Desiree Holmes Scherini - Artist
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS 2011









Fall 2011
I took part in Annapolis ARTWALK 2011 in August, demonstrating pastel painting. A lightening
storm kept my work fresh!
During the month of September I have a solo show of 40 pieces at 49 West on West Street in
Annapolis.
My fall classes are set to begin! Sept 15th I will start a basic watercolor course for adults at
Anne Arundel Community College (www.aacc.edu)
October begins a Design and Composition course At Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts and
November a Pastel Painting for Adults course begins! (www.marylandhall.org)
I will also be teaching Kids In College courses in October and November at Anne Arundel
Community College!

SPRING/SUMMER 2011






My Painting "Skies Over the Marsh" is in a juried show through the Anne Arundel Arts Council at
Baltimore Washington Airport. A reception will be held in April.
My Artwork remains on display at Paul's Homewood Cafe through mid-April.(http://www.paulscafe-
annapolis.com/joomla/) Pastel Painting classes begin March 16th and Plein Air Pastel Classes
begin in April at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts (http://www.marylandhall.
org/classes/catalog_index.asp). the summer schedule is out as well, I will be teaching a one day
"painting the clothed figure in Pastel" workshop in July. As well I am teaching 5 weeks this
summer for the Anne Arundel Community College (http://www.aacc.edu/search/course/) Kids In
College program, and a watercolor course begins in July at the South County Senior Center. You
can find these classes through AACC as well.


WINTER/SPRING 2011






My painting "Sailing the Chesapeake" was chosen on January 30th to represent the 2011 Hospice
Cup  an annual charity regatta for Hospice in Maryland, Northern Virginia and DC.  Sept 24th is
the date set for the Regatta! The announcement was made at a special reception to announce the
artist whose work was chosen and I was delightedly surprised!

I'm teaching at both Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts and the Anne Arundel Community
College this Spring.
Design and Composition, Pastel Painting for Adults and Plein Air Painting in Pastel will be
offered at Maryland Hall. For dates and registration information visit: http://www.marylandhall.
org/classes/category_index.asp?catalog=3&type=3&year=2011&session=Winter/Spring (design and
composition is under drawing)
Kids in College classes are offered at Anne Arundel Community College. Drawing Basics 1 and 2
and Art Fundamentals visit their website for more info: http://www.aacc.edu/kic/

I have a solo show of 40 pieces of artwork hanging at Paul's Homewood Cafe in Annapolis MD on
West Street. Artwork will be up through mid-April. To see more about Paul's visit their website:  
http://www.paulscafe-annapolis.com/joomla/index.php

FALL/WINTER 2010 AND 2011

My painting " Skies above the Marsh" will be shown in the Maryland Federation of Art juried Fall
Member show Sept 23 2010 through October 10th 2010. Reception is Friday September 24th 5 to
8 pm. Please come by and enjoy the show and refreshments!

This week also brings the annual Paint Annapolis event, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air
Painters Association and Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Artists will be painting in and
around Annapolis from Thursday through Saturday. There is a gala reception on two floors of
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts on Sunday from 3 to 5:30. Free to the public! please come
visit and enjoy! You'll find me at the information tent on Thursday and Friday afternoon (beside
Market House in Annapolis). I will also be taking part in the plein air timed competition "Dueling
Brushes" on Saturday the 25th, from 9 to 12...there will be judging and painting sale at Newman
Park in Annapolis from noon until 1:30. Come watch the fun and vote (for me...of course! for
peoples choice :)

My pastel class for adults begins at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts October 6th..still time to
sign up, visit: http://www.marylandhall.org/classes/class_index.asp?
classctgyName=51&classtypeID=3&catalog=2&type=3&year=2010&session=Fall

October 7th is the first class for my "Kids In College" at the Anne Arundel Community College for
their Explore - Gifted and Talented Program... for more information on these classes! http://www.
aacc.edu/kic/gifted/  I will be teaching Abstract Art, Drawing Fundamentals I and II.

I will be taking part in an Anne Arundel Community College student and instructors show shown
at Barnes and Noble Book Store at the Harbour Center, Annapolis during the month of October.
Come browse and enjoy a cup of coffee while viewing the show in their cafe section!

I will have three courses offered during the winter/spring session at Maryland Hall for the
Creative Arts, beginning in February. Sign up will be available September 25th, 2010! Design and
Composition for the Artist, Pastel Painting for Adults, and Plein Air Pastel Painting in the spring.
To see the details and information on how to sign up for these classes visit:
http://www.marylandhall.org/classes/category_index.asp?
catalog=2&type=3&year=2011&session=Winter/Spring to find my classes you can enter my name
under the instructor, or look under "pastel" or "drawing" for adults.

I will also be offering a Pastel for Adults class through Anne Arundel Community College at the
South County Senior Center beginning in February.

I continue to work on, and offer commissions and teach private lessons, as well as continue to
paint with and learn from my mentors!



