Work samples
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A nod to Baltimore's art iconsThis is a screen door commissioned by a resident of the Hollins Market neighborhood. She wanted a celebration of Baltimore's art history and iconic buildings in the neighborhood. Edgar Allen Poe, Billie Holliday, Cab Callaway and John Waters grace the bottom of the screen. The B and O Museum Roundhouse ( railroading a Baltimore first) and the Hollins Public Market Headhouse.
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Washington Monument in Union SquareThe family wanted a celebration of Mt Vernon and George Washington, Baltimore style. The screen graces their front room in a historic home in the Union Square neighborhood.
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Pratt HouseA painted screen depicting the Enoch Pratt House now the headquarters of the Maryland Center for History nd Culture
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Bromo At NightThe Bromo Seltzer Tower in the evening light painted on a five foot screen for a house in the Jarretsville neighborhood.
About Michael
I was born and raised in Baltimore City. I attended Catholic Schools through College where I earned a degree in Sociology with a minor in Theology. After college, I entered the world of community development in Baltimore working for several non-profit organizations and City government. I had the pleasure of working in just about every neighborhood in the City over a fifty year time span before retiring at the age of 70. Working on the streets of Baltimore gave me a profound sense of the… more
Baltimore's Folk Art - The Painted Screen
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Mallard in FlightThis was a duck I saw flying over Lake Montebello one evening
