digital gallery
This gallery features all works submitted to the Art in Full Spectrum Exhibit. The physical exhibit will be displayed in the Maryland House of Delegates for the duration of the 2026 legislative session.
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Name: Acer Branch
Title: What do you see when you look in the mirror?
Town: Baltimore, MD
District: 43
Bio: 🌙19🌙
🖋Digital/Fine artist 🎨
📚Story writer🖋
✨️Character designer🖋
🎨Painter 🎨
Medium: Medibang pant
Artwork Description: Inspiration of the museum piece in Eubiu Blake
Contact: abranch889@gmail.com
Name: Ahjjeaa McDowell
Title: Black Super Man
Town: Randallstown, MD
District: 10
Bio: My name is Ahjjeaa McDowell. My friends and family call me JJ. I am 25 years old who receives services from Creative Options. I attend Creative Options Day Program and I also attend Glyndon Art School. I love superhero comics and movies. I am a big Michael Jackson fan and love to listen to his music and dance just like him
Medium: Charcoal
Artwork Description: Super Man from anther dimension
Contact: mchalmus@creativeoptionsmd.com
Name: Akeem Young
Title: Friends Together
Town: Bushwood, MD
District: 29
Bio: Akeem is a very bright, talented, and smart individual who loves to write, color, and draw. Akeem loves to listen to music and watch YouTube videos. Akeem was born in December, and his favorite color is red, he loves helping dad in the yard cutting grass. Akeem loves coming to the Arc and making portraits of his staff and friends, he has drawn every staff at the office and has his own wall with dedicated to all the faces he has drawn.
Medium: Paint
Artwork Description: This piece shows 3 friends off of a game that I enjoy playing, the Mii fighters. Each individual has their own special power. Brawler (close-range combat), Sword fighter (weapons), and Gunner (Long-Range projectile attacks). If I could have powers and join the Wii group, I would.
Contact: nherbert@arcsomd.org
Alexander Moy-2023-The Shaggy Dog-Mixed Media-18x24 (1) - Visability Art Lab.jpgName: Alexander Moy
Title: Shaggy Dog
Town: Rockville, MD
District: 17
Bio: Alexander has always had a love for art. He joined the VisAbility Art Lab in December 2022. He has worked in many different modalities with a recent focus in paper puppet making and watercolor pencils. His clear images are drawn from images he retains in his mind which are easily brought to life on paper. Alexander enjoys creating images of animals, characters from movies, and is working to create a book with his many robot images.
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Artwork Description: This is the Shaggy Dog I made.
Contact: arthurmoy7@gmail.com
Name: Alicia Shread
Title: Christmas Tree Lights
Town: Clarksville, MD
District: 9
Bio: Alicia Shread is a photographer and lives in Columbia, Maryland. She focuses on fine art and nature photography. With her fascination with the world and the beauty around her, she discovered her passion for capturing the world with her camera. Her focus on fine art photography involves the manipulation of everyday objects and scenery to create a new abstract design.
Medium: Digital Photograph
Artwork Description: In my photographs, I capture everyday objects and scenery and make them abstract and seen in a different way. My photograph “Christmas Tree Lights” was taken late at night after setting up the Christmas tree. The quiet atmosphere late at night with everyone asleep and the lights turned off with just the reflection of colorful lights on the tree and the sound of the wind was when I was inspired to capture that memory forever.
Contact: alicia.sh12@gmail.com
Name: Andre Shabazz
Title: The Strength of a Woman
Town: Baltimore, MD
District: 41
Bio: I began painting when I was a young kid. I started by watching my cousin draw a picture of himself on a mirror. I became interested at that time. I began by using oil paints, which I still prefer today. I have a lot of art. My favorite projects are of issues pertaining to the social awareness, of places I like to visit, and portraits. I even did a portrait of Gov. Wes Moore.
Medium: Painting
Artwork Description: This painting was inspired by my thoughts of the MOTHERLAND
Contact: nancy.devaughn@shuracares.org
Name: Asriel Stoeltzing
Title: Journey of the Sting Ray
Town: Nottingham, MD
District: 8
Bio: I’m Asriel, an up-and-coming black and queer creative with an eye for painting and resin arts. As a self taught artist, I’m forever growing and finding new ways to express myself through my art. I strive to bring representation to marginalized communities that are often overlooked and show people that art can rise from anywhere.
