Artists @ The Mill
Beth Lavallee
My work parallels my life. It reflects the opportunity to begin again. Working with my hands, reflecting the beauty I see in nature, has become my life’s purpose.
Essential as the air to breathe. There is a profound sensitivity that can only be revealed through brokenness. As in the shifting seasons, there’s opportunity that arises from being vulnerable to the elements of life. Something beautiful arises.
Felt within and then manifested through metal. To create is to truly be alive. To bear witness to the profound details in a leaf or seed pod is to know life itself. I have traveled to many places but need not go further than my backyard to experience the abundance and lessons of the natural world.
Beth studied Fine Arts at MICA many years ago. More recently, she attended classes at the Baltimore Jewelry Center. She plans to share her love of metalsmithing through workshops at Manor Mill.
@blsilversmith
Kelly Laughlin
Kelly Laughlin (she/hers) owner of Odette Press, is an artist, writer, maker and creative wellness facilitator who focuses on process-based, meditative acts of artmaking. She believes every person is capable of living a creative life and seeks to empower people and communities by amplifying their own voices and visions through creative language.
Inspired by a deep and necessary connection with nature and the earth, Kelly is the founder of Odette Press, a stationery and bookbinding studio focused on handmade journals and marbled cards, created in nature, infused with the intentions to support self-discovery and healing through the act of creative practice.
Kelly leads classes on journaling, bookbinding, suminagashi-style paper marbling, and mind/body connection for small groups and teams both nationally and internationally and provides creative support for individuals in 1:1 sessions.
@odettepress
www.odettepress.us
Matthew Clarke Davis
Matthew Clarke Davis is a lifelong Baltimore City resident and a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts. He works exclusively in oils. Undergirded by the concept of “art for life’s sake” and believing that an artwork is its own justification, Matthew’s approach to painting is deliberate in indulging the properties of paint. Formalist marks, spontaneity, and intentional mistake-making via paintbrush, trowel, string and the occasional credit card are used to bring each piece to its conclusion.
Matthew’s subject matter is widespread, ranging from the seasons and weather to interiors and his own life events distilled into metaphor.
Since 2016, Matthew’s paintings have sold both nationally and internationally and he has exhibited locally at Creative Alliance, Maryland Art Place, Pixilated Fed Hill, and Frederick Arts Council.
Nick Aumiller
Nick Aumiller has been making pictures since the early seventies. Although while very young he received lessons in watercolor and drawing from his father, in college he fell in love with etching and stone lithography and his life-long commitment was cemented.
Through the Seventies and early 1980’s Nick has painted many murals, published numerous graphic works and has exhibited his paintings extensively in the mid-Atlantic region.
His paintings are in numerous public and private collections.
David Friedheim
David Friedheim is a sculptor who works primarily in steel combining hand wrought elements with industrial cast-offs. His sometimes whimsical, sometimes frightening creatures have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States.
He has built artwork on commission for private and public clients including such firms as Bill Graham Presents.
In addition to his own work, David frequently works with his partner Trisha Kyner under the name of Grendel's Mother. As Grendel's Mother, they work collaboratively on large-scale public art projects.
@david_aaron_friedheim
https://www.davidfriedheim.com/
Lucie Pentz
Everything is a potential craft material… that’s what Lucie discovered when “knitting” with grass at age four growing up in a creative family. This love for anything artsy-craftsy was deepened when she started taking art classes at Lidová Škola Umění in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic).
She’s tried it all, but she feels especially happy when working with yarn, fabric and a fun pair of socks. In 2009 she made her first sock monkey and has been hooked ever since. Yes, several hundreds of them (she stopped counting) are living all around the world spreading sock monkey happiness.
She loves incorporating crafts into her work with students as a Child Psychologist at St. James Academy in Monkton, MD.
@sock_monkey_familia
Lynne Jones
Lynne Jones has lived the majority of her life in Parkton, MD, in the countryside on her family’s farm.
She’s known since a wee bairn that expressing herself with her art was the primary goal in her life. From faeries to nature and animals to mythological creatures, she’s added their spiritual essence to each creation she draws and paints. Both she and her life mate are full time artists, living the artistic life they happily chose.
www.lynnejonesart.com
Sandi Wilson
Sandi Wilson is a professionally trained commercial photographer who discovered she could beautifully meld the art side of her photography and her painting. For example, working with the depths that Encaustic (beeswax and dammar resin) could give her. As a result, she enjoys the ability to transfer images, incorporate collage and mixed media to create textural pieces. The use of cold wax and oil has given her the freedom to achieve greater color depth and movement in her compositions.
Sandi would be happy to discuss the creative process involved with custom Bio Paintings. Note that all sizes can be ordered as custom work. Please contact her for details and prices.
Her work is collected both nationally and internationally and Sandi has been a part of numerous groups and personal one woman shows over the past 18 years.
She paints out of her farmhouse studio in Baltimore County, Maryland where she resides with her husband.
@sandicienski
sandiwilsonartist.com
Pamela Wilde
Pamela Wilde is a native of Chicago, but has called Maryland “home” for nearly thirty years. Pamela received her formal training at the Chicago-based American Academy of Art, and graduated with a degree in Advertising Design and Illustration.
