The Glen Echo Park Partnership is pleased to present Amanda Spaid: Natural Wonders, which features Spaid’s intricate drawings on wood. Using the wood grain to inform her artistic decisions, she highlights animals that can be found around the world – from the Baltimore Oriole, to the Blue Crab, to the European Bee-Eater and the Lilac-Breasted Roller. A Maryland native, Spaid attended the School of Art and Design at Montgomery College in Silver Spring (formerly the Maryland College of Art and Design), and later the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, where she earned her Bachelor’s in Illustration. Spaid specializes in colored pencils and other dry media on wood panel as well as digital painting/illustration.