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Wall Guide

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Wall 1Entrywaypieces 1 to 1

  1. 1

    Hold Still, Janet

    $1,500

    Deborah Lash →

    66” x 26" x 43"

Wall 2Front parlor, window wallpieces 2 to 4

  1. 2

    Guanyin America

    $15,000

    Ava Bagley →

    48x60

  2. 3

    Taking Up Space

    $600

    Sheila Dee Godlock →

    27" x 22.5" x 15"

    On the desk in front of the mirror.

  3. 4

    When She Realized She Was Beautiful, She Started Dancing

    $600

    Sheila Dee Godlock →

    27" x 16" x 10"

    On the round table. Numbered once here.

Wall 3Front parlor, by the pink armchairpieces 5 to 11

  1. 5

    The Main Character

    $1,200

    Sarah Jamison →

    Acrylic and acryla gouache on birch panel, 12 x 12 x 1.5, 2026

  2. 6

    Nat. Geo.: Bio Station

    $900

    Kelly Posey →

    18" in diameter, 1inch in width

  3. 7

    The Vegetarian

    Not for sale

    Rachel Wallach →

    12x12

  4. 8

    Aging Gracefully

    Not for sale

    Catherine Douglas Moran and T. E. Gross →

    17.25" (long) x 1.75" (wide) X 21.25" (high)

  5. 9

    Medlar

    $750

    Kate Fleming →

    13 x 16 x 1

  6. 10

    Bunny

    Not for sale

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Colored pencil, alcohol ink, watercolor and liquid watercolor on paper adhered to panel, 12 x 12

  7. 11

    Stump Study

    $300 framed

    Lindsay Mueller →

    6 x 8 inches unframed, 11 x 14 framed

Wall 4Beside the dining room doorpieces 12 to 16

  1. 12

    Noodles of Hope

    $300

    Nil Navaie →

    10 x10 inch (as is ready for install)

  2. 13

    Afternoon at the Botanical Garden

    Not for sale

    Lourdes Lopez-Isa →

    12x16x1.25

  3. 14

    Mount Vernon Portico

    Not for sale

    Lourdes Lopez-Isa →

    12x16x1.25

  4. 15

    I Have a Dream (National Cathedral)

    Not for sale

    Lourdes Lopez-Isa →

    12x16x1.25

  5. 16

    Community

    $100

    Katie Hunter →

    24 in x 24 in

Wall 5Front parlor, by the tall clockpieces 17 to 26

  1. 17

    That Fire Kind

    $800

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Liquid watercolor and colored pencil on paper adhered to panel, 12 x 12

  2. 18

    Possibilities

    Not for sale

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Colored pencil on paper, 8 x 10

  3. 19

    Manifested Abundance

    Not for sale

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Colored pencil on paper, 8 x 10

  4. 20

    Don't Stop

    $600

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Liquid watercolor and colored pencil on paper adhered to panel, 12 x 12

  5. 21

    Girls

    $280

    Ania Siniuk →

    Digital art print, 18 x 24

  6. 22

    Woman of Color

    $200

    Brenda D Chandler →

    20x30

  7. 23

    Future Love

    $150

    Brenda D Chandler →

    16x20

  8. 24

    The Three Graces

    $3,500

    Sarah Jamison →

    Acrylic, colored pencil, ink, and acryla gouache on birch panel, 20 x 20 x 1.5, 2025

  9. 25

    Bloom

    $600

    Sheila Dee Godlock →

    22" x 13" x 8.5"

    On the mantel, left side.

  10. 26

    Peril at the Dream House

    Prints $65

    Marianne Alberti →

    Approx 15 x 18. Original not for sale; limited edition of 25 prints, 8 x 10, $65 each

Wall 6Parlor doorway and the stair railpieces 27 to 45

  1. 27

    Moo

    $100

    Maggie Morris →

    8 x 12 (print)

  2. 28

    Chromatic hybrid #33

    $200

    Martha Holmes →

    10.7 x 10.7 x 2.5

  3. 29

    Chromatic hybrid #18

    $200

    Martha Holmes →

    10.7 x 10.7 x 2.5

  4. 30

    Chromatic hybrid #24

    $200

    Martha Holmes →

    10.7 x 10.7 x 2.5

  5. 31

    Lubber Run II

    $450 framed

    Lindsay Mueller →

    14 x 9 inches, 15 x 10 framed

  6. 32

    What Remains

    $1,700

    Katty Huertas →

    20 inch tondo

  7. 33

    Tomato Can #2

    $650

    Sarah Muse →

    10.5” x 13.5” x 1.5”

  8. 34

    outsideofmybody

    $800

    Jen Saavedra →

    8 x 8 x 1

  9. 35

    Jeannette II

    $1,500

    Juliana Vallejo →

    16.5"x14.5"x0.5"

  10. 36

    I still dream in red

    $130

    Deborah Lash →

    20" x 16" x 1.75"

  11. 37

    Velvet and Pearl 2

    $2,145

    Tejasi Thatte →

    17.5 x 13 x 2

  12. 38

    Tomato Can #1

    $650

    Sarah Muse →

    10.5” x 13.5” x 1.5”

  13. 39

    igottabecareful

    $800

    Jen Saavedra →

    8 x 8 x 1

  14. 40

    Jeannette IV

    $1,500

    Juliana Vallejo →

    16"x16"x0.5"

  15. 41

    tillthedaythatidie

    $800

    Jen Saavedra →

    8 x 8 x 1

  16. 42

    Noodles of Royal Vitality

    $300

    Nil Navaie →

    10 x 10 inch (as is ready for install)

  17. 43

    Umay

    $350

    Nil Navaie →

    10 x 10 inch (as is ready for install)

  18. 44

    Tomato Cans

    $700

    Sarah Muse →

    10.5” x 13.5” x 1.5”

  19. 45

    untitled

    $450

    Amanda Buckley →

    12" x 16" x 11/16"

Wall 7Dining roompieces 46 to 47

  1. 46

    Untitled

    $1,750

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    Mixed media on wood, 24 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 1/2, 2026

  2. 47

    Wake Up

    $875

    Erin Friedman →

    15" x 15", framed in natural wood

Wall 8Stair columnpieces 48 to 49

  1. 48

    Antoinette

    $6,000

    Tejasi Thatte →

    38 x 26 x 2

  2. 49

    Psychedelic Zooplankton #2

    $1,200

    Kelly Posey →

    24" in diameter, 1" in width

Wall 9Big gallery wallpieces 50 to 82

  1. 50

    592

    $1,800

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    Closed: 26 1/4 x 16 x 1 in.; Opened: 26 1/4 x 32 1/8 x 1/2 in.

