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​Coldwell Banker Realty is proud to sponsor
The 2nd Annual Spring Art show

featuring original work by Alexandria Women Artists:
​Lesley Clarke, Betsy Grady,  Shelia Flanders,  Judy Heiser, Sharon M. Malley, Laurel Prucha Moran, Nancy Ramsey, Trinka Roeckelein, & Lori Welch 

Nancy Ramsey

Red course

20" x 20" thin frame



Artist bio:


Nancy Ramsey, a painter from Alexandria, Virginia, values exploring the natural world and often references nature and the human form within her abstract art.  She also enjoys painting more abstractly on intuitive projects in which each stroke forms in response to the one before. Collaborating with other artists, writers and dancers is a particular interest and inspiration. 

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Course view

20" x 20" thin frame


Artist bio:


Nancy Ramsey, a painter from Alexandria, Virginia, values exploring the natural world and often references nature and the human form within her abstract art.  She also enjoys painting more abstractly on intuitive projects in which each stroke forms in response to the one before. Collaborating with other artists, writers and dancers is a particular interest and inspiration. 


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Long view

20" x 20" thin frame


Artist bio:


Nancy Ramsey, a painter from Alexandria, Virginia, values exploring the natural world and often references nature and the human form within her abstract art.  She also enjoys painting more abstractly on intuitive projects in which each stroke forms in response to the one before. Collaborating with other artists, writers and dancers is a particular interest and inspiration. 




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Sharon Malley

Rain on a Tuesday

24 x 24, oil & collage


Artist bio:


Sharon Malley is an artist working in Arlington, Virginia as a member of the Columbia Pike Artist Studios. Her work is shown at Touchstone Gallery in DC, and she has exhibited in numerous juried shows in the greater DC metropolitan area and mid-Atlantic states. She is also an educational consultant to school districts and non-profits, having contributed to a national agenda in arts education and special education through her publications and leaderships.


In her art, she shifts between two genres: abstract and narrative paintings. The theme of most of her abstracts centers on her deep reverence for nature and concerns about climate change. Her primary painting medium is oil, but she will often start on canvas or wood panel with a layer of acrylic and adhere rice paper and other collage elements to the background. She then works in oil. In her current narrative series she begins with preliminary sketches and compositions, but her smaller collages and all of her abstracts evolve in the moment of execution.

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Wednesday Wishes

24 x 24, oil and collage


Artist bio:


Sharon Malley is an artist working in Arlington, Virginia as a member of the Columbia Pike Artist Studios. Her work is shown at Touchstone Gallery in DC, and she has exhibited in numerous juried shows in the greater DC metropolitan area and mid-Atlantic states. She is also an educational consultant to school districts and non-profits, having contributed to a national agenda in arts education and special education through her publications and leaderships.


In her art, she shifts between two genres: abstract and narrative paintings. The theme of most of her abstracts centers on her deep reverence for nature and concerns about climate change. Her primary painting medium is oil, but she will often start on canvas or wood panel with a layer of acrylic and adhere rice paper and other collage elements to the background. She then works in oil. In her current narrative series she begins with preliminary sketches and compositions, but her smaller collages and all of her abstracts evolve in the moment of execution.

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Friday's Cure

24 x 24, oil and collage


Artist bio:


Sharon Malley is an artist working in Arlington, Virginia as a member of the Columbia Pike Artist Studios. Her work is shown at Touchstone Gallery in DC, and she has exhibited in numerous juried shows in the greater DC metropolitan area and mid-Atlantic states. She is also an educational consultant to school districts and non-profits, having contributed to a national agenda in arts education and special education through her publications and leaderships.


In her art, she shifts between two genres: abstract and narrative paintings. The theme of most of her abstracts centers on her deep reverence for nature and concerns about climate change. Her primary painting medium is oil, but she will often start on canvas or wood panel with a layer of acrylic and adhere rice paper and other collage elements to the background. She then works in oil. In her current narrative series she begins with preliminary sketches and compositions, but her smaller collages and all of her abstracts evolve in the moment of execution.

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Under Saturday's Realm

24 x 24, oil and collage

Artist bio:


Sharon Malley is an artist working in Arlington, Virginia as a member of the Columbia Pike Artist Studios. Her work is shown at Touchstone Gallery in DC, and she has exhibited in numerous juried shows in the greater DC metropolitan area and mid-Atlantic states. She is also an educational consultant to school districts and non-profits, having contributed to a national agenda in arts education and special education through her publications and leaderships.


