About abbi

Baltimore City

For many years I made art in my Provincetown studio, and gained some acclaim as a regional artist and teacher. At an inevitable crossroads, a  friend talked me into visiting Baltimore in 2003. I fell head over heels for Bmore's historic, artistic and most importantly, eccentric character which made me feel totally at home.  For 15 years I taught in Baltimore City Public Schools, ultimately developing an award winning program for elementary gifted and talented students.… more

Critters

Who sez humans are the superior species?
  • doggies
    doggies
    16x20" acrylic on canvas
  • Renaissance Man Sam
    Renaissance Man Sam
    Regal boy cat, deserves the sort of DaVinci background. Watercolor 9X12"
  • Lachlan the 120 pound boxer
    Lachlan the 120 pound boxer
    Acrylic 16x20"
  • Waverly Hardware's famous mascot Ben
    Waverly Hardware's famous mascot Ben
    16x20" Acrylic on Canvas
  • TK the rescue
    TK the rescue
    Beautiful, nervous and kind, this little guy probably would have benefited from prozac, hate to say... Acrylic on canvas 20x16"
  • Sara Sara Sara
    Sara Sara Sara
    Matriarch Acrylic on canvas 24x24"
  • doggies
    doggies
    16x20" acrylic on canvas

Porch Paintings

An ongoing series...I continue to be charmed by Baltimore’s distinctive row houses connecting neighbors of all kinds-spaces both private and public-seen differently? the same? everyday. I love my Baltimore neighborhood. I have always been enchanted by the extraordinary ordinary. 
  • Park View
    Park View
    24x36" Acrylic on canvas
  • Toward Lennox's with Cinnamon
    Toward Lennox's with Cinnamon
    24X32" Acrylic on canvas
  • Dusk in the hood
    Dusk in the hood
    16x20" Acrylic on canvas
  • Rachel's green chairs
    Rachel's green chairs
    9x12" watercolor
  • To the east
    To the east
    9x12" watercolor
  • Looking west
    Looking west
    9x12" mixed media on paper
  • Claire's west
    Claire's west
    9x12" watercolor
  • Clare's to the east
    Clare's to the east
    Clare's to the east 9x12" watercolor
  • Fireman Mike's
    Fireman Mike's
    9x12" watercolor
  • Neighbors
    Neighbors
    9x12" watercolor

Yer ordinary Oyster

Mixed media: linocuts, paint, calligraphy -'harmony', newspaper with war articles
  • Elegant oyster
    Elegant oyster
    9x8" Oil on paper, metal leaf, belgian linen
  • Greyscale oyster
    Greyscale oyster
    9x8" Pencil, oil on paper, metal leaf, belgian linen
  • Blue rising oyster 2 of 2
    Blue rising oyster 2 of 2
    22x30" watercolor
  • Purple oyster 1 of 2
    Purple oyster 1 of 2
    22x30" watercolor
  • Brown oysters on silk
    Brown oysters on silk
    8x10" linocut, silk, metal leaf
  • Simple tan oysters
    Simple tan oysters
    8x10" Linocut, metal leaf
  • Ivory oysters
    Ivory oysters
    16x20" Linocut, metal leaf, calligraphy on mulberry
  • Horizontal 4
    Horizontal 4
    16x20" linocut, calligraphy, newspaper
  • Favorite greens
    Favorite greens
    16x20" linocuts, acrylic, metal leaf, calligraphy, newspaper
  • Floaters
    Floaters
    8x10" Linocut printed over watercolor landscape *I call these 'rehabs'

Stills

More to come...
  • Bastet power
    Bastet power
    20x16" Acrylic on canvas
  • HARVEST (the buyer calls it THE TOMATOES)
    HARVEST (the buyer calls it THE TOMATOES)
    16X20" Acrylic on canvas The yellow tomatoes were most delicious, according to my dog who strafed for the first ripe one.
  • After the cleaning lady
    After the cleaning lady
    10x14" Watercolor My mother's glasses, much admired in my childhood through a glass case. I later broke the leftmost.
  • Chinese Box
    Chinese Box
    15x20" Rehabbed watercolor, ink Thank you Charles Burchfield, for working and reworking some of your watercolors for decades.
  • Vase from Italy *you must read the title as my aunt Filomena spoke it ...from IT-lee
    Vase from Italy *you must read the title as my aunt Filomena spoke it "...from IT-lee"
    14x10" Rehabbed watercolor, ink Thank you Charles Burchfield, for working and reworking some of your watercolors for decades.

Collaborative Artist Books

Artists from all over the world have initiated these...You add a page, maybe even a two page spread, and then you pass it along. When full, the book is returned to the originator artist. Books are generally small for mailing purposes, the largest page(s) here maybe 5x7"
  • Baltimore elegy
    Baltimore elegy
  • Storm Cat
    Storm Cat
    approx Pencil drawing, calligraphy cutouts, metal leaf on spray painted children's book
  • heartwood
    heartwood
  • source
    source
  • no urgency just the doing
    no urgency just the doing
  • butter fly
    butter fly
  • East German hearts
    East German hearts
  • Nietzsche
    Nietzsche
  • berning luv
    berning luv
  • Organic
    Organic
    artist book made with recycled pages 5x8"- watercolor, teabag tag, produce stickers