Medium: Acrylic paint/markers
Artwork Description: Sting rays are one of my favorite animals and I find them majestic so I wanted to paint them soaring through the clouds.
Contact: asrielstoeltzing@gmail.com
Name: Bridgid Mary Jacqueline Boyle
Title: Cardinals in the snow
Town: Silver Spring, MD
District: 20
Bio: Bridgie Boyle, a 2025 graduate of the Ivymount School for special needs students in Rockville, is a Silver Spring native. She lives with her mom, dad, two older brothers, Danny and Jack, and her dog, Dory. Bridgie has bravely endured epilepsy and an expressive language disorder since the age of 2. Bridgie loves art, music, dance, photography and caring for animals. She has worked for PetsMart, Old Navy, and the Pan-American Health Organization. She hopes to keep up with her favorite hobbies and being creative throughout her life.
Medium: Watercolor
Artwork Description: I love Cardinals - they are my favorite bird. This is my favorite painting.
Contact: Boylemel@aol.com
Name: Caitlin Pioli
Title: Night Galaxy
Town: Clarksburg, MD
District: 15
Bio: Caitlin Pioli is an artist living in Clarksburg, Maryland. Her artistic identity is defined by a deep affinity for soft, vibrant colors, a passion she consciously integrates into every facet of her life and work. A true fashionista, Caitlin views her attire as a fundamental extension of her creative expression and love for color. Living in Maryland allows her to stay close to her family, and to fully immerse herself in the local activities she cherishes. Through her art, she seeks to share her joyful perspective and profound appreciation for the beautifully colored world around her.
Medium: Collage
Artwork Description: “Night Galaxy: The mountains are dark, the sunset is behind the mountains, the moon shines over the mountains and there is a shooting star that makes me feel excited.”
Contact: mzelma@css-md.org
Name: Charlotte Ferrigno-Whitaker
Title: Ellie
Town: Annapolis, MD
District: 30
Bio: Charlotte lives in Annapolis with her roommates and her cat, Momo. She spends her days creating art, cooking, adventuring, and studying Spanish and Korean. Recently, she has become involved in activism and learning about disability rights movements. Her goal is to help humanize people with disabilities and advocate for greater representation of her community in decision-making spaces.
Medium: Digital Art (Photoshop)
Artwork Description: This piece was created in 2022 around when the artist was losing the ability to move her fingers on a digital track pad to create the sketch on photoshop.
Contact: charisimmobulus@gmail.com
Name: Christopher Imbrie
Title: Dawn
Town: Bethesda, MD
District: 16
Bio: Christopher Imbrie is an abstract painter living in Bethesda, Maryland. Born in Washington, DC, he spent a large part of his youth living abroad with his foreign service family. Christopher began to draw at an early age, favoring representational art in various techniques, styles and media. In his home studio, Christopher prefers to paint with acrylics on canvas. He has exhibited his art in a one-man show at the Yellow Barn in Glen Echo.
Medium: Acrylic
Artwork Description: This abstract seascape evokes the beauty of sunrise over the water. Broad strokes of pastel pink and silvery gray suggest early morning clouds, with textured layers of blue and green showing the shimmering reflections and gentle movement of the sea. The painting invites viewers to contemplate the fleeting feeling of dawn’s first light.
Contact: Marise.imbrie@gmail.com
Name: Christopher Johnson
Title: Blue Sky, White Clouds
Town: Hanover, MD
District: 32
Bio: I enjoy taking photos. I take photos of the foods I eat, the animals I see, nice cars and whenever I go to a new place and see something cool. These two photos are from my Summer vacation.
Medium: Photography
Artwork Description: I was on a plane and liked the way the sky and clouds looked.
Contact: christoph.johnson93@gmail.com
Name: Claire Potter
Title: Wisteria and Roses
Town: Baltimore, MD
District: 41
Bio: Hi, my name is Claire, and I’m an autistic artist. I create flower paintings and turn them into t-shirts, tote bags, and prints. Before I started my business, flowers were a subject I always came back to, and I love florals in everything. I’m in a program for adults with autism. I started my business because I saw other individuals in my program with art businesses and I wanted to have a business like them. "A flower painting is a bouquet that last forever."
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Artwork Description: This piece reminds me of Van Gogh's painting, "Almond blossoms", based on how painted the vines and the color of the background.
