St. Michaels Art League

Member Web Sites

Sandra Alanko	ht tp://ww w.st mich aels artle ague .org/alan ko The paintings of Sandy Alanko reflect her love of the natural world, its wildlife and wild places. She finds endless inspiration in the salt marshes, fields, woods and harbors that surround her island home. She works in watercolor, acrylic, pastel and oil, depending on the visual effect she is trying to render.
Rosemary Aldrich	ht tp://ww w.st mich aels artle ague .org/aldri ch Rosemary has a BScN from the University of Toronto (1958), but began to study sculpture in Paris in 1961, at American University in Washington in 1968, and at the Corcoran in 1969. SheI had numerous shows in Washington and environs and is represented in private collections. Since moving to The Netherlands with her husband in 1981, she has worked mostly in painting and has had many shows there. Presently, she paints at her three homes - St. Michaels, The Hague, and St. Croix
Anne Allbeury Hock	http://www.allbeuryfineart.com Anne Allbeury-Hock has been in love with color since opening her first box of Crayolas. She paints primarily in oil on canvas with an enthusiasm for soft-focus realism.
Ann Apenes	h ttp://ww w.fri day mor ning artis ts.or g/an n Born in England, Ann was educated at a Waldorf School. She studied art at Silvermine School of Art in Connecticut and most recently with Joe Mayer of Easton, Maryland.Ann has traveled extensively and incorporates those memories in her work.
Robyn & Walt Bartman	http://w ww.yello wba rnst udio .co m Walt is a local artist. He maintains a studio on Tilghman Island, where he conducts popular landscape and figure painting workshops. He has been featured on CBS's “Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood”, and he was selected as a competing artist in Easton’s “Paint Out 06”. As the founder and director of the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery in Glen Echo, Maryland, he has established one of Maryland’s premier art schools.
Gwen Cameron-Davis	http://www.photoartbygwen.com Gwen Cameron-Davis is a photographer who has mastered the use of the computer and digital photography to produce her PhotoArt. This has been a long and exciting journey requiring significant skills in the use of a digital camera, the use of the computer and the mastering of advanced Photoshop software.
Tim Champney	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/tf cha mpn ey Tim Champney is a local photographer interested primarily landscape, still life, and other subjects, recognized in local competitions and exhibits.
Nancy L. Cook	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/p aper desi gns Nancy has been creating sculptures from paper for most of her life. She has an Art Education background and has had her own studio for 25 years. She accepts commissions for one-of-a-kind works.
Will Cook	http://web.mac.com/willcook3/ Will Cook lives in Royal Oak and is a lifelong Maryland Resident. He paints in oils, and his subject matter includes still-lifes as well as landscapes and water scenes of the Eastern Shore. Will is a member of the St. Michaels Art League and the Working Artists Forum.
Madeline Eli	htt p://mel i-ar t.at spa ce.co m/ Madeline looks at art as an adventure, especially watercolor where "you never know what you will get. When a painting comes out the way you want, it is the biggest high." She also finds that "once you paint, you begin to see the world differently."
Maureen Farrell	http://w ww.447 studi osan dgall ery.com 447 Studios and Gallery is a unique attraction for those interested in the creative arts. Surrounding the gallery are the studios of the working artists.
Achilles Fellows	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/fe llow s Achilles started his art career when he was in the 5th grade by taking private classes in charcoal drawing from Lazlo Szabo. In college Achilles studied etching, lithography, marble carving and ceramics. He has won many awards for his watercolors and acrylics.
Alice-Marie Gravely	www.amgravely.com Alice-Marie is a printmaker and painter in oils and acrylics. Her printmaking studio is located in St. Michaels
Mary Grimes	http://w ww.stmi chae lsartl eagu e.or g/gri mes Mary W. Grimes likes to paint aspects of her life she has enjoyed most, namely people, horses and boats, not necessarily in that order.
Signe Hanson	h ttp://ww w.fri day mor ning artis ts.or g/sig ne As a sculptor, Signe is inspired by simplicity, roundness, and gentle curves of traditional functional vessels. She hand builds strong forms in high-fire stoneware, using coils and slabs.
Bob Horvath	http://w ww.longl anes tudi os.c om/ From age five, Robert T. Horvath has had an undying interest in airplanes, model building, and art. His aviation art is held by the U. S. Air Force and can be seen on the air force web page.
Lynne Johnson Horvath	http://w ww.longl anes tudi os.c om/ Lynne Johnson has studied commercial art at San Jose State and with several private teachers on the East Coast. She paints with strongly colored water- media, mostly acrylic painting.
Lin Layton	http://w ww.anat ural view phot o.co m Lin has had a camera in her hand since early childhood, receiving her first SLR at age 11. Since then, with a few detours for college and law school, she has carried a camera with her everywhere.
Doug Sefton	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/s efto n Doug concentrates on landscapes of the Eastern Shore - farms, marshes and traditional watercraft - that are disappearing as development advances.
Sarah Stolte	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/s arah stolt e Sarah paints primarily in watercolors and is especially attracted to capturing the disappearing landscape of the Eastern Shore.
Valerie Sunderland	http://w ww.stmi chae lsartl eagu e.or g/su nder land The scope of Valerie's work reflects her travels as well as the beauty of Maryland's Eastern Shore. She works primarily in watercolor and continues to evolve a style that reflects her varied interests and approaches to painting.
Joan Titus	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/tit us Joan has been in ceramics for 40 years including having her own studio in Colorado, before that she worked in oils and acrylics. Joan has shown in juried art fairs in Chicago and Kansas City, MO.
Heidi Wetzel	http://w ww.frida ymo rnin garti sts.o rg/b aske tscul ptur es Heidi's baskets are traditional as well as sculptured and contemporary. In addition to fine wicker basketry she weaves many materials that she finds in nature into her baskets.
Anne "Newby" Williams	http://w ww.stmi chae lsartl eagu e.or g/ne wby After raising four children and teaching, Newby moved from Kensington to the shore and returned to painting. She enjoys painting the special light, water, clouds and beauty of the area. She has been juried into many shows, including the international Arts for the Parks Competition and won many shows. Her paintings are in the NIH permanent collection, in corporate offices and in private collections from Palm Beach to coastal Maine.
Joyce Zeigler	http ://w ww .zei gler fine art.co m M. Joyce Zeigler likes to paint waterfowl and land birds, flower gardens, country scenes and other views of nature as observed all her life on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Her farm background gives a deep and abiding love of all things of the earth – farm buildings and animals, flowers, a freshly plowed field, the scurry of clouds across the sky – all of these things enter into her paintings. She paints on location as often as possible.