In her art, she shifts between two genres: abstract and narrative paintings. The theme of most of her abstracts centers on her deep reverence for nature and concerns about climate change. Her primary painting medium is oil, but she will often start on canvas or wood panel with a layer of acrylic and adhere rice paper and other collage elements to the background. She then works in oil. In her current narrative series she begins with preliminary sketches and compositions, but her smaller collages and all of her abstracts evolve in the moment of execution.

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Sun Day

24 x 24, oil and collage


Artist bio:


Sharon Malley is an artist working in Arlington, Virginia as a member of the Columbia Pike Artist Studios. Her work is shown at Touchstone Gallery in DC, and she has exhibited in numerous juried shows in the greater DC metropolitan area and mid-Atlantic states. She is also an educational consultant to school districts and non-profits, having contributed to a national agenda in arts education and special education through her publications and leaderships.


In her art, she shifts between two genres: abstract and narrative paintings. The theme of most of her abstracts centers on her deep reverence for nature and concerns about climate change. Her primary painting medium is oil, but she will often start on canvas or wood panel with a layer of acrylic and adhere rice paper and other collage elements to the background. She then works in oil. In her current narrative series she begins with preliminary sketches and compositions, but her smaller collages and all of her abstracts evolve in the moment of execution.

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Betsy Grady

Tuscany Door

16 x 20 Framed, Acrylic


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Still life with bottles and fruit

16 X 20, Acrylic


Artist bio:

Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Arches park in Utah

16 x 20, Acrylic


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Water Lillies, triptych

9 x 12 Acrylic


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Abstract water and beach

Sold out

39 X 39, Acrylic


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Montauk Lighthouse

16 x 20, Framed, Acrylic


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Santorini Street corner

24 x 24, Acrylic


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Old Town Poster

11x14, signed 

Artist bio:

Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!

  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy
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Note cards

5x7 set of 8


Artist bio:


Betsy has always had a passion for art, throughout her childhood and studying fine art in college. Recently, Betsy decided to blend her other passion, Real Estate, with her talent for painting. Betsy began painting her clients’ homes as a closing gift. Then, she was commissioned to paint portraits of the historic Old Town homes for the Alexandria historic homes tours. Betsy began taking commissions for other specialties, such as the Flamenco themed wine labels for 601 Cellars in Napa Valley for their 2018 and 2019 Grenache.

Betsy also enjoys painting travel pictures, landscapes, and pets, whatever her clients request!


  • https://betsgrady1.wixsite.com/mysite-1
  • facebook.com/artisticimpressionsbybetsy


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Sheila Flanders

Azalea Garden

27x20 framed white watercolor


Artist bio:


  For the past 30 years, I have enriched my life through art and along the way, I’ve learned that to paint is a way to express an appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. If we can just learn to see it, art is a wonderful journey full of new adventures and wonderful friendships.


   As an art major, my first formal art training was at Old Dominion University. During that time, I focused on the use of oils and color and created abstract art. Since then, I have studied drawing, oils, watercolors and acrylics at The Torpedo Factory for over 30 years. I have also taken numerous painting workshops in Italy, France, Machu Picchu, Berkshires, Shepardstown, Annapolis, Maine, and Bon Secours. All my hard work and study has afforded me the opportunity to exhibit my art in several local and international art shows, as well as hosting four well-received solo shows.  I have also been featured in a national magazine, 


   I feel my work is a style with a mix of old and new, traditional but at the same time contemporary, making my art more authentic and interesting,


 I currently have been juried into The Torpedo Factory for a studio, number 15 on the ground floor, river side. My work can also be

viewed on Instagram.

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New Baby

26x34 framed acrylic


Artist bio:


For the past 30 years, I have enriched my life through art and along the way, I’ve learned that to paint is a way to express an appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. If we can just learn to see it, art is a wonderful journey full of new adventures and wonderful friendships.


   As an art major, my first formal art training was at Old Dominion University. During that time, I focused on the use of oils and color and created abstract art. Since then, I have studied drawing, oils, watercolors and acrylics at The Torpedo Factory for over 30 years. I have also taken numerous painting workshops in Italy, France, Machu Picchu, Berkshires, Shepardstown, Annapolis, Maine, and Bon Secours. All my hard work and study has afforded me the opportunity to exhibit my art in several local and international art shows, as well as hosting four well-received solo shows.  I have also been featured in a national magazine, 


   I feel my work is a style with a mix of old and new, traditional but at the same time contemporary, making my art more authentic and interesting,


 I currently have been juried into The Torpedo Factory for a studio, number 15 on the ground floor, river side. My work can also be

viewed on Instagram.