Contact: petalpowerbycpotter@gmail.com
Name: Curtis Allen Jr.
Title: Color in Motion
Town: Odenton, MD
District: 21
Bio: CJ is a 23-year-old artist who enjoys creating bright, colorful artwork. He is a nonverbal autistic adult who uses painting as a way to express himself and share his creativity with others. CJ creates many of his pieces through Howard County Therapeutic Recreation’s Expressions of Art program, where he loves trying new colors, textures, and styles. Art gives him a fun and relaxing way to communicate and explore his imagination.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas (fluid pour)
Artwork Description: CJ created this painting using a fluid pour technique he enjoys during the Howard County Therapeutic Recreation Expressions of Art program.
Contact: allenfab5@gmail.com
Name: David Brault
Title: Tree by Severn River
Town: Edgewater, MD
District: 30
Bio: Local painter known for landscape paintings in oil, acrylic and pen/ink of the United Kingdom and southern Anne Arundel county. His paintings represent a love of travel and adventure fostered by a 23 year career in the U.S. Navy and then followed by living in the rural community of Southern Anne Arundel County. His love of art and travel began at an early age and was made possible by his numerous travel opportunities provided by the U.S. Navy.
Medium: Acrylic
Artwork Description: N/A
Contact: Collette.barksdale419@gmail.com
Name: David Bruce
Title: World of Tulips
Town: Columbia, MD
District: 12
Bio: Hello, my name is David Bruce. I am a 67-year-old man who enjoys expressing myself through art, particularly by drawing various types of flowers. I take pleasure in working with vibrant colors to bring my artistic visions to life.
Medium: Acrylic
Artwork Description: A "world of tulips" picture showcases a wide range of colors and many different varieties, each with its own unique shape and size.
Contact: sjoanisse@athelasinstitute.org
Name: Eddie Harris
Title: Eddie the Cat
Town: Arnold, MD
District: 33
Bio: Eddie got his start in making art from a childhood passion for the art in cartoons and games. Eddie primarily makes art based in anime, and cartoon styles with influences from video games.
Medium: Colored Pencil and Marker on Panel
Artwork Description: Eddie drew inspiration from his childhood memories in making this piece.
Contact: pottery@providenceofmaryland.org
Name: Gina Calcagni
Title: Wonderful Colors
Town: Montgomery Village, MD
District: 39
Bio: Gina has created artwork at VisArts in Silver Spring, MD. She has also taken classes at Montgomery Community College. She loves music and dancing.
Medium: Canvas
Artwork Description: N/A
Contact: cdrayton@csaac.org
Name: Guan J. R. B.
Title: Exclusive #23
Town: Edgewater, MD
District: 30
Bio: Guan J R B has been painting for many years and is inspired by experimentation and learning new techniques. He enjoys abstract as well as realism and portraiture.
Medium: Acrylic Paint with Glitter on Canvas
Artwork Description: I am inspired by being able to paint in many types of mediums and learn different techniques and styles. This painting is mixed media and shows how I like to experiment.
Contact: ahagan@arundellodge.org
Name: Haran W
Title: Lighthouse on the Shore
Town: Edgewater, MD
District: 30
Bio: Haran W has been an artist for many years, and his preferred medium is acrylic on canvas. Haran enjoys exploring seascapes and landscapes in his work, and paints in bold solid colors creating a quiet and peaceful mood.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Artwork Description:I like painting because it is very peaceful and I can make art that people appreciate.
Contact: ahagan@arundellodge.org
Helen OBrien -- Flower Patch - Teresa LaMaster.jpegName: Helen O'Brien
Title: Flower Patch
Town: Silver Spring, MD
District: 20
Bio: Helen O’Brien has loved making art since she was very young. Today she works enthusiastically in many different media including acrylic paints, markers, collage and ceramics. She regularly takes classes with wonderful teachers at VisArts in Rockville and loves creating art with her friends there. Helen self-directs her support services through the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration. These services make it possible for Helen to grow as an artist, express herself creatively and build close, lasting friendships in the community. Helen especially loves giving her art to others, sharing her joy and imagination with family and friends.
Medium: Acrylic paint
Artwork Description: Golden flowers grow in the garden.
