glesener DeFalco Woman receiving a message from a bird while riding in a hot air balloon that has birds depicted on the balloon; the sky is depicted as vertical rather than horizontal hence the title “Going Up” like an elevator. Unframed Dimensions: 21 1/2″ x 10 1/4″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Metallic Scales by Marcia Glesener DeFalco An etching of a dragon sitting with tongue out and scales depicted across side. 3/50 edition but no more than 10 were hand-printed. Unframed Dimensions: 10 1/4″ x 3 1/2″ Minimum price: $25 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Open Space by Marcia Glesener DeFalco Less than 10 made. “Open Space” — in one-color ink — depicts two snowmobilers emerging from a groomed park trail into an open area. From the artist: “If you ever lived in the Upper Midwest you likely enjoyed outdoor snow sports; you can almost smell the crisp clean air and feel the exhilaration of floating across the snow at speed.” Unframed Dimensions: 13 5/8″ x 8 1/8″ Minimum price: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Peacock Blue by Marcia Glesener DeFalco This piece is a cropped representation of a male peacock with feathers spread. It is a two-color hand-rubbed plate print. From the artist: “My parents raised peacocks for many years on the family farm. [They] often had school groups and other visitors to the farm, and they would often give children (and adults) a feather (shed each year). It was quite unique to hear the peacocks sound too as it sounded like a child crying.” Unframed Dimensions: 10″ x 4 3/4″ Minimum price: $25 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Rural Route Delivery by Marcia Glesener DeFalco Mailboxes on a shaded country lane hand-inked with several different colors. The artist used a number of washes in acid to create shadows. From Marcia: “Growing up on a farm in rural Iowa, this was a familiar scene. The feeling of quiet, peaceful anticipation of a letter on a lazy afternoon is the feeling I was trying to create.” Unframed Dimensions: 15 1/2″ x 18 3/4″ Value: $30 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Intaglio Etching: Summer Afternoon Woods Mill by Marcia Glesener DeFalco SOLD Reproduction of an antique wagon on display near a working grist mill at Deep River County Park in Northwest Indiana (suburb of Chicago). This is the very first etching the artist ever made. It was created as part of a workshop taught by printmaking artist, Rene Nagle — an award-winning printmaker in the Chicagoland area. Note that there is a small scratch at the top of the silver frame. Framed in silver metal Dimensions: 16 1/4″ x 14 1/4″ Value: $45 |
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Intaglio Etching: You Turkey by Marcia Glesener DeFalco Three of seven. Three definitions of a turkey with drawings of the turkey; particularly difficult to execute since the letters/words and numbers have to be etched in backward as in a mirror so that they print out to read them. Hand-rubbed inked sections for additional colors; There was a time when the phrase “you turkey” was popular to use to say to a person who had blundered humorously — the artist liked to use that phrase as a young adult. Unframed Dimensions: 18 1/4″ x 15″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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Fabric
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Fabric Owls by Ayesha (@CraftyAsh786)Fun decorative fabric owls.
Dimensions: 9″ x 5″ approximately Minimum price: $25 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Wall Hanging by Ayesha (@CraftyAsh786)
Fabric wall hanging. Dimensions: 37” x 28” Value: $25 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Ayesha
Ayesha’s craftiness began when her mother taught her to handle the sewing machine at a very young age. From that point on, she always felt comfortable working and creating with her hands. Ayesha’s interest in material arts continued into learning her way around her sewing machine, and into picking up ideas and tricks wherever she could over time. See more of Ayesha’s work on Instagram @craftash786. |
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Fused Glass
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Here Fishy, Fishy by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A playful joy of water and the creatures that live in it. This fun, scrap glass inspired creation is a square clear background plate with multi-colored dots. Fish are fish feeding on bits of yellow and orange. Dimensions: 10″ x 10″ Value: $30 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Purple & Gold Musing by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A creative use of found pieces of glass, this is an abstract design of squares, rectangles, stripes, and wavy lines. Wire wall holder included. Dimensions: 12″ x 3 1/2″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Summer Garden by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
SOLD An expression of love of nature and gardening — flowers with bumblebees, butterfly, ladybug and dragonfly. Dimensions: 8 ½” diameter Value: $30 |
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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Jewelry
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Teardrop Hoops with Faceted Labradorite by Markella Magoulas
SOLD Labradorite, the gem associated with awareness and awakening joy is the protagonist of this beautiful pair of earrings. The faceted labradorite bead has an inner glow that is showcased here as it hangs in the center of a brass teardrop hoop by a loose, organic, wire-wrapped silver wire. The hand-formed antiqued brass frame has been shaped and hammered to contain the labradorite bead. The earrings measure 2 inches in length. Dimensions: 1″ width x 2″ length Value: $50
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| About Markella Magoulas