    The two hinged arch panels are one piece, shown opened.

  2. 51

    Girl with Puffs

    $150

    Brenda D Chandler →

    16x16

  3. 52

    Hair Full Of Secrets

    $600

    AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez →

    24"x20"x1.5", finished edges

  4. 53

    Arcs of Absence No.1

    $1,200

    Courtney Applequist →

    2025

  5. 54

    Nat. Geo.- Solar Mothership

    $1,200

    Kelly Posey →

    24" in diameter, 1" in width

  6. 55

    Ouch!

    $4,500

    Katty Huertas →

    41 x 31 x 2 framed

  7. 56

    Stretch (Self-Portrait)

    $1,400

    Deborah Lash →

    50” x 32.25” x 2.25”

  8. 57

    Arcs of Absence No.2

    $1,200

    Courtney Applequist →

    12x12x1

  9. 58

    Through The Thicket

    $268

    Susan Lefler →

    12" x 15"

  10. 59

    Skate Girls of Lisbon

    $100

    Maggie Morris →

    8 x 12 (print)

  11. 60

    Kohl

    $600

    Trisha Gupta →

    8 by 10 by 2

  12. 61

    Eye of Clarice Lispector

    $300

    Marisa Stratton →

    5 x 5 inches

  13. 62

    Sticky Thighs

    $268

    Susan Lefler →

    11 1/4" x 13 3/4"

  14. 63

    Snakes

    $1,100

    Trisha Gupta →

    36 by 32

  15. 64

    The Favourite

    $125

    Michelle Kondrich →

    14 3/4" x 13" x 1"

  16. 65

    untitled

    $400

    Amanda Buckley →

    11" x 14" x 11/16"

  17. 66

    Summer's Closing

    $300 framed

    Lindsay Mueller →

    8 x 6 inches unframed, 14 x 11 framed

  18. 67

    Bertha

    $850

    Tejasi Thatte →

    16 x 13 x 2

  19. 68

    I want to come back as a Flower

    $275

    Carla Chissell →

    13”x16”

  20. 69

    Leaves in Space I (Gold)

    Not for sale

    Naz Locke →

    12 x 18

  21. 70

    I'm You But Stronger

    $3,500

    Sarah Jamison →

    Acrylic and acryla gouache on birch panel, 20 x 20 x 1.5, 2026

  22. 71

    Code Switching

    $200

    Carla Chissell →

    9”x12” stretched canvas

  23. 72

    Self Portrait on FaceTime

    Not for sale

    Marisa Stratton →

    6 x 3 inches

  24. 73

    Lawn Chair on the Deck, Knocked Over

    $500

    Kate Fleming →

    7.25 x 7.5 x 1.25

  25. 74

    Color Fields - Sappanwood

    $400

    Maggie Gourlay →

    12.5" x 12.25" x 0.25"

  26. 75

    Cobra

    $500

    Trisha Gupta →

    15 x 17 inx 2.5

  27. 76

    Say What?

    $450

    AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez →

    24"x12"x1.5", finished edges

  28. 77

    After Schiele, Pregnant Woman, 1910

    $900

    Courtney Applequist →

    15.5x15.5x1, framed

  29. 78

    The Outskirts

    $1,800

    Katty Huertas →

    21 x 17 x 2

  30. 79

    The Inky Sky Enveloped The World and All Was Briefly Well

    $412

    Susan Lefler →

    27" x 21"

  31. 80

    From Death to Birth

    $750

    Aida Darmaah →

    36.5”x24.5”x1.5" framed

  32. 81

    Motherhood

    $100

    Maggie Morris →

    8 x 12 (print)

  33. 82

    Chromatic hybrid #4

    $200

    Martha Holmes →

    10.7 x 10.7 x 2.5

Wall 10Cabinet wallpieces 83 to 100

  1. 83

    I Have the Keys to Paradise but the Door Is Gone

    $450

    Nami Oshiro →

    24 x 18 x 1.5

  2. 84

    Lagniappe 18

    $250

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    14 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 in.

  3. 85

    Nat. Geo.: Psychedelic Zooplankton #1

    $800

    Kelly Posey →

    16" in diameter, 1" in width

  4. 86

    Lagniappe 22

    $275

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    12 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 1/2 in.

  5. 87

    Hollywood 1663

    $475

    Tara Barr →

    16"x12"x1.5"

  6. 88

    Hollywood 1581

    $475

    Tara Barr →

    16"x12"x1.5"

  7. 89

    Girly Pop (1)

    $620

    Alexandra Lemke →

    16 x 12 x 1

  8. 90

    Girly Pop (2)

    $480

    Alexandra Lemke →

    16 x 12 x 1

  9. 91

    Portrait of Dr. Jane Ervin

    Our host, Dr. Jane Ervin →

    Our host. The house's own portrait, not part of the show

  10. 92

    Interference

    $1,800

    Taylor Cuozzo Dronebarger →

    30” x 30” x 2"

  11. 93

    Mountain Mother

    $2,800

    Katty Huertas →

    37 x 25 x 2

  12. 94

    Complusion

    $1,265

    Makeda Smith →

    10X12.5x11 inches

    On top of the cabinet.