Contact: tklamaster@gmail.com
Name: Holly Burkholder
Title: Ginger and Snowball
Town: Freeland, MD
District: 42
Bio: My name is Holly and I live at a Penn-Mar Human Services residence. I enjoy traveling with my family and spending time with my nieces. Diamond Dots have become my number one hobby lately. I have completed many of them and often gift them to important people in my life. I also like to shop and go out with my roommate, Maggie. Ginger and Snowball are our cats and I love them so much. They like to cuddle and purr.
Medium: Acrylic and Posca Marker
Artwork Description: Ginger and Snowball are our cats at home. They snuggle and are comforting to me.
Contact: RLee@penn-mar.org
Name: Jamie Long
Title: Into the Blue Universe
Town: Westminster, MD
District: 5
Bio: Jamie Long is a great young artist who attends the Arc Carroll County. His favorite art to create is with acrylic paints and the beauty of nature!
Medium: Acrylic, Poured Paint
Artwork Description: I enjoyed mixing the paint for this project! Behold!
Contact: dnenner@arccarroll.com
Joe OZ - Rebecca Lee.jpgName: Joe Ginter
Title: Steampunk Oz
Town: Freeland, MD
District: 42
Bio: My name is Joe Ginter and a live in a residential home with Penn-Mar Human Services. I have always loved expressing myself through clothing and style as well as music and art. I have an eclectic style and am not afraid to try new things. I especially enjoy EDM music and going to concerts. Art has always felt like a therapeutic way to express my emotions and a focus that I find calming.
Medium: Watercolor Pencil/Acrylic
Artwork Description: I enjoy fusing themes that are out of the ordinary. The steampunk style has always intrigued me and the Wizard of Oz is just a classic.
Contact: Rlee@Penn-Mar.org
Name: Joshua Able-Carter
Title: Street Dreams
Town: Glen Burnie, MD
District: 32
Bio: The Beauty of the Quotidian, that is the mantra and phrase that I have based my work around. It is a phrase that means finding what is beautiful in the mundane and every day, and it has become the principal that I strive to exemplify in my art. It is important for me to find the beautiful things that we overlook everyday because it is these everyday things that allow us to live our lives.
Medium: Fine Art Photo Print
Artwork Description: Taken in downtown Baltimore, showing the struggles of living in the city.
Contact: ablecdesigns@gmail.com
Name: JP Henry
Title: Taking Over Dad's Job Now
Town: Earleville, MD
District: 36
Bio: JP is a lifelong Cecil County, Maryland resident who grew up on his family farm, developing a deep appreciation for nature and detail. After enjoying drawing in his youth, he shifted his artistic focus to photography, working exclusively with his mom’s cell phone. He captures landscapes, watermen’s boats, sunsets, and moments of humor—often from the car window—guided by the strong sense of line, pattern, and texture shaped by his autism. JP has earned numerous awards, held several solo exhibitions, and even appeared in films. He shares a new photo each day on Facebook, often paired with his own Haiku poetry.
Medium: Cell phone photography
Artwork Description: Skipping school to work on his Dad's crab boat a young boy takes over Dad's workspot and closes his eyes against the hard blowing wind and water spray.
He perfectly ran the shaking rocking boat and lifted the crab pots high out of the water in the early morning sunrise.
I was lucky to ride along on the boat for taking many pictures, but I had to get up really very early still in the night
you know.
"NONCHALANT"
A BIG Waterman boat
out of Rock Hall Maryland
Contact: oldehope@gmail.com
Name: Justin Valenti
Title: Ocean of Blue and Green
Town: Gaithersburg, MD
District: 17
Bio: Justin Valenti is a 29 year-old artist and advocate who specializes in fluid and digital art. He is the business owner of Artistic Expressions by Justin K Valenti. In 2025, Justin received an Artists and Scholars Project Grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. He received the Maryland Governor’s Award for his outstanding achievements in Disability Culture in 2023. A long-time advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Justin has been on the Board of Directors for The Arc Maryland since 2020 and is currently Executive Secretary.
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Artwork Description: This is a fluid art painting that I created using acrylic paint mixed with floetrol and silicon drip oil. After mixing and pouring the paint, I manipulated it by rotating and tilting the canvas until I achieved the results that I wanted. The artwork reminds me of an ocean crashing on a sandy shore because of the movement and paint cells that can be found in the piece.
