Still life painting

Still life painting
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As 2009 begins in an uncertain economic climate, local museums and galleries are launching a variety of initiatives - from 200th birthday tributes for Edgar Allan Poe to a Bible story told with comic-strip art and custom oil painting - to draw visitors in the.
new year.One reason for the diversity of offerings is the mix of groups and organizations that present art in and around Baltimore. They include everything from commercial galleries to nonprofit venues to full-fledged museums supported with public and private funds.One commercial gallery and Drawing from nature owner moved his business this month from the suburbs to Fells Point in an effort to attract more of the tourists visiting the area to know how to start Still life painting"I've already sold four Amy Lamb photographs ... and I haven't even officially opened yet, so that's a good omen," Steven Scott, owner of Steven Scott Gallery (original oil paintings), said before opening his relocated gallery last week in the former Fells Point Visitor Center at 808S. Ann St.Related links Mix of groups present art around Baltimore Photos Arts calendar Scott ran a gallery on North Charles Street from 1988 to 2002, when he moved to Owings Mills. oil painting history among the artists he represents are Robert Andriulli, Helen Glazer and Annie Leibovitz. Scott said he's looking forward to being back in the city and getting more visits from people strolling along Baltimore's waterfront."My artists were thrilled because it's a more tourist-friendly area," he said. "More people will be coming through. And it's a gorgeous, soaring space." At the other end of the spectrum is Creative Alliance (creativealliance.org), oil painting for sale a nonprofit art center in the converted Patterson movie theater at 3134 Eastern Ave. One show opening there this weekend features the work of resident artist Megan Hildebrandt, a Michigan-born painter who spent much of last year roaming the streets of Highlandtown, offering to clean people's front steps as a way to keep alive a fading Baltimore tradition.
Dressed in 1940s-era washer-woman garb and carrying cans of Bon Ami cleanser, Hand painted oil paintings Hildebrandt, 24, knocked on doors to ask if residents wanted their steps washed. The resulting exhibit, The Rumors Are True: Megan Hildebrandt & Christine Sajecki, includes a video and photos of Hildebrandt's cleaning adventures, paintings by Hildebrandt that depict some of East Baltimore's early personalities, and paintings by resident artist Sajecki. oil painting supplier the show opens with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and runs through Feb. 21. About 6 p.m. Saturday, Hildebrandt will give a talk about her step-scrubbing adventures and other observations about Highlandtown and its history.