  13. 95

    Weighty

    $325

    Tara Barr →

    10"x10"x1.5"

  14. 96

    Lagniappe 16

    $225

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    16 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1/2 in.

  15. 97

    Lagniappe 19

    $200

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    10 1/5 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 in.

    Hung on the cabinet door.

  16. 98

    Lava Lamps

    $325

    Tara Barr →

    10"x10"x1.5"

  17. 99

    Wilhelm Lehmbruck Bust Study

    $300

    Marisa Stratton →

    12 x 9 inches (framed)

  18. 100

    Clair De Lune

    $600

    AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez →

    24"x12"x1.5", finished edges

Wall 11Built-in shelvespieces 101 to 117

  1. 101

    Chromatic hybrid #35

    $200

    Martha Holmes →

    10.7 x 10.7 x 2.5

  2. 102

    Chromatic hybrid #25

    $200

    Martha Holmes →

    10.7 x 10.7 x 2.5

  3. 103

    Chamonix Morning

    $100

    Maggie Morris →

    8 x 12 (print)

  4. 104

    Mont Blanc Miniatures

    $100

    Maggie Morris →

    8 x 12 (print)

  5. 105

    Bains des Pâquis

    $100

    Maggie Morris →

    8 x 12 (print)

  6. 106

    Eternity

    $150

    Kelsi Schaffer →

    8x6

  7. 107

    The Bride

    $150

    Kelsi Schaffer →

    6 x 4.5

  8. 108

    Weird Sisters

    $200

    Kelsi Schaffer →

    10.5 x 8.5

  9. 109

    Lonnie

    $200

    KC Coleman →

    8in x 10in

  10. 110

    Beverly Beach, OR

    $500

    Kate Fleming →

    7 x 8 x 1.25

  11. 111

    Lubec, ME (Telephone Pole)

    $500

    Kate Fleming →

    6.25 x 8 x 1.25

  12. 112

    McCalls Skirts

    $475

    Tara Barr →

    16"x12"x1.5"

  13. 113

    Nat. Geo.: Invasion of the Endangered Species

    $1,200

    Kelly Posey →

    24" in diameter, 1" in width

  14. 114

    Scroll Box

    $600

    Marisa Stratton →

    3 x 5 ½ x 3 inches

  15. 115

    Small Scroll

    Not for sale

    Marisa Stratton →

    9 ¼ x 8 x 9 ¼ inches

  16. 116

    You're buying drinks

    Not for sale

    Marianne Alberti →

    14 x 10 This is in an old clock frame so it has a stand

  17. 117

    Fruit 3

    $7,500

    Milan Warner →

    12"x 8"x 7"

Wall 12Easels by the garden doorspieces 118 to 119

  1. 118

    Lace Dreams

    $3,000

    Sara Diani →

    36”x36” inches

  2. 119

    Cupped

    $3,000

    Sara Diani →

    36 x 36 inches

Wall 13Mantel wallpieces 120 to 133

  1. 120

    37.76508° N, 79.07126° W

    $1,600

    Sarah Bell McLean →

    22 x 40 inches

  2. 121

    Color Fields - Indigo

    $400

    Maggie Gourlay →

    12.5" x 12.25" x 0.25"

  3. 122

    Color Fields - Chestnut

    $400

    Maggie Gourlay →

    12.5" x 12" x 0.25"

  4. 123

    Deep in Conversation

    $800

    Erin Friedman →

    12" x 24" framed in natural wood

  5. 124

    Rock

    $500

    Sarah Bell McLean →

    16 x 20 inches (Framed)

  6. 125

    Daria

    $7,000

    Sarah Jamison →

    Colored pencil on paper adhered to wood panel with silver leaf, 14 x 18 x 1 5/8 in a 3D frame

  7. 126

    Leaves in Space Silver

    Not for sale

    Naz Locke →

    12 x18

  8. 127

    African Glory

    Not for sale

    Carla Chissell →

    12" x 12"

  9. 128

    Fruit 2

    $4,500

    Milan Warner →

    10"x 6"x 6"

    On the mantel.

  10. 129

    After Schiele: Newborn Baby 1910

    $900

    Courtney Applequist →

    14x14x1, frame

  11. 130

    Harmony (in Wood)

    $8,000

    Margery Goldberg →

    16” x 12” x 12”

    On the table.

  12. 131

    Soft Body

    $1,265

    Makeda Smith →

    8X12X15.5 inches

    On the table.

  13. 132

    Attitude,

    $3,500

    Margery Goldberg →

    20” x 12” x 14”

    On the table.

  14. 133

    We’re All in This Together

    $2,800

    Margery Goldberg →

    35” x 19” x 13”

    On the floor, left of the fireplace.

Wall 14Pink sofa wallpieces 134 to 171

  1. 134

    Snow Leopards & Lady's Slipper Orchid'

    $325

    Deb Almond →

    14 x 11 x 1 inches, framed

  2. 135

    Glitch 1

    $570

    Taylor Cuozzo Dronebarger →

    18" x 24" x 2"

  3. 136

    Nat. Geo: Psychedelic Fragmentation

    $800

    Kelly Posey →

    16" in diameter, 1" in width

  4. 137

    Soul Exposed

    Not for sale

    Danielle Benyard →

    24 x 18 x 1.5, finished edges

  5. 138

    Fragile

    Not for sale

    Danielle Benyard →

    20 x 16 x 1.5, finished edges

  6. 139

    Jaguars & Corpse Flower'

    $375

    Deb Almond →

    14 x 11 x 1 inches, framed

  7. 140

    Lagniappe 20

    $275

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    9 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 1/2 in.

