MICHELLE AQUILINO
FIBER ARTIST |
KIM KLABE
PAINTER |
JEFFREY TODD MOORE
DIGITAL ARTIST/
WATERCOLORIST |
Michelle’s work merges art and tradition by combining surface design with quilting and weaving techniques. With a distinctive style and sense of color, Michelle creates unique wall and functional art. Michelle attended California College of the Arts where her primary field of study was fine arts, with a focus in textiles. While at CCA she was awarded the Ruth Boyer Emeritus Scholarship. Aquilino has also studied set and costume design at Carnegie Mellon University and theater arts at Long Island University.
Aquilino’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions of her work on both coasts with highlights including the Loudoun Museum and the American Inaugural Art Exhibition at the Washington Design Center in the nation’s capital. Her work can be found in both private and public collections nationwide. |
Inspired by the region’s many Victorian-era beach homes, quaint cottages, aging farmhouses and more, Klabe’s work presents painterly interpretations of vintage architecture accentuated by fauvist color schemes, asymmetrical composition, and rectilinear shape. 1985 graduate of the Antonelli Institute of Art and Photography in York, PA, Klabe also received her B.A. with a concentration in Painting and a minor in English from the University of Delaware in 1998. Kim has also worked as a graphic artist in various advertising, private and government agencies. She is the veteran of several group and solo exhibitions and is represented by number of galleries throughout the area. |
A native of Delaware, Moore’s creative background stems from his experience in the professional theatre world where he served as the co-founder of the Los Angles based Beggarman, Thief performance art group. His foray into the world of digital art arose from several years as a professional computer draftsman and paper artist. While Jeffrey’s digital imagery often presents abstracted and visually ethereal compositions exploring contemporary issues of sexuality, politics, and culture, his watercolor and mixed-media works on paper reflect richly colored nature scenes with subtle hints of geometric design ranging in size from large scale to the miniature. Moore’s work is has been featured in a wide variety of regional galleries and arts organizations. |
SHERRY BIELE
DECORATIVE PAINTER |
AINA NERGAARD-NAMMACK
PAINTER |
JUNE WRIGHT
PAINTER |
| Biele reclaims vintage furniture with her unique and whimsical style of decorative art, combining hand painting, found objects, and designer fabrics. Her choice of vibrant colors and repetitive geometric design are known to invoke feelings of merriment in the eye of the beholder. The vintage furniture that Biele rescues can be found in private and public collections throughout the mid-Atlantic region. |
Artist Aina Nergaard-Nammack has a long history of both professional solo and group exhibition in gallery venues throughout cities worldwide including Washington, D.C., Seville, Spain, Sao Paulo, Brazil and more. Nergaard-Nammack’s award winning sophisticated and easily recognizable style is characterized by lavish color, positive and negative shape placement and bold line usage. Nuanced by cubist themes, architectural concepts, and abstracted, ambiguous figures, subtle influences of Gris, Picasso, and Braque are evident in her canvasses. Nergaard-Nammack is affiliated with a number of galleries and art spaces throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. |
June’s introduction to painting began as a child after being taught the basics of oil painting by her father. Motivated by the creation process of taking light, free-hand sketches through to completion of a full scale oil painting, Wright finds inspiration in the scenic terrain, coastal areas, and flower & fauna of her native Delaware. A veteran of several exhibitions, June’s work has been featured in a wide variety of some of the region’s galleries and art spaces. |
MARY GAFFNEY
MOSAIC ARTIST |
PATTI SHREEVE
PAINTER |
JACK WIBERG
NAUTICAL PAINTER |
| After creating her first mosaic 10 years ago from broken dishes, artist and musician Mary Gaffney has since fine tuned her work to include a variety of materials including stain glass, mirror shards, ceramics, glass tile, shells and more. Characterized by intense, bold primary and secondary color combinations and Modernist geometrics, Gaffney’s work is clearly motivated by some of her favorite artists including Dutch painter Piet Mondrian and architects Antonio Gaudí and Frank Lloyd Wright. Mary has displayed works in a number of regional solo and group exhibitions and she has been commissioned to create a variety of large-scale outdoor permanent installations. |
Artist Patti Shreeve’s whimsical, color-rich drawings are well known throughout the region. Her chosen subject matter visually reflects the relaxed lifestyle of the shore and the colorful flower & fauna of the Delmarva Peninsula. Patti’s large-scale, picturesque murals can also be found in several locations throughout Rehoboth. Selections from both her colored pencil illustrations and her paintings can be found in several private collections. |
Painter Jack Wiberg’s long and established career in the arts is clearly reflected through painterly skill in his nautically themed canvases. Majestic Tall Ships, undulating ocean currents, and luminescent skies are common themes in Wiberg’s work. Recently listed as a “collectible artist” in Beach Life Magazine, Wiberg is an award winning, seasoned veteran of numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the country. He is a member of several well respected marine art organizations including the International Society of Marine Painters, the American Society of Marine Artists, the Coast Guard Artist group and more. Wiberg’s work can be found in museums and private collections across the United States and Europe. |
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