Contact: justin.k.valenti@gmail.com, kprati@comcast.net
Name: Kareem Samuels
Title: Kareem and Katie Wearing Sunglasses
Town: Baltimore, MD
District: 40
Bio: Kareem Samuels made art at home and at St. Peter’s Adult Learning Center for some time before joining Make Studio in Baltimore City around 2011. He experimented with watercolor, and acrylic to colorfully share the positive, spiritual messages of his heroic alter ego, “Bible Boy.” He has become an expert in doing portraits of himself, friends, family, celebrities, as well as original and well-known superheroes. His recent exhibitions include “Brawlin” celebrating the glitz and glamour of women's wrestling and "Totally Open: Black Arts Celebration,” honoring Black artists in the greater Baltimore region hosted by Baltimore County Arts Guild in Catonsville.
Medium: Acrylic and Marker
Artwork Description: Friends are as important as superheroes and celebrities. They *are* superheroes and celebrities.
Contact: rosie@make-studio.org
Name: Keny Mashishi
Title: Umbrella and Chair on the Beach
Town: Bowie, MD
District: 22
Bio: I am a passionate artist and love drawing. Currently I attend Art Enables studio where most of my work is produced.
Medium: Paints
Artwork Description: This piece was drawn using paint.
Contact: Octavekm@gmail.com
Name: Kris McElroy
Title: Letting My Full Spectrum Fly
Town: Ellicott City, MD
District: 9
Bio: Kris McElroy is an Autistic Black biracial transgender man with multiple disabilities, as well as an artist, writer, and advocate living in Howard County with his wife and daughter. Art has long been his language—supporting communication, coping, healing, self-discovery, and empowerment. Creative expression allows Kris to share experiences he cannot always convey through words, especially around disability, race, identity, parenting, mental health, poverty, trauma, and intersectionality. Through his art and advocacy, he seeks to build connection, spark dialogue, and inspire a more inclusive community for all.
Medium: Photography
Artwork Description: A vivid photographic artwork by McElroy depicting a stylized figure releasing a swirl of colorful dragonflies and flowing ribbons into the dark background, symbolizing emotion, transformation, and the freedom of letting one’s full spectrum rise.
Contact: kristian.mcelroy@gmail.com
Name: Lesedi D'Andrea-Penna
Title: Orange Ocean
Town: Brunswick, MD
District: 4
Bio: I am a woman with Down syndrome who loves to paint. I have a wonderful coach from the ARC, who is also a water color artist. I have had my work exhibited at Frederick City Hall for Disability Pride Month, the Delaplaine and most recently in an exhibit for Brunswick Railroad Days, "Rooted in Nature."
Medium: pen paper, photograph, photo editing on iphone
Artwork Description: The theme is youth, infantilization, and feeling inadequate.
Contact: Vdandreapenna@frederick.edu
Name: Lisa S. Kearney
Title: Elphaba and Glinda Illustration Abstract
Town: Parkville, MD
District: 45
Bio: Lisa Kearney, a 31 year old, self-taught artist on the Autism spectrum, enjoys using acrylic paint and glitter to create pictures that makes her happy and proud. Lisa is a graduate of the Arc Baltimore Project Search program and Dunbar High School. Lisa is currently a student of the Art with a Heart program and has been a consistent contributor in the Arc at the Round, which is a annual event sponsored by the Arc Baltimore.
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas with masking tape borders.
Artwork Description: Inspired by the Wicked movie
Contact: lisakearney94@gmail.com, annettercook@gmail.com
Name: Louis Middleton
Title: Connecticut Garden Landscape
Town: Baltimore, MD
District: 40
Bio: A devotee of all things 1950s, Louis Middleton gravitates towards retro celebrity tributes as well as epic landscape, or a combination of the two in his art. Louis has been a member artist at Make Studio in Baltimore City since 2010. Recent exhibitions include “Chronicles: Storytelling Through Imagery,” at Annmarie Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD), “Today is the Greatest” with Quickest Flip at NIAD (Richmond, CA), "Clay Nowadays,” a ceramic exhibition at Visionaries+Voices (Cincinnati, OH). He has taught landscape painting workshops at the American Visionary Art Museum and elsewhere.
Medium: Mixed media
Artwork Description: I have grown as a landscape painter and increasingly work with texture and blending. First I create the sketch, then I transfer it onto the final paper or canvas. Then I paint and draw. Finally, I add texture with paint markers. These are masterpieces.
