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I am back in my studio and what lovely news to hear: my painting ("Open the Door") sold (before the opening reception) in the 10x10 art show at Shop Made in DC. I am so grateful for your support of my work!  Check out my interview with VoyageBaltimore!  It's lovely to share my experiences running a small art business and I am fortunate to have been featured on CanvasRebel. Take a look! Read the interview here.  So much fun this weekend at Sparkle Mart in Greenbelt, MD, this weekend! You made my packing so much easier. One of the pleasures of an artist is indeed carrying a creation only one way: out into the world!  Stop by "Celebrating Color and Light" at @bender_jcc through late December to enjoy artworks by Montgomery Art Association Members.  A great time was had by all who attended the opening of "It's the Little Things" at Girls Who Paint in Kensington, Md, on December 1. Thanks for coming! I am showing two sculpted paintings shown below. $155 each. Contact me to purchase. The show is on through January 13, 2023.
 Enjoy the December issue of Your RADOST News here.  "A Delighted Heart" series of acrylic ink paintings turned into prints. I have a lovely variety of color combos so let me know what you prefer. $21 each (framed in white to 6x8"; $3 shipping in the US). As always, thank you for your kind support of my work. Enjoy!  I am participating in these Fall/Winter events. Enjoy unique RADOST scarves and fabric necklaces or purchase abstract artworks filled with meaningful messages. I also create heart paintings and greeting cards called "Blooming Hearts." All of my creations make for lovely gifts. You may shop on the website or come to the events listed below. Nov 19 (through Jan 2023): Glen Echo Annual Holiday Art Show & Sale Popcorn Gallery & Stone Tower Gallery, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812 Thursday - Friday: 12-4pm Saturday - Sunday: 12-6pm Nov 25 (through Dec 23): Sandy Spring Museum Holiday Gift Show 17901 Bentley Rd, Sandy Spring, MD 20860 Mondays & Fridays: 10am-4pm Wednesdays: 10am-8pm Sundays: 11am-4pm  PAST EVENTS:
Sept 10: Makers Market (Chevy Chase, MD) Sept 24: Art All Night (Tenleytown, DC) Oct 22-23: Ch/Art Art Walk (Chevy Chase, MD) Nov 1-3: Margaret McNamara Education Grants Fair (Washington, DC) Nov 6: Burning Tree Holiday Market (Bethesda, MD) Nov 10-12: Strathmore Holiday Market (Rockville, MD) Nov 18/19: Washington Waldorf School Fall Bazaar (Bethesda, MD) Nov 20: Temple Sinai Market (Washington, DC) Nov 26: Small Business Saturday Nov 27: Artists Sunday Nov 28: Cyber Monday Dec 3-4: Festival of Lights Juried Art and Craft Fair (Greenbelt, MD) Past Exhibitions
In-person: "Peaceful Places" Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC Aug 2022-Jan 2023 In-person: "It's the Little Things" Girls Who Paint, Kensington, MD Dec 2022-Jan 2023 In-person: "Relief from the Heat" WWCA, Gaithersburg, MD Aug 2022-Jan 2023 In-person: "Life's Beauty" The Muse, Frederick, MD Nov-Dec 2022 In-person: "Celebrating Color and Light" MAA, Rockville, MD Nov-Dec 2022 In-person: "Through Mary Oliver's Eyes" Little Gallery, Washington, DC Nov 2022 In-person: "Fauna and Flora" Washington Water Color Assc, Wheaton, MD Aug-Sep 2022 Online: "The Many Altars" Watercolor DC, Sept 2022 Online: "Pink and Red" Montgomery Art Association, Sep 2022 In-person: "Paint the Town Labor Day Show" MAA, Kensington, MD, Sep 2022 Online: "Stillness" Montgomery Art Association, June 2022 In-person: "All Abstracts" Montgomery Art Association, May/Jun 2022 Online: "Action" Montgomery Art Association, May 2022 In-person: "Transitions" Washington Water Color Association, Kensington, MD Apr 2022 Online: "Self-portrait" Montgomery Art Association, Apr 2022 In-person: "The Nature of Art" MAA at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD, Mar-Apr 2022 In-person: "Woman's Club 46th Annual Community Art Show" Chevy Chase, MD Apr 2022 In-person: "Visual Insights into Life" Chesapeake Framing, Kensington, MD Mar 2022 In-person: "MAA at OASIS Art Gallery" Bethesda, MD, Jan-Apr 2022 In-person: "Seasonal