Markella Magoulas is a Severna Park jewelry artist. All her creations are handcrafted and one of a kind. Markella works with a variety of media and derives inspiration from nature and her background in art history and archeology. See more of Markella’s beautiful work at www.allekramdesigns.etsy.com. |
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Lithograph
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Night Flight by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A piece from the artist’s “Things That Fly” series — a study of half of a moth wing. This is the only lithograph the artist made. This subject was chosen for the art because Marcia thought the soft, fuzzy look of a moth’s wing lent itself well to the medium. notes on lithography: Lithography (from Ancient Greek, lithos, meaning ‘stone’, and, graphein, meaning ‘to write’) is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by German author and actor Alois Senefelder as a cheap method of publishing theatrical works. Lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material. Lithography originally used an image drawn with oil, fat, or wax onto the surface of a smooth, level lithographic limestone plate. The stone was treated with a mixture of acid and gum arabic, etching the portions of the stone that were not protected by the grease-based image. When the stone was subsequently moistened, these etched areas retained water; an oil-based ink could then be applied and would be repelled by the water, sticking only to the original drawing. The ink would finally be transferred to a blank paper sheet, producing a printed page. This traditional technique is still used in some fine art printmaking applications. In modern lithography, the image is made of a polymer coating applied to a flexible plastic or metal plate. The image can be printed directly from the plate (the orientation of the image is reversed), or it can be offset, by transferring the image onto a flexible sheet (rubber) for printing and publication. Unframed Dimensions: 17 1/2″ x 13 1/5″ Value: $35 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events.
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Mixed Media
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Owl Deco by Ayesha (@CraftyAsh786) A hand-made and imaginative piece that features a fabric owl, buttons, pebbles, and other decorative items. Dimensions: approx. 11″ in diameter Minimum price: $25 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Ayesha
Ayesha’s craftiness began when her mother taught her to handle the sewing machine at a very young age. From that point on, she always felt comfortable working and creating with her hands. Ayesha’s interest in material arts continued into learning her way around her sewing machine, and into picking up ideas and tricks wherever she could over time. See more of Ayesha’s work on Instagram @craftash786. |
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Save the Butterflies by Carolyn Councell This beautiful butterfly was created using acrylic paint, paper collage, and buttons on canvas. Unframed Dimensions: 16″ x 20″ Value: $250 Minimum price: $100 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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| About Carolyn Councell
Carolyn is a graduate of MICA. She is proficient in watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting. Her work may be seen in local galleries and many other areas of the USA. Carolyn is a member of the Annapolis Watercolor Club and the Maryland Federation of Art. |
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Oil
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Green Mist Mood by Louise Raphael SOLD Green mist fog painting in oil. Framed Dimensions: 15.5″ height X 19.5” width Value: $60 |
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Magic Snowy Mountain by Louise Raphael Mood oil of magical mountain peaks with a dirt trail. Framed Dimensions: 24″ width x 20″ height Value: $75 Buy Now— click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Rocky Cliff Landscape by Louise Raphael Rocky cliffs with spring stream. First of a landscape series. Framed Dimensions: 24″ height x 21″ width Value: $75 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Rolling Hills by unknown Greens rolling hills with a house painted with oil. Framed Dimensions: 21″ width x 18″ height Value: $80 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable
Print of an oil painting. Reproduction of the well-known painting in the National Gallery of Art by a famed English artist. John Constable (1776-1837), painted at the same time as J.W. Turner in England. Framed Dimensions: 14″ width x 12″ high Value: $20 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Paper Print
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Iris by Wess Handmade paper molded and watercolor painted white iris flowers. This piece required a delicate hand. Donated by Marcia Glesener DeFalco. SOLD Framed in light tan Dimensions: 13″ x 13″ Value: $35 |
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Pencil, Pen & Ink Drawings
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Greek House III by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
One-of-a-kind sketch of Cyclades Island country home in Greece created on site. Unframed Dimensions: 12″ x 9″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Memories of Old by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A drawing of an old house with laundry drying outside on a line. From the artist: “Growing up my parents were friends with a couple that lived in a house similar to this one; I helped my mother hang out clothes on a line like this in our backyard; one Christmas I received a small wicker basket — a miniature version of my mother’s clothes basket — and tiny clothespins as a present. Fond memories of the fresh smell of the clothes and the initial stiffness when they were taken off the line.” Framed in Black Dimensions: 21 1/4″ x 26 1/4″ Value: $70 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Returning Home by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A “still life” sketch of chair in a corner with items taken off or set down after returning home: leather jacket, hat, work boots, bottle. Imagine the absent handsome man who may have worn these items. Ink washes have a similar feel and look to water color and provide depth and shadow. Still lifes don’t always have to be fruits and flowers! Unframed Dimensions: 9″ x 5 ¾” Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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Photography