  8. 141

    Mosaic Elephant

    $1,500

    Marcia Green →

    24 x 30 inches

  9. 142

    Fresh Air

    $350

    Erin Friedman →

    8" x 8", framed in natural wood

  10. 143

    Lagniappe 21

    $175

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    10 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 1 in.

  11. 144

    A Trip Home

    $700 framed

    Lindsay Mueller →

    14.5 x 13 inches unframed, 17 x 15.5 inches in handmade poplar frame

  12. 145

    I’m Not A Soldier

    $700

    AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez →

    16"x20"x1.5", finished edges

  13. 146

    Lionesses & Venus Flytrap'

    $325

    Deb Almond →

    14 x 11 x 1 inches, framed

  14. 147

    A Breath of Fresh Air

    $600

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Watercolor and colored pencil on paper adhered to panel, 12 x 12

  15. 148

    Good Luck 1-4

    $500 each / $1600 for all 4

    Rachel Wallach →

    12"x18"

    Four panels, one entry: $500 each or $1,600 for all four.

  16. 149

    Lagniappe 17

    $125

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    10 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 in.

  17. 150

    Ancient Pyramids of Sucra

    Not for sale

    Lindsay Gressard →

    11 x 14

  18. 151

    Panthers & Yellow Iris'

    $325

    Deb Almond →

    14 x 11 x 1 inches, framed

  19. 152

    Something In Between

    $2,400

    Taylor Cuozzo Dronebarger →

    40” x 30” x 2"

  20. 153

    On the Other Side

    Sold

    Stephanie Ervin →

    Watercolor and colored pencil on paper adhered to panel, 12 x 12

  21. 154

    Lagniappe 15

    $250

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    18 x 16 1/2 in. x 1/2 in.

    Hidden behind the He She Tree sculpture. Look for it in person.

  22. 155

    Abundance

    $5,000

    Tejasi Thatte →

    38 x 26 x 2

  23. 156

    Unlimited Potential

    $1,200

    Sarah Jamison →

    Acrylic and acryla gouache on birch panel, 12 x 12 x 1.5, 2025

  24. 157

    She Saw the Face of God and It Was Bad

    $200

    Nami Oshiro →

    13 x 16 x 1

  25. 158

    Lagniappe 24

    $200

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    14 x 6 1/2 x 1 in.

  26. 159

    Lagniappe 23

    $200

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    10 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.

  27. 160

    Isaac and Avenue A

    $750

    Madeline A. Stratton →

    12 x 12 x 1 in.

  28. 161

    He She Tree,

    $12,500

    Margery Goldberg →

    58” x 26” x 14”

    The wood sculpture standing at the left of the wall.

  29. 162

    Greta

    $175

    Michelle Kondrich →

    17 3/4" x 17 3/4" x 1"

  30. 163

    Threshold State

    $450

    Mathilde Grant →

    Photograph, 12 x 12

  31. 164

    "Now Don't Go Feeling Sorry for Yourself"

    $250

    Nami Oshiro →

    16 x 12 x 1

  32. 165

    The Hedgehog's Dilemma

    $250

    Nami Oshiro →

    16 x 12 x 1

  33. 166

    Floating On By

    $650

    AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez →

    16"x20"x1.5", finished edges

  34. 167

    Nat. Geo.: Hong Kong Hibiscus

    $800

    Kelly Posey →

    16" in diameter, 1" width

  35. 168

    First Instruction

    $450

    Mathilde Grant →

    Photograph, 12 x 12

  36. 169

    Lady with Fruit

    Not for sale

    Danielle Benyard →

    20 x 16 x 1.5, finished edges

  37. 170

    Calico Cat

    $150

    Diana K. Bulger →

    16 1/2” x 12 1/2”

  38. 171

    Noodles of Eternal Cycle of Life

    $300

    Nil Navaie →

    10 x 10 inch (as is ready for install)

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The artists

Marianne Alberti

Washington DC

Pieces 26, 116

In 2023 I retired after 40 years in the hotel business with a skip in my step and a song in my heart and I never looked back. I know that my soul is an artist. Now I spend my precious time doing things that I love, and making art is one of those. I’m endlessly inspired by the strength, wisdom and empathy of women and girls. Our day is coming.

Deb Almond

Washington, DC · @debalmondart · debalmondart.com

Pieces 134, 139, 146, 151

Deb Almond is a Washington, DC-based artist whose work serves as a visual message of solidarity with women and girls. Her art is a direct extension of her core belief that a woman’s power to choose her own path depends on her education, health, safety, economic security, and freedom to express her true sexuality and gender.

Courtney Applequist

Potomac, MD · @courtneyapplequistart · courtneyapplequist.com

Pieces 53, 57, 77, 129

Courtney Applequist is an interdisciplinary artist based in Potomac, MD. Her work explores a range of media, with a focus on painting and drawing using architecture as a foundational framework and asserting a visualization of movement, time, and the debris as a consequence of it. With a deep interest in the use of portraiture, she is exploring the possibilities that form offers, including ideas of identity, and the relationship of materiality.

Ava Bagley

Silver Spring, MD · avabagleystudios.com

Pieces 2

Ava Elaine Hartwell Bagley began painting in earnest because she had an art teacher who told her “every day, do something great.” Ava’s work is informed by the Impressionists, post-impressionists, modernists, and regionalists, including Manet, Degas, George Bellows, and Andrew Wyeth. She favors bold colors, strong lines, and clear compositions to illustrate themes including queer intimacy and responses to the American political environment. Born in San Diego, California, Ava and her family moved around the country until they settled in Boston in the early 1990s. From 1995 to 2002, Ava studied figure drawing, composition, and acrylic painting under Jim Chisholm at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. She also studied comic book illustration at the Art Institute of Boston and figure drawing from life models at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

Tara Barr

Alexandria, VA · tarabarrart.com

Pieces 87, 88, 95, 98, 112

Tara Barr began pursuing an art career in earnest after spending over a decade working in the technology field. She is an oil painter who creates fun nostalgic pop art inspired by her passion for history, technology, and design. She has had the pleasure of exhibiting consistently all over the DC metropolitan area as well as across the country. Tara maintains a studio at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. As a Torpedo Factory Artist, Tara has a strong interest in engaging the public in the creative process and encouraging everyone to dedicate time to creative pursuits. Tara is an active member of local arts organizations and holds a B.A. in Art History from George Mason University. www.tarabarrart.com, @tarabarr.art

Danielle Benyard

Washington DC

Pieces 137, 138, 169

Danielle B is a Washington DC resident and Mural artist. Her work can be seen throughout the city. She has a passion for bringing people together. Especially through the shared emotion in art. Reaching, as we all are, for a connectivity beyond the language barriers of words.

