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Photo Credit: Leonardo Borchert

Vian Borchert’s artistic leanings came as no surprise. “I attribute my natural talent to my genetic making,” said the expressionist painter. Not only is her mother an artist, but also, “everyone from her side of the family—sisters, cousins—are all very skilled artists.”

Photo Courtesy of Hiral Joshi

Art has been an endless journey of discovering joy and sharing it with others for Kentlands resident Hiral Joshi. It has taken her from traditional representational to colorful and textured abstract, from her home country of India to Texas, Washington state and now, Maryland. Most important is the process, Joshi said. That is where she finds joy. And View more

Photo Credit: David Bower

“I paint because I feel like if I’m not painting something, I’m wasting my time,” said the 20-year member of the Gaithersburg Police Department. “This will be kind of like my legacy. I feel like I need to do it. It’s not always about the money. It’s a part of me, I guess.”

Photo Courtesy of Sheryl Massaro

“Winter White,” the staff-juried result, “is a nice counterpoint to the intensity” of the previous show, Donnelly observed. “There’s softness, simplicity. It’s more about texture, shape and subtleties.” The exhibit consists of 27 works of sculpture, glass, oil, acrylic, clay, photography and mixed media by 16 different artists. Donnelly, View more

Photo Credit: Mac Kennedy

Helene Glass defies the idea that time reduces creativity or productivity. And the watercolors the vital and prolific octogenarian paints are not the muted, delicate florals ageists might expect. “People and Places,” the artist’s second exhibit at Framer’s Choice Gallery on Main Street, will consist of about 35 watercolors that depict “the View more

Photo Credit: Taylor Thomas

Natalya Borisovna Parris’ basic and advanced degrees in construction engineering from the Moscow State Construction University built a foundation for her creative endeavors in the art world.

Photo Credit Kelly Ryan

Although pressure, and even pretension, are often the standard at art galleries, they are against the rules at the Chesapeake Framing & Art Gallery. Instead, respectful individualized attention and guidance prevail within the inviting, light and airy 1,850-square-foot showroom that opened at Downtown Crown in November.

Image Courtesy of Donna Baron

Donna H. Baron considers herself a fixer, whether it’s putting the finishing touches on her latest painting or making a difference in her community with her “scale-it-back” coalition. A North Potomac since 1981, she has been a vocal watchdog over Johns Hopkins’ plans for the Belward Farm property.

Photo Credit: Frank Howard

Right from the start, Claire Howard’s bent was apparent. “I was the child who loved decorating the classroom bulletin boards, volunteered to paint the play backdrops, and wanted to decorate just about anything I could find and make it pretty,” the oil painter, now 62, recalled.

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