Pamela works exclusively in oils. Working from life, memory, imagination and reference. Pamela began painting at age 12 under the tutelage of her mother and has gone on to study with several renowned mentors.
Pamela is best known for her community portrait project, Portraits from Havre de Grace 2018-2019. Over the span of one year Pamela sat down with over one hundred members of the community for live alla-prima portrait sessions. A collection of 120 12x12 oil paintings was created and later exhibited at Artists Emporium in Havre de Grace 2019, World Trade Center Baltimore 2019 and Maryland Hall for the Arts Annapolis, virtual 2020.
Pamela is available for commissioned portraits. Visit pamelawilde.com to see her vast collection of both commissioned and non commissioned work.
Minás Konsolas
Minás Konsolas was born in Greece and has lived in Baltimore since 1976, where he graduated from the Maryland Institute, College of Art. He is the former owner of Minás Gallery, an outlet for poetry and art, both visual and verbal. The gallery, one of Baltimore’s alternative art spaces, was a gathering spot for artists, writers, and performers for twenty-two years. He subsequently sold his business and now works from his studio in Charles Village.
Konsolas has participated in three public mural projects in Baltimore City, in Greektown, at the Farmers’ Market, and at the Hanover Street Gallery. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Little Patuxent Review and Passager. His original artwork and reproductions are widely collected, locally, nationally, and abroad.
Konsolas is known for employing a variety of artistic styles and techniques, which allows his work to continually evolve. His constant focus is how light interacts with color and form.
http://www.minaskonsolas.com
Emily Reymann
Emily Reymann is the founder of Anchor Point Paper Co. - a stationery and paper boutique based out of Severna Park, Maryland.
Emily combines her love of paper products and whimsical illustrations to create beautiful stationery that makes a lasting impression.
Dan Good
I attended the York Academy of Arts majoring in commercial art/graphic Design. After school I work for printing companies, I painted billboards, worked at designing woman clothing and multimedia development. I still live and have my studio in York, PA.
I started painting furniture way back in the late 1980’s, and this is the result of that effort. I liked the idea of the furniture as 3D art. As you can see I like bold bright colors perfect for a spring show.
Susan Gossling Walters
Susan Walters is a native of Bloomfield, Connecticut who came to Maryland to attend Goucher College where she earned a BA in Arts and Ideas, a blended major combining English, Philosophy and Studio Art. It was there she was first introduced to printmaking as an artform, opening her a medium that combines a love of paper, ink, books, and images – a bridge connecting written works with art.
In 2019 she discovered Gelli Printing, an approach that does not require a printing press. The actual printing plate is made from a recipe of gelatin, glycerin and alcohol forming a semi-hard surface suitable for rolling out acrylic paints or inks and making marks with any material that does not scar or puncture the plate. Gelli printing is incredibly versatile printing technique limited only by the imagination.
Susan prints from a studio spread across three rooms on the second floor of a home in White Hall she and her husband have cared for for 30 years. While she misses her beautiful daughters who once occupied this space, Susan is grateful she is free to pursue her artistic curiosity.
She benefits from many skilled and generous print makers, book makers and artists whose work inspires her every day.
Judeth Hawkins
Currently Living and working near in south central Pennsylvania, Judeth Pekala Hawkins was born in Detroit, Michigan. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Judeth’s intensely personal work and unmistakable style has been recognized and awarded throughout the mid Atlantic United States. Her work is in many private collections and has been represented by galleries in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Beaufort, SC.
Lisa Mitchell
Lisa Mitchell paints with oils and also pastels. Lisa creates representational paintings, primarily Maryland landscapes but she does travel to other scenic locations to explore different painting subjects. Her purpose in painting the landscape is to pay homage to the beautiful effect of light on the environment that is sometimes subtle and quiet and other times powerful and brilliant. She hopes those that view her work will slow down a bit and spend time imagining themselves in such a place or perhaps become reacquainted with a familiar setting.
Lisa finds her inspiration by painting on location. Anything outdoors is fair game because it’s the beauty of the design, flow, texture and play of light she’s after in her work. She places emphasis of this outdoor painting discipline as a means to study the effect of light on a subject. More in-depth work is accomplished in her home studio. Lisa believes that these two types of intertwined painting experiences allow her to create a believable and expressive artistic impression of a scene.
Bonnie Zuckerman
Bonnie creates highly detailed, one of a kind hand-painted ceramics. She uses a wax resist technique to create a stained glass effect on her pieces.
Bonnie graduated from Towson University with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration. She studied abroad in Florence, Italy, where she completed an independent advanced study in painting. Bonnie works in a variety of media, including watercolor, acrylic, oil, collage, drawing, and fiber art.
Bonnie has exhibited her work in a variety of juried and non-juried shows throughout Maryland, Virginia, DC, and Pennsylvania. Her current studio is in Columbia, MD as a resident artist with the Howard County Arts Council.
Bonnie has been a Gallery Artist with Horse Spirit Arts Gallery in Savage, MD since 2017, with a following of local collectors. A lifelong learner, Bonnie continues to expand her practice by attending art workshops, including printmaking classes and life drawing sessions.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bonnie.zuckerman
Website:
https://bakerartist.org/portfolios/bonnie-zuckerman