Amanda Buckley

Washington, DC · amandabuckley.com

Pieces 45, 65

Amanda Buckley creates oil paintings inspired by natures living presence. She is from Washington, DC where she currently lives and works. She has shown her work in group shows in galleries in New York City, and the Washington, DC area.

Diana K. Bulger

Washington, DC · @Dianabulger

Pieces 170

I live in Washington and paint watercolors. I have had five exhibitions and also do custom paintings of pets and boating scenes .

Brenda D Chandler

Washington, DC · brenda-chandler.pixels.com/art

Pieces 22, 23, 51

Brenda Chandler was born in Bronx, N.Y. Went to St.Augustine Catholic School where the nuns took us to great field trips such as Lincoln Center and The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. I Studied Commercial Photography at Grace Dodge Vocational High School I Became fascinated with The Smithsonian Museums and became a intern at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum in my mid 50's while attending The University of the District of Columbia where I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art with the concentration in Graphic Design.

Carla Chissell

Washington, DC · @Carlita_zing

Pieces 68, 71, 127

Carla Chissell is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Washington, DC. She creates artwork, mostly portraits and figures in either in a bright colorful palette or a mix of black and white with a touch of metallics. She is particularly drawn to creating portraits that celebrate the African diaspora. She is inspired by the people that she has met in her community and during her 30-year career working internationally and is passionate about increasing the representation of black people in art.

KC Coleman

Washington DC · @hows.kc.doin

Pieces 109

I use the natural flow of watercolors to express the organic curves of the female form.

Aida Darmaah

Takoma, MD · aidaebrahimi.com/project/calligraforms

Pieces 80

I am an interdisciplinary artist and art educator. My creative process involves experimenting with art forms of photography, illustration, painting, ceramics, sculpture, and calligraphy. Photography was my entry into artistic expression. The goal in those early days was to archive the details of my transformation as a teenager as well as my family’s new life in America. Photography became the means to collect our memories as arrivals in a new country. My work later evolved to showcase the nexus of my sexual traumas, immigrant traumas, existentialism, geopolitics, and gender politics through the lens of distorted language. One of the harsh realities of immigration was, and continues to be, the loss of my native Farsi and not quite articulating myself in English. I navigate this disillusionment through visual mediums. Early works experimented with various configurations of Persian letters and calligraphy through handmade stencils and watercolor to create prints I refer to as “calligraforms.” These forms are visual vocabulary representing gestures, feelings, and states of being that I can’t quite put into words in any of my spoken languages. I expanded my practice using acrylic on canvas to create landscapes where the calligraforms interact, move, and narrate scenes. In the last 7 years I found my voice by reworking traditional calligraphy into abstract figurative calligaforms to accurately reflect my thoughts and feelings, which I hope to continue in painting, and use in other mediums like ceramics and sculpture.

Sara Diani

Centreville, Virginia · Saradianiart.com

Pieces 118, 119

Sara Diani is an Afghan-American artist based in Northern Virginia whose work explores intimacy, femininity, and the emotional architecture of attachment. Through cropped figurative compositions, saturated color, and soft abstraction, she examines the body as a site of vulnerability, desire, and memory. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Washington, DC region and beyond.

Taylor Cuozzo Dronebarger

Washington DC · @tcd.art · taylorcuozzodronebarger.com

Pieces 92, 135, 152

My work explores what it means to encounter the natural world through layers of mediation. Increasingly, we experience landscapes on screens, compressed, filtered, and algorithmically shaped, long before or even instead of meeting them in person. In my paintings, I fragment and “glitch” atmospheric scenes to reflect this shift.

Stephanie Ervin

wandercolor.studio

Pieces 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 147, 153

Stephanie Ervin is a Washington, DC artist working in watercolor and colored pencil. Her work celebrates abundant femininity, superimposing female figures onto richly detailed landscapes in lush, maximalist color. Through Wander Color Studio she paints live at weddings, hotels, and restaurants. She is a co-founder of The Consortium, the women-led collective presenting Girlism.

Kate Fleming

Arlington, VA · kateflemingpaintings.com

Pieces 9, 73, 110, 111

Kate Fleming is a painter and printmaker based in Arlington, VA. Her work focuses on the everyday, often documenting suburban American landscapes through comprehensive survey-type projects. Kate is a resident artist at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington and she manages the printmaking studio at The Studios at Arlington Arts.

Erin Friedman

Bethesda, Maryland · @erinfriedmanart · erinfriedmanart.com

Pieces 47, 123, 142

Erin Friedman is an abstract artist based in Bethesda, Maryland, whose intuitive practice is rooted in emotion, process, and lived experience. Through layered paintings created with poured acrylics, oil sticks, and raw canvas, she builds richly textured surfaces that evolve through constant revision and discovery. Her work invites viewers to bring their own memories and emotions to each piece, and is held in private collections while being exhibited nationally and internationally.