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St. George Harbor by Catie Comer
Boats in the St. George Harbor, Grenada. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Fish Frenzy by Catie Comer
Tropical fish in Grenada. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Palm Fronds by Catie Comer
SOLD & more available A close up of a coconut palm in Grenada. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Above Turaida by Catie Comer
Looking down from the top of Turaida Castle in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Riga Skyline by Catie Comer
View of Riga from the top of St. Jacobs Cathedral. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Fancy Facade by Catie Comer
A shot of the postal service building in Riga, Latvia. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Jasper Canyon by Catie Comer
A shot of the Miette River in Jasper National Park. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Paris at Dusk by Catie Comer
A shot of the Eiffel Tower at dusk. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Bell Towers by Catie Comer
A shot of the Notre Dame from below. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Tower at Night by Catie Comer
A shot of the Eiffel Tower at night. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Manhattan by Catie Comer
A view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Hudson. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Hold That Taxi by Catie Comer
A taxi turns the corner on Broadway. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Dingle Coast by Catie Comer
SOLD & more available A view of the Dingle Coast in County Kerry, Ireland. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Counting Sheep by Catie Comer
A sheep on the side of the road on the Ring of Kerry, Ireland. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Connor Pass by Catie Comer
A view of the Conner Pass, Ireland. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Vnutre by Catie Comer
Inside the Church of the Savior of Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia. Digital file. Value: $5 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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| About Catie Comer
Catie Comer is the Director of Development & Communications at The Arc Central Chesapeake Region, and volunteer tutor at the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council. Catie is an amateur photographer and has had the opportunity to travel the world, capturing scenes from places like Russia and the Caribbean. She is available for family shoots, weddings, and corporate outings. |
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Sculpture
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Banty Hen by Leo R. Twait Imaginative use of found wood that has been glued together, carved, and painted to create this piece… memories of the chicken coop; hatching chickens, feeding chickens, rooster’s crowing, and getting the eggs out from under the setting hens. Donated by Marcia Glesener DeFalco. Dimensions: 5″ x 7″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Green Frog by Leo R. Twait
Whimsical frog depicted in motion with inquisitive eyes using recycled/found wood that was glued together, carved, and painted. From the donor: “There were always tadpoles each spring in the small ponds that formed when the creek overflowed, then the mating calls and the leaping frogs when we went down to the creek to wade or fish.” Donated by Marcia Glesener DeFalco. Dimensions: 11.5″ x 10″ Value: $30 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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| About Leo R. Twait
Leo R. Twait was a Chesterton Indiana artist and advocate who passed away in 2007 at the age of 92. He was born December 27, 1914, in Danway, Illinois. Leo was a Founding Member of the Chesterton Art Gallery and continued in it for 38 years. Locally and in Chicago, he was recognized for his whimsical artwork. More information at http://auntlizzy.com/heart/2017/01/21/leo-twait/. |
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Watercolor
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Greek House I by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A country stone home in rural Greece. Most people may think of watercolors as being very colorful. In this case, one color, black, was used to create a sketch-like appearance with brushstrokes of a very black and white landscape. From the artist: “These homes built with boulders and rocks on very rocky land were very, very old but still inhabited. Majestic and somehow mysteries to me. Inside they reminded me of cave dwellings. This one has a small church shrine on a hill in the background. These structures were everywhere throughout the countryside in Greece.” Unframed Dimensions: 17 3/4″ x 15″ Value: $30 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Greek House II by Marcia Glesener DeFalco A country stone home in rural Greece. Most people may think of watercolors as being very colorful. In this case, one color, black, was used to create a sketch-like appearance with brushstrokes of a very black and white landscape. From the artist: “These homes built with boulders and rocks on very rocky land were very, very old but still inhabited. Majestic and somehow mysteries to me. Inside they reminded me of cave dwellings. This one has a small church shrine on a hill in the background. These structures were everywhere throughout the countryside in Greece.”