SPRING/SUMMER 2010

March - National Women's Month: I was chosen to participate in The Anne Arundel County Arts
Council Show, in participations with the Womens' Council of Anne Arundel - Women's Art,
Women's Vision. Chosen as one of 20 artists from 125 entries. I was quite honored to be
included! (my piece was a pastel plein air painting "Spa Creek Morning")

I also was chosen to take place in a juried show at the Pascal Gallery at Anne Arundel
Community College; Women's Art. (a large watercolor abstract "Sailing the Chesapeake).

I took part in a Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Event - Paint Galesville. Two of my plein air pieces
created in Galesville are hanging at the River Gallery River Gallery 1000 Main St.in Galesville
until May 9th. A reception will be held on April 24 from 3 to 5. All are welcome! ("waiting for
water" oil and "beach rocks and bail" oil)

I was juried into the Maryland Federation of Art's spring juried members show. My new piece
"Spring Marsh" (watercolor) will be shown. Reception will be held April 25th from 3 to 5 pm.

I have 3 pieces hanging in a show with the Annapolis Watercolor Club at the Arts Council of Anne
Arundel County on Riva Road through May.("Sunflower" "Mountain View Meadow" and "Main
Street View")


I created a piece to be auctioned for the Baltimore Heritage Society 50th Anniversary celebration
and historic building tour. ("red Door, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church"...the church
is part of the historic tour this year!)
Information on this event can be found at http://www.baltimoreheritage.org/programs/50th-
anniversary/

I was awarded a second place ribbon for my watercolor painting"sky" and an honorable mention
for my pastel painting "Capitol view" in The Annapolis Arts Alliance juried show displayed at
Quiet Waters Gallery in Annapolis MD. Showing until June 14th

I will continue my extended studies of pastel painting with Stan Sperlak in a 3 day Spring
workshop held in New Jersey at his studios and surrounding area.

I took part in the Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters garden paint out in concert with The Easport
Home and Garden tour on Sunday the 13th of June. My painting "hydrangeas" was sold during the
event.

My pastel painting "Chesapeake Clouds" is showing in the Maryland Federation of Arts juried
summer member show. The show will be on view from June 16 - July 11 at the Maryland
Federation of Art Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD.  The reception will be held on
Sunday, June 20 from 3-5pm.  

this summer I will be teaching week long classes with the Kids in College Program at Anne
Arundel Community College. 2 sessions of "Art A to Z", and one session of "Artistic Sampler".
(http://www.aacc.edu/KIC/)

In July I will begin teaching an adult weekly Watercolor Class through the Anne Arundel
Community College at the South County Senior Center.  (South County Senior Center 27
Stephneys Ln., Edgewater, Md. 21037 410-222-1927 )

I will be taking part in a  show at Quiet Waters Park Gallery "Art in the Park 20th Anniversary
Retrospective Exhibition. The show features artists whose work has been displayed there in the
past. My pastel still life, "the Fire Starter" will be on display August 5th through September 19th.

The fall catalogue for Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts is out. I will be teaching an evening
course; Pastel Painting for Adults. As well as a course for the Arts Program for Bates Middle
School "Color Study" (the middle school class is only open to art Program students at Bates) You
can find registration information at the link below for Maryland Hall http://www.marylandhall.
org/classes/class_index.asp?
classctgyName=51&classtypeID=3&catalog=2&type=3&year=2010&session=Fall

I'll be doing a Pastel Painting Demonstration during ANNAPOLIS ARTWALK August 19th at the
MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART on State Circle (Just up the walkway between Main Street
Gallery and Piccolo Roma Restaurant off of Main street to State Circle). Stop by and say hello if
you're out and about!

The Wall to Wall gallery show will still be hanging at 14 State Circle. I have 5 pieces showing
there...watercolor...oil and pastel.
Annapolis Artwalk! Location:Time:5:00PM Thursday, August 19th

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

Once again took part in the Egeli Studios intensive portrait and figure study workshop. Building
skills and enjoying like minded artists company!

I will be continuing to study portrait at Anne Arundel Community College's Portrait 2 class,
February through May.

continuing to teach at the Anne Arundel Community College and at home.






PAST EVENTS (chronologically recorded)

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.

My painting Holidays at City Hall appeared in the December issue of the city of Annapolis' "City
Magazine" accompanying and article on the history of City Hall

WINTER 2009

I have two pieces in the juried winter show at the Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery. Saint Mary's
Steeple, Annapolis (pastel), and Spa Creek Morning (pastel) which won an Honorable Mention. The show
will be on display Through February 5th, 2009.

January 19 to 30th I will be taking part in the Egeli Studios portrait and figure intensive 2 week workshop,
as I did last winter.

I will be teaching Art Fun-damentals for Anne Arundel Community College's Kids in College program
beginning February 5th, 2009.

SPRING 2009

I am studying impressionist still life painting with John Ebersberger at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
this spring. (I have studied on this subject with him several times, and build my skills with each course)

I have two pieces in the annual juried Annapolis Water Color Club show at Maryland Hall for the Creative
Arts. Show dates are March Through April 20th.

I will have a piece hanging at City Hall with The Annapolis Arts Alliance annual SPLASH show during the
months of May and June.