Sheila Dee Godlock

Fairfax, VA · sheilagodlock.com

Pieces 3, 4, 25

My name is Sheila Godlock and I am a full time Mixed Media Sculptor currently working and living in Fairfax, Virginia. When I discovered sculpture in November 1999, I discovered my life’s work and passion. It was as though a light bulb ignited my entire life and I began living with purpose and meaning. I took my first sculpture class at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA in January 2000 and primarily studied under Chuck Johnson. Mr. Johnson not only taught me human anatomy but also emphasized the importance of expressing emotion sculpturally. I’ve also studied anatomy and sculpture techniques under Patrick Birge at Reunion Studios in Washington, DC. I started primarily working with paper clay in April 2016; this medium allowed me the flexibility of working with various materials to create and design sculpture pieces that are whimsical and fun. I currently rent studio space at Workhouse Arts Center, Studio 510B, Lorton, VA

Margery Goldberg

Washington, DC · @zenithgallerydc · @margeryegoldberg · zenithgallery.com/artists/margery-goldberg

Pieces 130, 132, 133, 161

For over 50 years my obsession for wood has not waned. I think of trees as our ancestors and family. I have created over 600 works of art and sculptured furniture and have showed Nationwide and have sold piece all over the world. There's been dozens of videos done about me and hundreds of articles. I refer to myself as a lady with a chain saw! It's very hard to sum uo a 55 year carreer in a few sentances.

Maggie Gourlay

Rockville · maggiegourlay.com

Pieces 74, 121, 122

Maggie Gourlay is a fiber artist, printmaker and papermaker working with natural pigments and dyes, Her work reflects a reconnection with nature and its ephemerality. Gourlay's recent exhibits include Paper as Politic at GMU Exhibits Fairfax, and the Biennial Maryland at UMUC. Gourlay received an MFA from Towson University and is represented by Adah Rose Gallery.

Mathilde Grant

Washington DC · m3th1ld3.art

Pieces 163, 168

Mathilde Grant (M3th1ld3) is a Washington, DC–based digital artist whose work explores memory, time, transformation, and the systems we use to make meaning. Drawing on photography, generative processes, symbolism, and art history, she creates contemporary "temporal artifacts" that move between the physical and digital. Her work has been exhibited in Washington, DC, and New York.

Marcia Green

Washington, DC · fineartamerica.com/profiles/marcia-green

Pieces 141

Marcia Green is a third-generation Washingtonian who attended DC public schools. Her interest in art was nurtured through various art classes she took during grade school years. Later, she attended UDC, majoring in fine arts, where she earned her BA degree. Currently, her focus is on creating art in ways that highlight and preserve nature.

Lindsay Gressard

Washington, DC · @el.a.gee

Pieces 150

Lindsay Gee is a DC-based artist and emerging large-scale muralist whose studio practice takes a much smaller view, using the meticulous precision of colored pencil to zoom in on the twists and turns of an imagined inner world. Rendered in bright, candied color and shot through with surreal detail, her imagery is at once joyful and foreboding. A childhood obsession with candy surfaces throughout, drawing an eerie line between sweet nostalgia and the more insatiable hungers of consumption that follow us into adult life.

Catherine Douglas Moran and T. E. Gross

Washington, D.C. · @designsbycdm

Pieces 8

A mother-daughter artistic duo using the family tradition of embroidery for thought provoking art. Designs by T.E. Gross and hand embroidery by her daughter, Catherine.

Trisha Gupta

Silver Spring MD · trishaart.com

Pieces 60, 63, 75

Trisha Gupta is a contemporary artist, community activist, and educator. Her Indian-American heritage heavily influences her work, and she explores themes of mental health and immigration. Trisha's dedication to preserving traditional folk art and fine Indian printmaking is a cornerstone of her practice. After being trained in the Western tradition of woodblock printing, she returned to Ahmedabad to delve into the art of Indian Woodblock carving. She has since made it a part of her practice to teach Asian printmaking processes like Indian woodblock printing and viscosity, sharing her expertise with institutions such as the Smithsonian, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and Pyramid Atlantic.

Martha Holmes

Annapolis, MD · @quarkonia

Pieces 28, 29, 30, 82, 101, 102

Martha Holmes is a biomedical scientist and artist living in Annapolis. She uses watercolor paints, with pen and pencil. Her paintings employ color and patterns to explore internal themes, such as anxiety, depression and shame, as well as external issues such as aging, environmental loss and degradation, technology and culture.

Katty Huertas

Washington, DC · kattyhuertas.com

Pieces 32, 55, 78, 93

Katty Huertas is a multidisciplinary artist born in Bogota, Colombia and based in Washington, D.C. Influenced by magical realism, Colombian folktales, and the relationship between the natural and the man-made world, Huertas creates surrealist figurative work that deals with immigration, identity and environmental justice. Her work has been exhibited in galleries across multiple cities, including New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Austin, and Bogotá, Colombia. Through her practice, she has also participated in public art installations. In 2023, Huertas completed a mural in Washington, D.C., as part of NoMa in Color. Her latest public art installation, incorporating projection and animation, is currently on view at the K Street underpass in Washington, D.C.

Katie Hunter

Washington, DC

Pieces 16

Katie Hunter is a multidisciplinary artist using a variety of materials and styles. Katie focuses on still lives and inspiration from her community greatly inform her art.

Sarah Jamison

@sarahjanejamison · sarah-jamison.com

Pieces 5, 24, 70, 125, 156

Sarah Jamison is a fine artist based in Washington, DC. Her drawings, paintings, and mixed media work reflect, confront, and dignify the female and mortal experience, using her own photography as reference. She received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art + Design and has had solo exhibitions at IA&A at Hillyer, Latela Curatorial, and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. She teaches at Washington Studio School and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and is a co-founder of The Consortium.

Michelle Kondrich

University Park, MD · michellekondrich.com

Pieces 64, 162

Michelle Kondrich is a an award winning Illustrator and Art Direction living in the Washington, DC area. She specializes in editorial illustration that gives a narrative feel to even the most conceptual ideas.