Contact: rosie@make-studio.org
Name: Madison Plaisance
Title: Owl in a tree
Town: Olney, MD
District: 14
Bio: Madison is a very creative and talented artist who also loves to sing and dance to Disney princess sound tracks. Madison also enjoys all things Disney but has. A interest in Syfi movies that include marvel, dc and Harry Potter. Madison favorite time of the year is during the holidays and really enjoys looking at all the decorations. Madison has a goofy personality and will belt out in laughter.
Medium: Artist pastel crayons
Artwork Description: Owl sitting in the tree in the evening with the moon shining down.
Contact: Tigerlily115@yahoo.com
Name: Marcie Hill
Title: Star Orca
Town: Baltimore, MD
District: 40
Bio: Marcie Hill's preferred subject matter is hybrid creatures, which could also be described as “Fictional Felines” and are executed in a variety of techniques. Marcie is a graduate of Woodlawn High School in Gwynn Oak, MD, and joined Make Studio in Baltimore City in 2023.
Medium: Mixed Media
Artwork Description: Of her Fictional Felines, Marcie says, "Two wonderful species create a new. Please enjoy this extravagant tour with today's wonderful performers!"
Contact: rosie@make-studio.org
Name: Margaret H
Title: Butterfly Study #3
Town: Edgewater, MD
District: 30
Bio: Margaret H. is an accomplished painter who has been creating paintings in her unique style since she was young. Flowing and layered brushstrokes are the signature of her work, as are the peaceful dreamlike images. She enjoys depicting animals and people the most.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Artwork Description: Margaret shares "I love painting animals and nature. This butterfly is full of life and color as it flies through the summer woods. Beautiful creatures and nature inspire me.
Contact: ahagan@arundellodge.org
Name: Matthew Eck
Title: Color Tree
Town: Montgomery Village, MD
District: 39
Bio: Matthew Eck has been with CSAAC mostly his entire life. Matthew was a student at CSAAC's school for those with autism, The Community School of Maryland. He creates artwork at VisArt in Silver Spring, MD as well as takes classes at Montgomery Community College.
Medium: Canvas
Artwork Description: N/A
Contact: cdrayton@csaac.org
Name: Maven Kahn
Title: Barrier Dance
Town: Silver Spring, MD
District: 20
Bio: Maven Kahn specializes in sculpture and mixed media. She works at the VisAbility Art Lab and has worked at the Washington Glass School & with jeweler Nick Barnes. Maven had a solo show in VisArts’ Common Ground Gallery in 2018 and has participated in many group art shows. “My heart is often most absurd. I play with music, and I play with words, I form with clay, and build with wire, and make whatever my heart desires. I make fine art of the low brow kind. I manifest what’s in my mind. My art is colorful, strange, and queer.”
Medium: Acrylic and Ink on Canvas
Artwork Description: " If I can't dance, I do not want to be part of your revolution", Emma Goldman
Contact: maxim4art@gmail.com, eparks@visartscenter.org
Name: Michael J. Gresalfi
Title: Dream Sailing
Town: Boyds, MD
District: 15
Bio: A U.S. Army service-connected disabled veteran, Michael Gresalfi received his Ph.D. in Public Policy from the George Washington University, Washington DC. He retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2019 as a senior staff member located in Washington DC.
Medium: Melted colored wax with acrylics on poster board
Artwork Description: I love sailing. During November, 2025, I sailed with five friends on a 53 foot Jeanneau sailboat from Annapolis Maryland to Fort Lauderdale Florida. We sailed in the ocean, around 50 miles from the coastline.
Contact: mjgresalfi@gmail.com
Name: Michael Litrenta
Title: Farewell Penny
Town: Freeland, MD
District: 42
Bio: My name is Michael Litrenta and a reside in a house with Penn-Mar Human Services. I am an avid collector, coffee lover and artist.
Medium: Acrylic and Posca Marker
Artwork Description: I've always enjoyed painting, however collecting specific items is my first passion. Over the years I have collected thousands of seashells, soda tabs and most importantly pennies. I am extremely excited to find pennies on the ground. For this reason, I chose to make a painting of my favorite collectable, the penny.
Contact: Rlee@penn-mar.org
Name: Patrick K
Title: Reign-A-Verse
Town: Edgewater, MD
District: 30
Bio: Patrick K enjoys uses mixed media, especially paint with glitter, to create fantastical creatures and images, as well as abstracts. Patrick explores new techniques often and expresses his enthusiasm for life through creative outlets including both art and music.