Unframed Dimensions: 17 3/4″ x 15″ Value: $30 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Memories of Mykonos by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
A close-up painting of recurring birds on pottery and wall paintings from the 2nd Century BC ruins of Mykonos in Cyclades, Greece. The artist used watercolors to recreate the brush stroke appearance found on the larger pottery pieces in the museum there. These representations of a large black and white bird with red eyes were frequent images in mosaics, all forms of pottery and in designs. Unframed Dimensions: 16 3/4″ x 15″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Moth Wing Study by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Abstract painting of a portion of a moth’s wing from Marcia’s “Things that Fly” series. Unframed Dimensions: 17 3/4″ x 15″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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Black Swan by Anita Ewing From the artist: “This painting is from a photo I took of a black swan at a Japanese cemetery on Oahu. I loved the interplay between the swan’s dark feathers and the dark water.” SOLD Unframed Dimensions: 13″ x 9″ Value: $200 Minimum Price: $100
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Shangri La by Anita Ewing
SOLD Watercolor on yupo. Unframed Dimensions: 12″ x 9″ Value: $80 |
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White Swan by Anita Ewing
From the artist: “I had so much fun painting Black Swan, I decided to try a white swan. Very different mood in this painting.” Unframed Dimensions: 29″ x 22″ Value: $350 Minimum Price: $250 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Anita Ewing Anita Ewing is a long-term Literacy Council volunteer. She is always exploring other media, but so far, watercolor is still the medium that takes her breath away. Anita is a member of the Muddy Creek Artist Guild, Annapolis Arts Alliance, the West River Artists, and the Annapolis Watercolor Club. She has exhibited paintings with all of these groups around Anne Arundel County. Anita is currently the president of the Muddy Creek Artist Guild. Learn more about Anita and her art at www.anitaewingwatercolors.com. |
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Waiting for Crabs by Kathleen Ryan Gardiner Water scene with Chesapeake Bay workboat and crab baskets in the foreground. SOLD Framed Dimensions: 9 “x 12″ (16″ x 20” framed) Value: $500 Minimum Price: $200
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| About Kathleen Ryan Gardiner
“I’ve always loved to paint. Studying with many nationally known artists, a degree from SUNY and an inspirational artist uncle all set in motion a drive to paint. Inspiration comes to me from the shores of the Chesapeake and Atlantic, the towns and cities of the Eastern Seaboard, and the grandeur of the Adirondack Mountains.” Kathleen is a Signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, juried member of Working Artists Forum, member of the American Watercolor Society, Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters, Maryland Federation of Art, and the Annapolis Watercolor Club. Visit kathleenryangardiner.com to see more of Kathleen’s work. |
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Night Station by Janice Hendra Watercolor and Gouache on Yupo painting. Framed Dimensions: 9 “x 11” Value: $125 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Janice Hendra
In the past six years, I have rekindled my artistic side after letting it lay dormant since my early 30’s. I studied Art and Ceramics in college and was a potter for many years. In the last six years, I have moved into painting and find it a never-ending set of joys and puzzles. Janice is a member of the Maryland Federation of Art, West River Artists, and Annapolis Watercolor Club. https://www.janicehendra.com/ |
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Docked Sailboat by Claude Hoiau SOLD Original watercolor from 1965 by a young Canadian artist. Framed Dimensions: 18 “x 22” Value: $100
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Flower Truck by Deena Kilmon
Watercolor of flower truck in a beautiful scene from Ireland. SOLD Framed Dimensions: 8 “x 12” Value: $100 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Deena Kilmon
Deena Kilmon lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and enjoys painting scenes of nostalgia, agricultural and nature scenes showcasing the natural beauty of the Chesapeake Bay. |
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Blooming by Stacy Lund Levy Watercolor painting of a pink rose. Reproduction. Framed Dimensions: 11 “x 14” Value: $35 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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Yayyyyyy!!!!! by Stacy Lund Levy
SOLD Watercolor painting, an ostrich portrait. Reproduction. Framed Dimensions: 11 “x 14” Value: $35 |
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| About Stacy Lund Levy
Artist and Baltimore native, Stacy Lund Levy has been creating art in many forms since kindergarten. She earned an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry as well as a Masters Degree at The Johns Hopkins Art as Applied to Medicine program. Combining her artistic skills with her intellectual interest in anatomy and science, she initially worked as a medical illustrator. Stacy then opted to establish Lund Art Studios, a career move that enabled her to take on a variety of clients both locally and nationally, and also to jury shows, teach classes and workshops, give demonstrations, and exhibit her artwork. COVID has added a new dimension to Stacy’s artistic career, necessitating new and improved computer-related technical skills. She is a signature member of the Baltimore, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia Watercolor Societies. Her work can be viewed at Lundartstudios.com, Instagram @Artorangutan, and https://bakerartist.org/node/23685. |