Deborah Lash

Washington, DC · deborahlash.com/artwork

Pieces 1, 36, 56

I combine photography and textiles in my work to explore ideas around memory and family history, and I often bind my work with safety pins. I am drawn to the storytelling nature of portrait photography, the historical legacy of various fabrics, and the flexibility of safety pins, able to accommodate any change. I work in these three mediums to interpret the ever-changing nature of our internal narratives.

Susan Lefler

Alexandria, VA · @susan_lefler_studios · susanleflerstudios.com

Pieces 58, 62, 79

Susan Lefler is an artist and printmaker living in Alexandria, VA. Her work comes from a practice of slow, careful observation, finding inspiration in everything from natural textures to everyday functional design. Susan’s prints highlight the simple, often-overlooked design in the spaces and objects we live with every day.

Alexandra Lemke

Washington DC · @xandlemke

Pieces 89, 90

Lemke is an Artist and Landscape Architect from the DMV. She is inspired by the world around her - both built and natural. She works primarily in collage, colored pencil drawing, and sculpture with recycled or found materials.

Naz Locke

Washington, DC · @thedistrictdoodler

Pieces 69, 126

Naz Locke is a self-taught mixed-media artist based in Washington, DC. Drawing inspiration from local nature, urban architecture, and her background in photography, she explores tonal value, color, and texture through daily practice. Naz began her artistic journey in 2021 as a creative outlet during the pandemic. Since then, she has expanded her technical skills through her studies at the Washington Studio School while continuing to develop a distinctive artistic style. She now dedicates her free time to creating, experimenting, and sharing her work with the local community.

Lourdes Lopez-Isa

Potomac, MD · @sketchesbylourdes

Pieces 13, 14, 15

Lourdes Lopez-Isa is a self-taught watercolor artist and urban sketcher based in the Washington, DC area. After thirty years practicing corporate law, she turned to art full time in 2026. She sketches around the world and with the Urban Sketchers DC chapter and teaches classes and workshops where her main goal is to introduce people to the joy of art and help give beginners the confidence and skills to start sketching. Her favorite subject is the natural and architectural beauty of Washington, DC.

Sarah Bell McLean

Washington, DC · sarahbellfineart.wixsite.com/my-site-1

Pieces 120, 124

Sarah Bell McLean creates large-scale landscapes using thousands of small black-and-white oil paint marks. From a distance, Sarah’s paintings may appear abstract, but as the marks interact, they gradually become recognizable forms. Through a physical process of methodical labor and careful observation, each work translates an encounter with the landscape, serving as an immersive record of time and attention. Up close, the paintings reveal a record of the artist's hand; from afar, they evoke the expansiveness of the sublime, transforming the concentration of momentary observation into a monumental experience.

Maggie Morris

Washington, DC · @themaggiemorris

Pieces 27, 59, 81, 103, 104, 105

Maggie creates photos that feel familiar even when you weren't there, backed by a decidedly human-first approach. As primarily a wedding photographer, the idea that "relationships make you rich" is at the core of her philosophy; it informs how she operates behind the camera during heartfelt ceremonies, boisterous dance floors, and every little moment in between. She's DC-based but quite literally always running around.

Lindsay Mueller

Arlington VA · @lindsaymuellerart · lindsaymuellerart.com

Pieces 11, 31, 66, 144

Lindsay Mueller is an artist fascinated by the layered relationships humans have with outdoor spaces, especially those shaped by American tendencies to romanticize nature. She creates paintings inspired by local fragments of landscape, often incorporating sculptural elements in her process. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, she now lives and works in Arlington, Virginia. Mueller holds a BFA in Painting and a BA in Psychology from Boston University and an MFA in Visual Arts from American University.

Sarah Muse

Takoma Park, Maryland · @Smuse_Creative · smusecreative.com

Pieces 33, 38, 44

Sarah Muse (aka Smuse) is a Washington, D.C.–based artist and designer whose work is rooted in a lifelong love of painting, illustration, and visual storytelling. With a background in studio art and more than a decade of experience across arts organizations and corporate brand creative teams, she brings a strong sense of color, composition, and narrative to her fine art practice. Her work celebrates the character of everyday places and objects through vibrant color, expressive mark-making, and a playful sense of nostalgia.

Nil Navaie

North Bethesda, MD · art4development.net/artspacebynil

Pieces 12, 42, 43, 171

Nil Navaie is a creative ecosystem strategist, curator, One Health communications practitioner, and mixed-media artist, and founder of Arts for Global Development, based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Her transdisciplinary practice explores how arts, culture, creativity, behavioral science, and communication can catalyze human and ecological development and meaningful social change. An internationally active strategist and author, Nil brings more than 20 years of experience developing purpose-led, human-centered initiatives across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

Nami Oshiro

Falls Church, VA · namioshiro.com

Pieces 83, 157, 164, 165

Nami Oshiro is an Okinawan-American artist who was born in California, raised in Florida, and currently lives and works in the DC-Metro area. Oshiro makes drawings and paintings around feelings of disconnection as part of the Okinawan diaspora, augmented by having been raised in an American doomsday cult. Her work has been described by viewers as "bizarre," "unsettling," and "very upsetting to my friend Daniel."

Kelly Posey

Silver Spring, MD · kellyposeyart.com

Pieces 6, 49, 54, 85, 113, 136, 167

Kelly Posey offers a personal reflection on the world, drawing from the source materials of National Geographics magazines from the 60's to the last publications in 2024. Her recent body of work attempts to create a journey to re-contextualize the visual and cultural information contained within its pages.She combines the experimental quality of encaustic painting and circular arrangements to generate experiences of adventure.Through the deliberate juxtaposition of these disparate visuals, Posey aims to forge new narratives, meanings, and perspectives, inviting viewers to reconsider established understandings of our planet.