Inspirations" MAA at Windridge, Darnestown, MD, Jan-Apr 2022 Online: "SheDC" Shop Made in DC, Mar 2022 Online: "Clash" Montgomery Art Association, Mar 2022 In-person: "Beauty is Everywhere" Capitol Hill Art League, Apr 2021-Mar 2022 In-person: "Renew, Refresh, Revitalize" Capitol Hill Art League, Apr 2021-Apr 2022 In-person: "Abstracts" Arlington Dermatology, Arlington, VA Jun 2021-Mar 2022 In-person: "Ode to Joy" MAA at Kensington Park Library, Kensington, MD, Feb 2022 Online: "BEST in Show" Emerge Gallery, Artsy, Jan-Mar 2022 In-person: "Faculty Show" VisArts, Rockville, MD, Jan-Feb 2022 Online: "Tiny Art Show" Shop53 Tattoo Studio, Dec 2021 In-Person: "Solo Show" Kensington Park Library, Kensington, MD, Dec 2021 Online: "PETIT" Emerge Gallery, Artsy, Nov-Dec 2021 In-person: "Cultivating Joy" Nishan Halim DMD Dentistry, Jul-Dec 2021 Online: "Artist's Sunday" World Wide Web, Nov 28, 2021 In-person: "10x10" Show & Sale" MAA at Goldman Gallery, Oct-Nov 2021 In-Person: "Solo Show" Davis Library, Bethesda, MD, Oct 2021 In-person: Solo Show Plaza Art Bethesda, Jul-Aug 2021 Online: "Creative Expressions" Montgomery Art Association, Jun-Jul 2021 Online: "Our Stories, Our Journeys" Montgomery Art Association, Apr-Jun 2021 Online: "Out of Order" Maryland Art Place, May 2021 Online: "Fotographia" Emerge Gallery on Artsy, Apr-May 2021 Online: "SHE DC" Shop Made in DC, Mar-Apr 2021 Online: "Light & Hope" Montgomery Art Association, Feb-Apr 2021 Online: "12th Annual Abstracts Art Exhibition" Light Space & Time Gallery, Mar 2021 Online: "Virtual Exhibition" Hill Center Galleries & Capitol Hill Art League, Jan-Mar 2021 Online: "Faculty Show" VisArts, Jan-Feb 2021 In-person: "Symbolism" Frame of Mine Gallery, Washington, DC Dec-Jan 2021 Online: "Abstracts" Montgomery Art Association, Nov-Dec 2020 Online: "Portraits" Montgomery Art Association, Oct-Nov 2020 Online: "Self-Portrait" Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA Nov-Dec 2020 Online: "Latela Curatorial x Artsy: Women in the Arts Online Exhibition", Oct-Dec 2020 Online: "Creative Distance" Shop Made in DC, Oct-Nov 2020 Online: "Life's Simple Pleasures" Washington Water Color Association, Sep-Oct 2020 Online: "Urban Landscapes" Montgomery Art Association, Aug-Sep 2020 Online: "Orange Juiced" Emerge Gallery on Artsy, Sep-Nov 2020 In-person: "Making New Connections" Frame of Mine Gallery, Washington, DC Sep 2020 Online: "Art All Night" Tenleytown Main Street, Sep 2020 Online: "Natural Landscapes" Montgomery Art Association, Jul-Aug 2020 Online: "Isolation" Emerge Gallery on Artsy, Aug-Sep 2020 "Carte Blanche" Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, Jul-Aug 2020 "Selected Artworks of Kensington" Kensington Town Hall, Kensington, MD, 2019/2020 Online: "20th Anniversary" Artomatic, Jul-Aug 2020 Online: "Creative Expressions" Montgomery Art Association, Jun-Jul 2020 "Art from the Heart" Art Watch DC, Bethesda, MD, Jul 2020 Online: "Our Stories" Montgomery Art Association, May-Jun 2020 Online: "Mother May I" Art Works Gallery Richmond, May-Jun 2020 "World Central Kitchen Fundraiser" Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, Jun 2020 Online: "Art at a Distance" Art Works Gallery Richmond, Apr-May 2020 Online: "Colorful Explorations" Montgomery Art Association, Apr 2020 Online: "Oasis Art Show" Montgomery Art Association, Apr 2020 Online: "Art & Poetry" Kensington Park Library, Kensington, MD, Apr 2020 "Solo Show" Davis Library, Bethesda, MD, Mar 2020 "Colorful Explorations" Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD, Mar 1-27 2020 "Montgomery Art Association Show" Oasis Art Gallery, Bethesda, MD, Jan 13-Apr 10 2020 "Solo Show" Java Nation, Kensington, MD, Feb/Mar 2020 "Solo Show" Simon Says Yoga Studio, Bethesda, MD, Feb 2020 "2020 Faculty Show" VisArts, Rockville, MD, Jan 10-Feb 9 2020 "True Blue Bliss" Meeting House Gallery, Columbia, MD, Nov 2019-Jan 11 2020 "Sounds of Winter" Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, Dec 2019 "Paint the Town Labor Day Show" Kensington Armory, Kensington, MD, 2019 "Charmed, I'm Sure" Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, 2019 "Seasonal