About the Artist

 

          

Recent works integrate handmade papers and found objects with paintings and monotypes. Monotypes are a unique edition of one created by transferring an image painted onto a plate, usually Plexiglas, with dampened paper placed onto the plate and then applying pressure by hand rubbing or using a press. After drying, the image is enhanced with watercolor, acrylic, pencil, metallic, and collaged elements. Matting and framing of all work meets archival standards. I exhibit my paintings in one-person shows, and national and regional exhibitions throughout the United States.

Works are created intuitively in painting, printmaking, and mixed media, responding to what unfolds with the interaction of inks, pigments, and surfaces shaped by influences of a time and place, the essence of an experience. Fascination for the unpredictable has led to work with monotypes and collagraphs, giving up a degree of control for the element of surprise with the transfer of ink from plate to paper. I paint as an expression of self, for the challenge and joy of it, but knowing visual art must be seen to be heard, my greatest satisfaction comes when it communicates with you. Then, you too become a participant in the conversation with art.

Unique commissioned artwork can be arranged. Available works include original paintings, mixed media monotypes, collagraphs, and handmade paper constructions. Selected Editions include 17 images available as signed/numbered limited edition offset lithographs.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: The American Art Collector, Northern Edition, Alcove Press 2004; The Art of Layering, Making Connections, Society of Layerists in Multi Media 2004; WPAC Artists’ Guide, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2004; Inprint, Maryland Printmakers Newsletter; Bridging Time and Space, SLMM 2002; Creative Collage Techniques, Leeland and Williams, Northlight Books; Tide Techniques, book cover, Northwestern University.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS: 2008 "Members' Best", Queen Anne's County Arts council, Centerville, MD; 2007 "Invitational" Chestertown Art League, MD; "Artworks 2006", Annapolis Arts Alliance.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Signature memberships - Society of Layerists in Multi Media, Baltimore Watercolor Society, and National Collage Society. Colored Pencil Society of America, Maryland Printmakers, Maryland Federation of Art, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Michigan Guild of Artists, Pennsylvania Designer Craftsmen

BIOGRAPHY LISTINGS: Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, The World’s Who’s Who of Business and Professional Women, The World’s Who’s Who of Women, Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who of American Women, Dictionary of International Biography, American Artists of Renown, Who-Houston.

COLLECTIONS: Museum of Art of the American West, University of Mississippi, Baylor College of Medicine, Wausau Insurance, Arthur Anderson, Stora North America, Barrington Area Public Library, Westerville Public Library, Boyne Corporation, Kane County Courthouse, Tenneco, Inc., First Illinois Bank, Watertown Arts Council, Ameritech Mobile Communications, Aid Association for Lutherans, LeClub-Galveston, Deerfield Federal Bank, Texas Commerce Bank, Unique Coupon, ACA Corporation, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Kentucky; Weslayan Bank, Texas, Towne Bank, Virginia, Annapolis Chiropractic, Maryland.

JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2008 "Image and Imagination" Mitchell Gallery, St. Johns College, Annapolis MD; "Members Exhibition" Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD; Working Artists' Forum, Heron Point, Chestertown MD; "Splash", Annapolis Arts Alliance, Annapolis City Hall; Kent Island Federation of Art, Stevensville, MD; Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.

2007 "From Whom We Learn" Chestertown Art League, Chestertown MD; Annapolis Watercolor Club, Gallery 1683, Annapolis, MD; "Maryland Printmakers" University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Salisbury, MD; "Splash" Annapolis Arts Alliance, City Hall; Armonk Outdoor Arts Festival, Armonk, NY; Wickford Art Festival, RI; Westport Outdoor Art Festival, CT; "50th Anniversary Mystic Art Festival, CT; Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD; Penrod Art Festival, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN

2006 "Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD; "Water Works" Regional Exhibition, MD Fed. Art, Annapolis, MD; "Maryland Printmakers" Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD; 3rd place mixed media, Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, CT; Armonk Outdoor Arts Festival, Armonk, NY

2005 "Making Your Mark" Monotypes, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD; "Spring Juried Exhibition" MD Fed. Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD; "Members' Best" Queen Anne's County Arts Council, Centerville, MD; 2nd place mixed media, Mystic outdoor Art Festival, CT; Baltimore Watercolor Assoc., Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, MD; BWS City Exhibit, Baltimore, MD

2004: Departure Point, CPSA Chicago, IL 2004; Small to Large, Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD; Experimental Colored Pencil, CPSA Shannon Art Center, New Hampshire; City Gallery MFA Spring Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, MD; Halifax Art Festival Daytona Beach, FL; Festival of the Masters, Downtown Disney, Orlando FL; Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, MD; Brandywine Arts Festival, Wilmington DE; Third Place Mixed Media, Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Mystic CT.
2003: Annual International National Collage Society, Cincinnati OH; National American Landscape, Circle Gallery MFA, Annapolis, MD; Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH; Pennsylvania Designer Craftsmen F&M College, Lancaster, PA and Rosemont College; Mid-Atlantic watercolor, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD; Artsmarket Place, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD; Second Place Bel Air Arts Festival, Bel Air MD.
2002: Judge’s Award, Come Close, Small Works in Colored Pencil, Schaumburg Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL; First Place Mixed Media, Boston Mills Arts Fest, Peninsula, OH; Honorable Mention Annapolis Watercolor Club, Quiet Waters Park, MD

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS: Academy Art Museum, Making Your Mark, Monotypes and Beyond, Easton, MD; Painterly Monotypes, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring MD; Maryland Printmakers membership demonstration, Environment Friendly alternatives; Experimental Water Media workshop, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI; Experimental Collage, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI; Artist in Residence, papermaking, painterly monotypes, Barrington High School, Barrington, IL; Artist in Residence, papermaking, Barrington Middle School; Artist in Residence, papermaking, Palatine School District, Palatine , IL; Business of Art Seminar, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL; Business of Art Seminar, Chicago Artists’ Coalition; Illinois Artisans Program, papermaking, Thompson Center, Chicago, IL.

GALLERIES: Benfield Frame and Art Gallery, Severna Park, MD; Maryland Federation of Art, Circle and City Galleries; www.Art-Exchange.com ; Nadolski Fine Art and Design, Shady Side, MD; www.StephanieNadolski.com

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