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| Desiree Holmes Scherini - Artist |
| Current Events |
MAY/JUNE 2006
I will be having a solo show of my work through the month of June at the Free State Press,79 West Street in Annapolis,
MD. Several new pieces will be on display as well as cards and prints of local Naval Academy and Annapolis scenes.
There will be a reception on Sunday, June 4th, from 5 t0 7 pm.
My commissioned Home Portrait of "Villa Vista", the Baltimore Symphony Associates Decorators' Show House can be
seen on the cover of their Show House book and on posters in and around the Baltimore Area advertising the BSA
Decorator Show House.
Villa Vista is a beautiful mansion north of Baltimore that has been decorated by several interior designers. Home tours
raise funds for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
A detail from my painting "Abstract Annapolis - Cityscape 1" (you can see the image on my "More Art" page) can be seen on posters and
brochures advertising "ARTWORKS 06". A citywide celebration of the arts in Annapolis from May 31 to June 4.
Information on events can be found through the Annapolis Arts Alliance and the Annapolis Visitor's Bureau.
My cover art can be seen on the regional periodical for the Mid-Atlantic Carwash Association.
I will have pieces on display with the Annapolis Watercolor Club at The Artist's Framer, on Bayridge Ave. in Eastport
(Annappolis) throughout May and June.
I will have a work on display with the Annapolis Arts Alliance at their annual "SPLASH" show at City Hall on Duke of
Glocester in Annapolis, MD during the month of June.
I'm teaching "Impressionistic Art for Kids" for the St. Mary's HSA afterschool enrichment program during May. Sharing
the fun of painting with some very enthusiatic children!
June 2 through 4 I will be studying with John Ebersberger in an outdoor portrait and figure workshop, learning the
Hensche "mud-head" approach, which focuses on the relationship of light and color as it falls on the subject.
June 4 to 30 Watercolor "Approaching Storm" will be on display at the Maryland Federation of Art juried member show.
Reception will be June 15, 5 to 7 pm.
SUMMER/FALL 2006
July 8 to August 5 watercolor "Seattle Night" will be on display at the Maryland Federation of Art juried regional show
"Water Works". Reception July 20, from 5 to 7 pm.
July 20 to October 31 "Brown Jug, Apples and Bowl" will be on display with the Annapolis Watercolor Club at the Arts
Council of Anne Arundel County, 2666 Riva Rd. Annapolis. A reception will be held on Thursday, August 10 from 3 to 6
pm.
September 6 to October 30 I will have an oil painting, "Dora's Palm in Summer", displayed with the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air
Painters Asso. at Annapolis City Hall, at 160 Duke of Gloucester St.. The Opening Reception will be Thursday,
September 21, from 5 to 7 pm.
Fall 2006 I am participating in a Life Scupture Course with Mary Arthur at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
Winter 2006/2007
My cards and prints are available at the Maryland Federation of Art, State Circle, Annapolis
December and January "Severn Cliffs" and "Open Ocean" are on display at Ginger Cove in Annapolis with
an Annapolis Watercolor Club group show.
February 5 to March 5 "Sky" and "Under the Academy Bridge" on display at the Maryland Federation of
Art's member's juried Winter Show. Reception is Thurday, Feb. 15, 6 to 8.
"Spring on Upshur Road, USNA" and ""Mountain View Meadow, Olympics, WA" will be up for auction at the
Arts Council of Anne Arundel's annual Mardi Gras celebration and fundraiser on Feb. 17th at the Sheraton
Annapolis Hotel.
February and March, 2007 I will be teaching "Introduction to Watercolor" to middle schoolers for St. Mary's
School Enrichment Program
Winter and Spring I will be studying oil painting, Impressionism with John Ebersberger, at Maryland Hall for
the Creative Arts.
January 11 to February 17, 2007, Recent plein air oil paintings will be on display with at Strathmore Hall
with a group show of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association. Opening reception is January 14th, 1
to 3 pm.