Visions" Montgomery Art Association at Artists & Makers, Rockville, MD, 2019 "Spring/Summer 2019 Exhibition" Oasis Art Gallery, Bethesda, MD, 2019 “It's a Wonderful World” Friendship Heights Center, Chevy Chase, MD, 2019 "Visual Insights into Life's Beauty" (solo) Plaza Artist, Bethesda, MD, 2018-2019 “Creative Expressions” Friendship Heights Center, Chevy Chase, MD, 2019 "Into the World" The Daily Dish Restaurant, Silver Spring, MD, 2019 "Montgomery Art Association Show" Oasis Art Gallery, Bethesda, MD, 2019 “One House by Art Watch DC" BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, 2018 “Ebb & Flow” 505 North Gallery & Studio, Frederick, MD, 2018 “Rust Is An Artist” (solo) The Muse, Frederick, MD, 2018 “1460 Wallmountables” DC Art Center, Washington, DC, 2017 Oh, so good for the soul: spending time together, resting our minds in a guided meditation, and creating a collage that’s meaningful to our well-being Thank you to these amazing women for a lovely evening at girls.who.paint in Kensington, MD.  So much fun chatting with Hayley Price, the creator of The Art Coaching Club, about my work. Check out the latest episode of her podcast! Listen at https://buff.ly/3zFaQmX.  A kind invitation to showcase my art at Sid Edelmann's Little Gallery on Fessenden has led to good - a colorful - things! Please stop by 4400 Fessenden St in Washington, DC, between November 5 and 26 to enjoy a collection of original artworks. Abstract Art Inspired by Mary Oliver’s Poetry: Martina Sestakova is a Kensington artist who is fascinated by words and their powerful imagery. For this exhibition, Martina enjoyed Mary Oliver’s poem – Wild Geese – as inspiration for her visual explorations in acrylic inks on Yupo. Each artwork is a meditation of the perceived meaning of the title (a word taken out of the poem). Feel free to Google the poem for the overall message and then imagine how you would capture each selected word. To learn more about the Little Gallery, click here.  'Visualizing Home: A Place of Safety and Joy" (Meditation & Collage) at Girls Who Paint All rights reserved; Martina Sestakova 2022 Oct 26 at 6:30 - 8pm; Ages 16 and up Absolutely no experience needed; all supplies provided No matter what 'home' may mean to you, the idea will inspire us during a guided meditation and a visual exploration of 'home' in watercolors, colored pencils, and magazine cutouts. No experience needed; all supplies provided. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have created a one-of-a-kind artwork communicating a place safety and joy. Come with a friend! Get your ticket here.  Many artworks have been created about the self. Join art educator Martina Sestakova in a visual exploration of your senses and what makes you a unique self. No experience needed. Abstract Self-Portrait Wednesday, October 19 @ 6pm ET via Zoom Register here https://smithcenter.org/programs-retreat/abstract-self-portrait-10-19/  Yay! I am excited to have a solo art exhibition at the Brookland location of Busboys & Poets in Washington DC. This show runs from September 24, 2022, to February 26, 2023. I am showing 23 abstract artworks in three different sizes. They are all acrylic inks on yupo inspired by poetry and literature. I capture the energy of words through vivid colors, shapes, and moments of my brush. Stop by! Grab a drink, enjoy a nice meal, and fill your day with art. Address: 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017. 
I am teaching a series of watercolor workshops on Zoom via VisArts. These classes require no experience as we explore art history and use a famous painting as a starting point for a fun visual exploration. The classes are not about copying an existing piece; they are about learning watercolor techniques and finding your own creative voice. Register here. The example below is a floral painting by Danish artist Christine Swane.   I enjoy bringing groups together in art workshops. No experience needed for any of my projects. They are perfect for friends and work teams. I have several openings: contact me for details about private classes. It’s relaxing, insightful, and fun!  |
