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
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Critters
Who sez humans are the superior species?
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doggies16x20" acrylic on canvas
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Renaissance Man SamRegal boy cat, deserves the sort of DaVinci background. Watercolor 9X12"
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Lachlan the 120 pound boxerAcrylic 16x20"
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Waverly Hardware's famous mascot Ben16x20" Acrylic on Canvas
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TK the rescueBeautiful, nervous and kind, this little guy probably would have benefited from prozac, hate to say... Acrylic on canvas 20x16"
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Sara Sara SaraMatriarch Acrylic on canvas 24x24"
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doggies16x20" 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.
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Park View24x36" Acrylic on canvas
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Toward Lennox's with Cinnamon24X32" Acrylic on canvas
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Dusk in the hood16x20" Acrylic on canvas
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Rachel's green chairs9x12" watercolor
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To the east9x12" watercolor
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Looking west9x12" mixed media on paper
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Claire's west9x12" watercolor
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Clare's to the eastClare's to the east 9x12" watercolor
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Fireman Mike's9x12" watercolor
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Neighbors9x12" watercolor
Yer ordinary Oyster
Mixed media: linocuts, paint, calligraphy -'harmony', newspaper with war articles
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Elegant oyster9x8" Oil on paper, metal leaf, belgian linen
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Greyscale oyster9x8" Pencil, oil on paper, metal leaf, belgian linen
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Blue rising oyster 2 of 222x30" watercolor
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Purple oyster 1 of 222x30" watercolor
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Brown oysters on silk8x10" linocut, silk, metal leaf
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Simple tan oysters8x10" Linocut, metal leaf
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Ivory oysters16x20" Linocut, metal leaf, calligraphy on mulberry
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Horizontal 416x20" linocut, calligraphy, newspaper
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Favorite greens16x20" linocuts, acrylic, metal leaf, calligraphy, newspaper
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Floaters8x10" Linocut printed over watercolor landscape *I call these 'rehabs'
Stills
More to come...
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Bastet power20x16" Acrylic on canvas
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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.
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After the cleaning lady10x14" Watercolor My mother's glasses, much admired in my childhood through a glass case. I later broke the leftmost.
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Chinese Box15x20" Rehabbed watercolor, ink Thank you Charles Burchfield, for working and reworking some of your watercolors for decades.
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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"
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Baltimore elegy
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Storm Catapprox Pencil drawing, calligraphy cutouts, metal leaf on spray painted children's book
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heartwood
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source
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no urgency just the doing
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butter fly
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East German hearts
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Nietzsche
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berning luv
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Organicartist book made with recycled pages 5x8"- watercolor, teabag tag, produce stickers