SPRING 2007
March 2007, "Brown Jug, Pot and Apples" and "Approaching Storm" will be on display at Gallery 1683,
Main Street, Annapolis with the Annapolis Watercolor Club Show. Reception will be St. Patrick's Day,
Saturday, March 17th, from 5 to 8.
March 26, 2007 I will be juror for St. Mary's Fine Arts Week show.
March 31, 2007 I will be demonstrating watercolor painting at Gallery 1683 (above) between 1:00 and 5:00
April 20 to May 20 my oil painting "Autumn Shadows" will be on display at the Maryland Federation of Art
Juried Spring Show. Circle Gallery, Annapolis..
FALL 2007
Sept 6 My watercolor painting "Under the Academy Bridge at Dusk" will be up for auction at Arts Alive in
support of Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
I will be joining the art instruction staff of ArtStart, an early learning Arts program for children at Maryland
Hall.
I will be offering art instruction workshops at Gallery 1683, on Main Street in downtown Annapolis, MD
My painting "Surreal Sunrise" was accepted into the Maryland Federation of Art Fall Show.
WINTER 2007/2008
My painting "Holidays at City Hall, Annapolis" was chosen to be the official holiday card by the city of
Annapolis, MD
I will be demonstrating, and signing prints at Hard Bean Coffee and Booksellers (City Dock Annapolis)
during "Midnight Madness" December 6th from 7:30 to 9:30pm (an Annapolis downtown late night
Christmas shopping event), to introduce my cards and prints carried in the shop.
I will be participating in a two week intensive drawing and painting course at the Egeli studios in January
2008.
I will be part of a group show, with 11 other artists at the Maryland Federation of Art, Feb. 5 to Feb 17.
Reception will be February 10, from 3 to 5 pm. I will be featuring new work in my Abstract Annapolis series
SPRING/SUMMER 2008
I was unable to update my website all summer! But here's a quick...re-cap...
I continued portrait and figure work at Egeli studios 2 to 3 times a week.
I studied pastel landscape with Bonnie Roth Anderson in the Spring
I did a June beach-side figure painting workshop with John Ebersberger.
I had 3 paintings accepted into the juried Annapolis Watercolor Club show held at Quiet Waters Park in
Annapolis.
I did a plein air pastel landscape workshop with Stan Sperlak in the summer.
I worked on Public Relations and Publicity for Paint Annapolis 2008 and had a radio interview along with
Lee Boynton on radio station WNAV.
I taught 2 courses during the summer at Anne Arundel Community College.
I took part in the Annapolis Arts Alliance show at city hall in July.
FALL 2008
I worked through the year as an active member of the Paint Annapolis committee toward the event held in
mid-September.
I took part in "Dueling Brushes" a timed painting competition on Sept 20th. My pastel painting (St. Mary's
Steeple) done during the event is exhibited at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts until the end of October.
I have 4 piece hung with the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association at the City Hall Gallery - "Winters
Farm", Dark Ages - USNA", "Winter Tree" and ...heck if I can remember right now..
I will be taking part in the Annapolis Watercolor Club show and demonstration at Linthicum Walks on Oct
11th and 12th. My paintings "Behind Linthicum Walks" (which was painted during last year's demonstration
there) and "Cabbage Rose" will be on display and for sale.
I will be donating a piece of art for the Maryland Federation of Art's 32nd Collector's Choice event, October
26th.
My small work "Snow Day" will be exhibited with the Annapolis Watercolor Club at St. John's College
gallery in Annapolis.
I continue to teach private art lessons.
I will be teaching "Art Fun-damentals" at the Anne Arundel Community College in October.
I am studying the sculpture of the head with Rick Casali (long time student of John Ebersberger and Cedric
and Joenette Egeli) at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
I will have ongoing oil portrait painting studies during the fall.
3 watercolors are in the Deck the Halls show at the Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, reception is Saturday,
Nov. 15 from 3 t0 5.
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