Jen Saavedra

Washington, DC · jensaavedra.com/jen-saavedra-art-works

Pieces 34, 39, 41

I am continuously creating and exhibiting figurative works based in photographic, installation, and mixed media work that explores the subliminal alignment of Discovery, Fear, and Love through identity in the reality of women who cross ethnicities sexual identity and economic backgrounds. I produce works that create a connection between the viewer and the viewed by mirroring moments of all types of women in their most comfortable spaces. This ongoing body of work is an intimate conversation of the relationship between two women as life partners as they navigate elements of sexual identity, age, space, technology and time. I document my partner’s everyday challenges of her POTS, and EDS medical conditions while discovering her full identity of coming out as a lesbian to family and friends in her late 30’s. I also document myself as a hispanic lesbian who has been through coming out as a lesbian in my mid 20’s, what it means to be so in the evolving acceptance/rejection of this identity in current culture, the trials of dealing with navigating medical insurance, rising costs, being a caregiver and the relationship of both of us reflected in each other through photography, projection and light panel installations.

AnaYelsi Velasco Sanchez

Washington DC · @brwneyedamzn · avsgallery.com

Pieces 52, 76, 100, 145, 166

AnaYelsi Velasco Sánchez is a Venezuelan-born contemporary abstract and figurative artist based in Washington, D.C. Working primarily in acrylic, her work moves between vibrant portraits, symbolic figures, and intuitive abstraction, using bold color, layered paint, texture, and mark-making. Her work explores justice, liberation, mental health, and identity, with color and experimentation serving as forms of resistance, healing, and reflection.

Kelsi Schaffer

Frederick MD · @kelsi.schaffer

Pieces 106, 107, 108

Kelsi is a mixed media artist based in Maryland. This series of collage portraits is inspired by roman statue iconography as a play on tarot archetypal characters.

Ania Siniuk

Greenbelt,MD · @ania_sini · aniasiniuk.com

Pieces 21

Ania Siniuk is an illustrator and designer based in the DMV who loves capturing people and moments that radiate strength, confidence, and authenticity. Her work is defined by vibrant color palettes, bold patterns, and graphic, expressive figures that celebrate individuality and empowerment.​Through her work, she aims to inspire others to see the power within themselves and the world around them.

Makeda Smith

Washington, DC · @sioceramics

Pieces 94, 131

Makeda Smith is a ceramic artist whose sculptural practice explores abstraction through material experimentation. Working intuitively with clay, she creates forms that balance structure and spontaneity, inviting viewers to engage with texture, movement, and the expressive possibilities of the medium.

Madeline A. Stratton

Washington, DC · @madeline.a.stratton · madelineastratton.com

Pieces 46, 50, 84, 86, 96, 97, 140, 143, 149, 154, 158, 159, 160

Madeline A. Stratton (b. 1987) a multidisciplinary artist and educator originally from Memphis, TN, currently living and working in Washington, DC. In 2018, she completed her Multidisciplinary MFA in the Mount Royal School of Art at Maryland Institute College of Art. She holds an MA in History of Art and the Art Market from Christie’s Education and a BA in Studio Art and History of Art from Vanderbilt University. She has exhibited in group exhibitions throughout the United States including the Kreeger Museum, as well as solo exhibitions in Washington, DC.

Marisa Stratton

Washington, DC · @marisareads · marisastratton.com

Pieces 61, 72, 99, 114, 115

Marisa Stratton is a painter whose work explores contemporary portraiture in the context of screens. Marisa holds a BFA in Communication Arts with a minor in Painting + Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has shown in multiple group exhibitions including Virginia MoCA, (Virginia Beach, VA), Hamiltonian Artists (DC) and the Delaware Contemporary (Wilmington, DE). Stratton has been featured in New American Paintings and currently teaches painting at Georgetown University.

Tejasi Thatte

University Park, MD · @tejancy

Pieces 37, 48, 67, 155

Tejasi Thatte is an artist based in the DC area that specializes in figurative drawing and painting. She likes to express on the canvas what lies beneath the figure.

Juliana Vallejo

Front Royal, VA · julianarte.wixsite.com/arte

Pieces 35, 40

Juliana is a Colombian artist living and working in the Shenandoah valley. She receive a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Mary Washington. As part of her practice she has completed artist residencies in Italy, Mexico, and the United States, and her work has been exhibited in both North America and Europe.

Rachel Wallach

Washington DC · @rachelwallach

Pieces 7, 148

Rachel Wallach (@rachelwallach) works in a kaleidoscope of media. She sculpts vibrant fantasy creatures out of felt and rhinestones that leap from wall mounts or hang from ceilings, usually glowing in the dark. In collaboration with her husband (Mike O’Brien, @redtablepress) Rachel has recently taken up screen-printing. Together, they print Rachel’s bold folk-art inspired designs on wood panels and paper.

Milan Warner

Washington · @milan.warner

Pieces 117, 128

Milan Warner (b.1998) is a multimedia artist based in DC, primarily working in sculpture and installation. Drawing deeply from her formative years, Warner’s work explores the interplay between memory and personal identity. She is currently a long-term resident at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Arlington, where she is continuing to develop an expansive and materially rigorous body of work.

Our host

Dr. Jane Ervin combined the two Tudor-style houses where Girlism is hosted today to have more space to entertain and bring people together from all over Washington, DC. As an author and educator, she felt that connection and interaction was critical to building bridges between people from all walks of life, including the full political spectrum. A strong advocate for women’s rights and women’s issues since the 1950s, she enjoyed celebrating achievement in art, medicine, law, music, reading, and authorship.

Having passed away in 2019, Girlism is held in Dr. Ervin’s home, hosted by her in spirit, with the blessing of both her husband and son, who felt that she would have been delighted to host a celebration of women and artistic expression. Her portrait hangs in the gold frame on the cabinet wall.