I will have pieces hanging at The Artist's Framer on Bay Ridge Ave in Easport, MD with the Annapolis Arts
Alliance.Reception is May 7th from 5:30 to 7:30.

I will have 2 pieces hanging at Gallery 1683 on Main St, Annapolis MD during May, and I will be doing a
watercolor painting demonstration there on Saturday May 16th, from 2 to 4. Reception is May 9th 5 to 7 pm.

I was chosen last year to create the artwork for the 2009 Easport Yacht Club Parade of Lights poster...I
will be diligently working on that this Spring!

SUMMER 2009

My still life pastel "the Firestarter" was chosen for the Maryland Federation of Arts Spring juried show. It
will be on display into July.

I have 2 pieces hanging in the Anne Arundel Community College Cade gallery show, Heliotrope. An oil
portrait (Cameron) and a indoor scene in watercolor (Saint Peter's Light) through July.

I have 2 pieces (a new piece - "View from Main Street, Annapolis"..painted while I demonstrated at Gallery
1683, and another plein air piece, "Over College Creek")showing with the Annapolis Watercolor Club at
Gallery 333 in Annapolis. They will hang until July, and then be trasferred to a show at the Arts Council of
Anne Arundel on Riva Rd for a show there.

I will be teaching 3 week long art classes at Anne Arundel Community College this summer for their Kids
in College program. You can check them out at aacc.edu...search "kids in college" or my name.

I continue to enjoy teaching privately at home and am still studying portraiture as well as working on
commissions and looking forward to some plein air landscape painting now that it's warming up!

I have 3 pieces hanging ("After the Snow" a watercolor, "Saint Peter's Light, Vatican" - watercolor and
"Cameron- watching me paint - portrait in oil)in the Maryland Federation of Art Circle gallery in their "wall
to wall" Salon style show. reception is Sunday, August 2, from 3 to 5 pm. If you didn't get a chance to stop
by the AACC Heliotrope show, 2 of the pieces are hanging here. Come to the reception - All are welcome!

I will have 4 summer themed pieces hanging at the new Gallery space in the Market House at City Dock in
Annapolis. "Summer Girl" (a John Ebersberger plein air beach workshop piece) in oil, "City Dock view" (a
pastel, done in plein air last summer from in front of the Market House, capturing the view of the dock,
right across the street), "River Sunset" (a plein air piece done in palette knife, oil) and "Severn Cliffs" (a
watercolor piece, also plein air, done during a Lee Boynton workshop)

I will be donating private/small group art lessons for teen or adult and a piece of my art to the up-coming
Arts Alive! Auction at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts on Sept. 11 2009.

I enjoyed demonstrating at the City Dock Market House twice this summer. Met some interesting people
and talked about some fun art opportunities in Annapolis.

I studies with prominent pastelist, Stan Sperlak, this summer on Kent Island, MD for 4 days. I took away
some wonderful techniques.

FALL 2009
I taught 2 courses at Anne Arundel Community College Kids in College program this fall, Drawing
fundamentals and Abstract Art, during the month of October.

I have 3 pieces hanging at the Maryland Federation of Art Market House space at City Dock. 2 new pastel
paintings "Spa Creek" and "Capitol view" and the watercolor I painted while demonstrating at Gallery 1683
"View from Main Street". During September.

My prints and cards continue to be available at Hard Bean and Coffee Booksellers at City Dock, Annapolis.
Naval Academy scenes are featured this fall.

This fall I will continue to study the figure and portrait, with pastel portrait and a figure sculpture
workshop at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

November 4th was the unveiling of the artwork I created for the Eastport Yacht Club 2009 Lights Parade
Poster. Posters and cards are available for sale at downtown Annapolis locations. the EYC Lights parade
takes place on Dec. 12th!

I have 6 pieces hanging at the Maryland Federation of Art Market House space through November.

I have 5 pieces hanging in their holiday show at the Marion Warren Gallery through December. The
reception for the holiday show will be Dec 3rd at 6 pm during "midnight madness" in downtown Annapolis.
(so go see the art and then come visit me at Federal House!)

I will be at upstairs at Federal House restaurant, City Dock, Annapolis during the first "Midnight Madness"
December 3rd with the Annapolis Arts Alliance arts sale. I will have prints cards and original works. I will
also be signing a limited number of Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade posters! 5 to 11 pm, Dec 3.

I will have 2 pieces hanging at Maryland Hall, Annapolis during their holiday art sale beginning December
11th.

I am studying figure drawing and portrait painting with Cedric and Joanette Egeli  in January. The
workshop is an intensive, two week, full day (9 to 4) program. This is my 3rd year to participate in their
program, and I see the benefits of my past and ongoing studies. Yay!

I will continue to teach privately at home as well as courses at the Anne Arundel Community College.

Courses I will be teaching this winter/spring at Anne Arundel Community College are:
Drawing Fundamentals for grades 1/2 (Explore program) starts Feb 2 for 3 sessions
Art Fundamentals for Grades 1/2 (regular kids in college program) starts Feb 11 for 3 sessions
Abstract Art for grades3/4 (Explore program) starts March 4
Drawing Fundamentals II grades 4/5 (Explore program) starts Feb 23.\