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About Jo

Harford County
Jo Houtz is a former career federal employee who began painting after retirement.  She studied with one teacher, Renate Shelley, for 20 years.  She currently lives in Abingdon, Maryland but has displayed her works at regional are exhibits, shows and fairs from New York to Florida.  She has won awards at many of these shows.
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Anomalies

This is a display of familiar subjects painted with a different look.  The paintings are all watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa Paper.
  • Tangled Nautulis.jpg
    Tangled Nautulis.jpg
    This is a watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa paper. The paper is soaked is crushed then soaked in warm water. It is then spread out and the background colors applied. This technique gives the painting a unique look and feel.
  • Dare To Be Different.jpg
    Dare To Be Different.jpg
    Again, this is a painting of watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa paper. The flower is a familiar sunflower but it's center is unique.
  • Gene Explosion.jpg
    Gene Explosion.jpg
    These are familiar objects with a different look. The painting is watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa paper.
  • Juiced Fruits.jpg
    Juiced Fruits.jpg
    This again is watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa paper with familiar objects having a different look and feel.
  • Ballet des Tulips.jpg
    Ballet des Tulips.jpg
    Watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa paper. The graceful sway of tulips and ballet dancers.
  • Transgenics.jpg
    Transgenics.jpg
    Watercolor on crushed Japanese Masa paper.
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