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Colorful Ballerina

21x21 framed white watercolor


Artist bio:


For the past 30 years, I have enriched my life through art and along the way, I’ve learned that to paint is a way to express an appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. If we can just learn to see it, art is a wonderful journey full of new adventures and wonderful friendships.


   As an art major, my first formal art training was at Old Dominion University. During that time, I focused on the use of oils and color and created abstract art. Since then, I have studied drawing, oils, watercolors and acrylics at The Torpedo Factory for over 30 years. I have also taken numerous painting workshops in Italy, France, Machu Picchu, Berkshires, Shepardstown, Annapolis, Maine, and Bon Secours. All my hard work and study has afforded me the opportunity to exhibit my art in several local and international art shows, as well as hosting four well-received solo shows.  I have also been featured in a national magazine, 


   I feel my work is a style with a mix of old and new, traditional but at the same time contemporary, making my art more authentic and interesting,


 I currently have been juried into The Torpedo Factory for a studio, number 15 on the ground floor, river side. My work can also be

viewed on Instagram.


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On Your Toes

21x21 framed white watercolor


Artist bio:


For the past 30 years, I have enriched my life through art and along the way, I’ve learned that to paint is a way to express an appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. If we can just learn to see it, art is a wonderful journey full of new adventures and wonderful friendships.


   As an art major, my first formal art training was at Old Dominion University. During that time, I focused on the use of oils and color and created abstract art. Since then, I have studied drawing, oils, watercolors and acrylics at The Torpedo Factory for over 30 years. I have also taken numerous painting workshops in Italy, France, Machu Picchu, Berkshires, Shepardstown, Annapolis, Maine, and Bon Secours. All my hard work and study has afforded me the opportunity to exhibit my art in several local and international art shows, as well as hosting four well-received solo shows.  I have also been featured in a national magazine, 


   I feel my work is a style with a mix of old and new, traditional but at the same time contemporary, making my art more authentic and interesting,


 I currently have been juried into The Torpedo Factory for a studio, number 15 on the ground floor, river side. My work can also be

viewed on Instagram.



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Ballerina Pose

21x21 framed white watercolor


Artist bio:


For the past 30 years, I have enriched my life through art and along the way, I’ve learned that to paint is a way to express an appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. If we can just learn to see it, art is a wonderful journey full of new adventures and wonderful friendships.


   As an art major, my first formal art training was at Old Dominion University. During that time, I focused on the use of oils and color and created abstract art. Since then, I have studied drawing, oils, watercolors and acrylics at The Torpedo Factory for over 30 years. I have also taken numerous painting workshops in Italy, France, Machu Picchu, Berkshires, Shepardstown, Annapolis, Maine, and Bon Secours. All my hard work and study has afforded me the opportunity to exhibit my art in several local and international art shows, as well as hosting four well-received solo shows.  I have also been featured in a national magazine, 


   I feel my work is a style with a mix of old and new, traditional but at the same time contemporary, making my art more authentic and interesting,


 I currently have been juried into The Torpedo Factory for a studio, number 15 on the ground floor, river side. My work can also be

viewed on Instagram.

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Water Lotus

33x28 framed gold watercolor


Artist bio:


  For the past 30 years, I have enriched my life through art and along the way, I’ve learned that to paint is a way to express an appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us. If we can just learn to see it, art is a wonderful journey full of new adventures and wonderful friendships.


   As an art major, my first formal art training was at Old Dominion University. During that time, I focused on the use of oils and color and created abstract art. Since then, I have studied drawing, oils, watercolors and acrylics at The Torpedo Factory for over 30 years. I have also taken numerous painting workshops in Italy, France, Machu Picchu, Berkshires, Shepardstown, Annapolis, Maine, and Bon Secours. All my hard work and study has afforded me the opportunity to exhibit my art in several local and international art shows, as well as hosting four well-received solo shows.  I have also been featured in a national magazine, 


   I feel my work is a style with a mix of old and new, traditional but at the same time contemporary, making my art more authentic and interesting,


 I currently have been juried into The Torpedo Factory for a studio, number 15 on the ground floor, river side. My work can also be

viewed on Instagram.

