Members
Sandra Alanko
http://stmichaelsartleague.org/alanko
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
http://stmichaelsartleague.org/aldrich
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. She 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
http://www.fridaymorningartists.org/ann
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://www.yellowbarnstudio.com
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.
Pamela Bishop
http://www.followthemagic.com
Gwen Cameron
http://www.photoartbygwen.com
Gwen Cameron 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.  
Will Cook
willcookstudio.com
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 land-
scapes and water scenes of the Eastern Shore. Will is a member of the
St. Michaels Art League and the Working Artists Forum.
Madeline Eli
http://meli-art.atspace.com/
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."
Achilles Fellows
http://www.fridaymorningartists.org/fellows
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://stmichaelsartleague.org/grimes
Mary W. Grimes likes to paint aspects of her life she has enjoyed most, namely
people, horses and boats, not necessarily in that order.
Bob Horvath
http://www.longlanestudios.com/
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://www.longlanestudios.com/
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.
Sharon Mills
http://sharonmillspaints.vpweb.com
Sharon's painting expresses her love of the Eastern Shore scenery or her travel
experience to the Caribbean, whether it be in oil or watercolor. She also enjoys
painting portraits of people working or playing, an eclectic still
life or . . . basically anything.
Deborah Scales
http://www.deborahscales.com/
Deborah's childhood fantasy to paint in Tahiti became a reality in 1982
when she embarked on an artist's journey to the South Pacific.  She remained
there, based in the Fiji Islands for 25 years as a career artist and art educator
building an impressive portfolio of paintings exclusive to the Polynesian and
Melenesian island cultures and collected internationally.   Returning to her native
Baltimore in 2006, she now resides full time in Saint Michaels MD, where she
paints about the local Chesapeake lifestyle and landscape.
Doug Sefton
http://www.fridaymorningartists.org/sefton
Doug concentrates on landscapes of the Eastern Shore - farms, marshes and
traditional watercraft - that are disappearing as development advances.
Valerie Sunderland
http://stmichaelsartleague.org/sunderland
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://www.fridaymorningartists.org/titus
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://www.fridaymorningartists.org/basketsculptures
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://stmichaelsartleague.org/newby
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://www.zeiglerfineart.com
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.
The St. Michaels Art League has over 185 members.  Although members range in experience from
beginning painters to seasoned professionals, they all share an avid interest in the visual arts.
Individual members participate in some or all of the League's activities, including attending art
demonstrations at  monthly meetings, taking workshops and classes, painting with other members in
group settings, exhibiting at art shows, and mingling with fellow artists at League-sponsored social
events.

You can find out more about some of our current members and their work by visiting their web sites:
"Flower Pots" by Will Cook
"Maryland's Susan" by Patsy Dautle
"Old Wicker Chair" by Sharon Price