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Azalea Time by Joan Machinchick SOLD The inspiration for my art is the constantly changing beauty, color, and unity of all things in the natural world: the trees, sky and seasons, the wild gardens, the majestic mountains, the rugged Southwest desert, the gentle Chesapeake Bay, and the line where the water meets the shore and the earth comes alive. Framed Dimensions: 18.5 “x 22.5” Value: $200 Minimum Price: $125
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| About Joan Machinchick
Artist Joan Machinchick draws her inspiration from nature and from words. Her art combines watercolor painting, calligraphy, digital collage art, and artist’s books. She exhibits primarily in the Maryland and Washington area. Joan’s background is in book design and illustration, with a BFA, with honors, in graphic design from Maryland Institute College of Art. During her professional career, Joan provided graphic design, illustration, and calligraphy for a variety of clients, including publishers, entertainment professionals, gourmet companies, health care facilities, and a NASA/JHU research satellite. She provided monthly watercolor maps for Chesapeake Bay Magazine, and she custom designed wedding and event stationery. Joan’s artist’s books, invitations, articles, and book reviews have been published in several books and magazines and she has exhibited in many solo, shared, and juried exhibits in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington area as well as in Arizona. |
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Fantasy Flowers by Annette Uroskie SOLD A fanciful rendition of flowers and foliage rendered in watercolor with negative space playing an important role. Easy to frame in a common size. Unframed Dimensions: 16 “x 20” Value: $100 Minimum Price: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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The Lady and The Unicorn by Annette Uroskie
A painting on silk with silk dyes. The common size makes framing easy. SOLD Unframed Dimensions: 18 “x 22” Value: $100 Minimum Price: $25
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| About Annette Uroskie
Annette Uroskie has been an art teacher and practicing artist for forty-five years. A graduate of The Pennsylvania State University (BA Art Education) and The Maryland Institute of Art (MFA), she taught Art for five years in the public school system of Anne Arundel County and twenty-three years at The Key School in Annapolis. She was in the Baltimore Museum of Art Biennial as well as the Peale Museum, Easton Academy of the Arts permanent collection, and Virginia Art League. She has been Vice-president of the Annapolis Watercolor Club and received three first-place awards and an honorable mention for the last four years in the Annapolis Watercolor Club Juried shows. She also was Juried into the Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid Atlantic Regional Show in 2017, 2018, and 2020 and won prizes in two of those shows. Her work can be seen on Flickr under “Annette’s Art.” |
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Wood and Ceramic
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Barnboard Perches by John Peter Glesener III
SOLD Elongated, decorative, four-hole birdhouse with three ceramic birds. Donated by Marcia Glesener DeFalco, this piece was made by her father, John Peter Glesener III. He made many things by hand over the years. John designed and created this birdhouse out of 200-year-old, weathered gray, barn boards originally from logs floated down the Mississippi from points north. Marcia added the clip-on ceramic birds (two cardinals and one bluebird). They can be rearranged or removed. Dimensions: 19″ tall, 7″ wide, and 6 1/2″ deep Value: $40 |
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Woodcut
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Birds of a Feather by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Woodcut of three birds — a baby with two parents in black ink. The artist sold several at juried art fairs over the years. Unframed Dimensions: 7.5″ x 4.5″ Minimum price: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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On a Hill I Saw by Marcia Glesener DeFalco
description: Five-color reduction cut of three kites. The paper was hand-rubbed and printed on five times. From the artist: “You must print each color one at a time and MATCH up the paper for the remaining colors by hand as exactly as you can after carving out the previous color and carefully hand inking the wooden plate. When done the plate is destroyed.” Marcia created a series in different media on “Things that Fly” — her younger brother enjoyed making and flying kites. Unframed Dimensions: 13 5/8″ x 10 7/8″ Value: $25 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss
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Wind Racers by Marcia Glesener DeFalco An artist’s proof created before printing Wind Racers, this piece is one of a kind. It depicts parts of two kites in black and white and was inspired by a poster the artist once saw that said “Kites fly highest against the wind.” Unframed Dimensions: 16 3/4″ x 10 1/2″ Value: $45 Buy Now — click to email the art title & your donation price to Jane Seiss |
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| About Marcia Glesener DeFalco
Born in Iowa; artist, teacher, illustrator, and author, Marcia Glesener DeFalco, has exhibited in galleries and at juried art fairs and saloon shows winning a number of awards over the years. She received a BA in Elementary Education with an Art Studio minor from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and an MFA in Printmaking from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Marcia has participated in numerous clinics, workshops, and classes in various forms of art over the course of many decades. Marcia was an Elementary Art Teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has also managed an art gallery and National Endowment for the Arts grant program events. |
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