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Judy Heiser

Morning Still Life

18 x 24 Oil on Canvas


Artist Bio:


Heiser studied fine arts at Corcoran College of Art and Design, and Alexandria Art League. She co-founded Les Artists Locale, Plein Air Painters of Alexandria; has worked with ArtSpire VA, a nonprofit organization inspiring visual and performing arts; and created and taught a recreational Art Rehabilitation program at Mt. Vernon Hospital. She teaches Abstract painting and Plein Air classes at The Art League and is a studio artist at Torpedo Factory Art Center. Heiser paints Abstract expressionism using a contemporary pallet of mixed media layered in charcoal, inks, graphite, acrylic, pastels and oils. The method dictates mood and content, and how life enters a painting. Heiser’s trademarks are her bold brush work and sweeping strokes of vibrant colors, an action painter whose art is suffused with ideas, discovery and mystery. Heiser is an Arts Commissioner with Alexandria Commission of the Arts working on public art installations among other projects.  Her works have won several awards and can be seen on exhibit in DC, Maryland, Virginia and recently at Mosaic District and National Institute of Health. 

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Color Fields Study

11 x 14 Mixed Media


Artist Bio:


Heiser studied fine arts at Corcoran College of Art and Design, and Alexandria Art League. She co-founded Les Artists Locale, Plein Air Painters of Alexandria; has worked with ArtSpire VA, a nonprofit organization inspiring visual and performing arts; and created and taught a recreational Art Rehabilitation program at Mt. Vernon Hospital. She teaches Abstract painting and Plein Air classes at The Art League and is a studio artist at Torpedo Factory Art Center. Heiser paints Abstract expressionism using a contemporary pallet of mixed media layered in charcoal, inks, graphite, acrylic, pastels and oils. The method dictates mood and content, and how life enters a painting. Heiser’s trademarks are her bold brush work and sweeping strokes of vibrant colors, an action painter whose art is suffused with ideas, discovery and mystery. Heiser is an Arts Commissioner with Alexandria Commission of the Arts working on public art installations among other projects.  Her works have won several awards and can be seen on exhibit in DC, Maryland, Virginia and recently at Mosaic District and National Institute of Health. 

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A Dancer Dances

36 x 24 Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas


Artist Bio:


Heiser studied fine arts at Corcoran College of Art and Design, and Alexandria Art League. She co-founded Les Artists Locale, Plein Air Painters of Alexandria; has worked with ArtSpire VA, a nonprofit organization inspiring visual and performing arts; and created and taught a recreational Art Rehabilitation program at Mt. Vernon Hospital. She teaches Abstract painting and Plein Air classes at The Art League and is a studio artist at Torpedo Factory Art Center. Heiser paints Abstract expressionism using a contemporary pallet of mixed media layered in charcoal, inks, graphite, acrylic, pastels and oils. The method dictates mood and content, and how life enters a painting. Heiser’s trademarks are her bold brush work and sweeping strokes of vibrant colors, an action painter whose art is suffused with ideas, discovery and mystery. Heiser is an Arts Commissioner with Alexandria Commission of the Arts working on public art installations among other projects.  Her works have won several awards and can be seen on exhibit in DC, Maryland, Virginia and recently at Mosaic District and National Institute of Health. 

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Laurel Moran Pucha

Pencil in a can

18 x 18 framed to 22 x 22


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Ocean and Beach 1

18 x 18 framed to 22 x 22 oil on canvas


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Ocean and beach 2

18 x 18 framed to 22 x 22, oil on canvas


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Orange Umbrellas

18 x18 framed to 22 x 22, oil on canvas


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Beach day 2

10 x 10, oil on gallery wrapped canvas


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Beach day 3

10 x 10, oil on gallery wrapped canvas


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Jones point (print)

5 x 7


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Jones point (print)

8 x 10


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Jones Point (print)

11 x 14


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Old town shops (print)

5 x 7


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Old town shops (print)

8 x 10


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Old Town Waterfront at Dawn (print)

5 x 7


Artist bio:


I work primarily in watercolor and oil mediums, creating works that are recognizable in form and subject but expanded and reimagined to include looser interpretation in my watercolors and added texture and interest in my oils. My paintings focus on societal creations, local architecture, bourbon bottles, matchbooks, more than nature as I find the evidence of people makes a painting infinitely more interesting.


Her website is https://www.blueroomstudio.com/

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Lori Welch Brown                         Lesley Clarke

Overflowing

20.5" x 26.5" framed


Artist bio:


Lori Welch Brown is a native Alexandrian, former business owner, writer, and multi-media artist with a passion for pastels and acrylics. She is a regular monthly contributor for the Old Town Crier magazine and loves to paint from both her imagination and life in her spare time.

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Kelp Fauna

14" x 22"


Artist bio:


Lesley Clarke is an acrylic, encaustic, and collage artist. She has been painting for many years and has a studio at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Many of her acrylic abstract landscapes are inspired by the Highlands of Scotland. She was born and raised near Glasgow and visits her family once a year traveling to the Highlands to capture the colours, light, mountains, rivers, rain, rugged terrain that show up in her work. She often embeds found objects (rusted metal, nails, paper) that help create a sense of history, age, and surprise to her work. 


More recently she has been working on an encaustic series. The ‘paint’ is beeswax, mixed with damar resin and pigment. The natural damar resin gives the wax strength and durability. Beeswax encaustic painting dates back 2000 years ago to ancient Greeks.The Fayum tomb portraits from the Roman Egyptian period testify to the archival durability of this encaustic material. The word encaustic means ‘to burn in’. Each layer of wax needs to be fused to the layer beneath. Lesley fuses each layer using a propane torch. 


Her latest work was inspired by watching the documentary “My Octopus Teacher’ where the filmmaker Craig Foster spent a year snorkeling in a kelp forest in False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. He documented his time swimming among the kelp, marine organisms, sea urchins etc., and forged a friendship with a young octopus. The slow movement of the underwater flowers, leaves, and fish really intrigued Lesley and she tries to capture that same movement in her artwork. Sometimes the colors are so bright and vivid you think they are unnatural, but the natural world, particularly the underwater world, is full of surprisingly bright, even garish, colors. These colors and the flow of the water are what makes the exciting but also peaceful environment the ocean is known for. Lesley hopes that her work evokes the same feeling of peace and unexpected surprises. 


In summary, most of Lesley’s work is inspired by nature in one or more of her forms.






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Trinka Roeckelein

Zephyr Giraffe

21h x 10w x 18d, mid fire clay, glaze, epoxy


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Donkey, Bird and Shed

7h x 9w x 5d, mid fire clay, glaze


**Piece may be hung on wall. Donkey and bird are moveable and attached with Museum Putty


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Chocolate Bunny

13h x 6w x 5d, mid fire clay, glaze, 14k gold luster


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Cheetah

12.5h x 6w x 13d, mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Clover Sheep

10.5h x 11.75w x 17d, mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Carrot Lover

17.5h x 7.5w x 10.5d, mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Dino Globe

5.5h x 4.5w x 3d, slipcast mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Chip Bag (red & black)

5.5h x 4.5w x 3d, slipcast mid fire clay, glaze, twine


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Moonglow Donkey

10.25h x 6.5w x 10d, mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Pretzel Flipper

5h x 8w x 20d, mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Muddy Hippo

7h x 5h x 13.75d, mid fire clay, glaze by Trinka Roeckelein


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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Sweet Rhino

6.25h x 4.75w x 12d, mid fire clay, glaze


Artist bio:


Katrina Roeckelein (Trinka) is an award-winning artist working primarily in clay. She is a native

Washingtonian and earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and then her MFA in

design from George Washington University, prior to a career as a real estate agent and graphic

designer. She hopes her animal sculptures will elicit smiles and inspire respect for animals and

the environments needed to sustain them.

Hippos, elephants, giraffes, donkeys, a bright orange flipper and even a Frog Prince are examples

of the whimsical indoor/outdoor sculptures Trinka creates out of clay. Growing up in Washington

DC, she has witnessed the transformation of DC from a sleepy, small town into a bustling,

heavily trafficked city with wildlife and people often sharing the same spaces. Her interest in

conservation deepened while on many safari trips to Botswana. She is captivated by the wild

animals … their shapes, sizes, movements, sounds … and the variety and vastness of the African

bush. Her custom art reflects elements from both locations and the complex coexistence of

urbanity and nature.

Trinka works in clay to create custom art for home decor. She uses clay as her artistic medium

because of the way it feels, its tireless unpredictability and technical challenges, and the endless

variety of surface treatments. She fires each piece multiple times to build layers of oxide, glaze,

underglaze, or luster. Every piece is unique, which underlines clay’s basic connection to the earth

and complements the intrinsic one-of-a-kindness in nature. Her aim is to appeal to both young

and old viewers through the playful quirkiness inherent in her sculptures.

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