Medium: Mixed Media - Acrylic Paint and Glitter
Artwork Description: Patrick shares "I really love depicting nature and the universe - such as this bat in a cave. I am also a drummer and practice both art and music a lot."
Contact: ahagan@arundellodge.org
Name: Paul Lewis
Title: The Brown Horse
Town: Montgomery Village, MD
District: 39
Bio: Paul Lewis has been in the CSAAC program for over 20 years. Paul has a passion for painting and has created many wonderful pieces of artwork. He has worked and created at Art Enables in Washington, DC
Medium: Canvas
Artwork Description: N/A
Contact: cdrayton@csaac.org
Name: Rachel Pomponi
Title: Blue Crab
Town: Ellicott City, MD
District: 9
Bio: Rachel Pomponi is an aspiring writer, illustrator, and self-taught artist. Rachel graduated from Howard Community College in 2013 with an Associate of Arts degree. She is an Associate member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society (BWS) and belongs to the Howard and Carroll County Art Councils. She is also a member of the Autism Society of Maryland and its adult social group. Rachel believes that autism gives her a unique perspective of the interaction of shapes and colors that she expresses in her art.
Medium: Watercolor on watercolor paper
Artwork Description: The Blue Crab is a Maryland icon! No other crab compares. In this painting, I imagine him catching some rays on the Ocean City beach. The contrast between his sky-blue body and the sand make him pop out.
Contact: watercolorsbyrachel2019@gmail.com
Name: Richard Griffith
Title: Sunset Waters
Town: Annapolis, MD
District: 30
Bio: Hello, my name is Richard Griffith and the city of Annapolis has been my home for more than 45 years. I spend all of my summers doing what I love the most, which is fishing at Truxton Park in Annapolis.You may often see me riding my bicycle in Annapolis with my fishing rod & gear attached to my bike. When I’m not fishing, I spend my pass time recycling cans for a little extra money & creating art which I usually just give away to my friends & family.
Medium: Sequin art on canvas.
Artwork Description: I love being near the water, mostly fishing.
Contact: Jk672@hotmail.com
Name: Rob Stone
Title: Ragnarock
Town: Bethesda, MD
District: 16
Bio: Rob Stone is a disabled artist living in Bethesda, Maryland. Rob uses multiple techniques to create his art, including using his finger, knuckle or hand prints to create a base image. His assistant works with him to fill in details under his direction. Rob also uses his eyes with a computer program to create Pollack-style abstract art. Rob is a health care and disability rights advocate with Little Lobbyists, Caring Across Maryland, and other groups. Rob is also a proud 2020 graduate of The Arc of Maryland's Partners in Policymaking program.
Medium: Digital
Artwork Description: Rob created this image using his eyes and a software program that allows him to draw with his eyes. This is inspired by his love of Marvel comics and the character Thor. Ragnarok is a Norse fable about the end of the world and its renewal. You can see the Rainbow Bridge at the left, which joins Asgard (home of the gods) to the mortal realm. The dark blobs below it represent the battle.
Contact: robertstone.dyt16@gmail.com, jenevastone@gmail.com
Name: Robert Hammond
Title: Wild Vibrance
Town: Cockeysville, MD
District: 42
Bio: Robert Hammond is a passionate visual artist whose creativity shines through bold colors and expressive patterns. Living with Autism and an Intellectual Disability, Robert uses art as a powerful way to communicate his thoughts, emotions, and unique perspective of the world. Painting and coloring bring him joy, focus, and a sense of connection. Through community support programs, his talent has continued to grow, allowing him to share his imagination with others. This exhibition celebrates Robert’s resilience, originality, and the vibrant energy he brings to every artwork he creates.
Medium: Marker and ink
Artwork Description: This collection of vibrant wooden and textured designs reflects my joy in exploring color, shape, and imagination. Each piece—whether a flower, mermaid, paw print, or patterned circle—shows how I see the world: bright, playful, and full of life. I enjoy choosing bold colors and filling every shape with energy and movement. Creating this artwork helps me express myself, stay focused, and share happiness through color. Every piece is made with care, patience, and creativity, celebrating the beauty of simple forms brought to life through art.
Contact: amiableaccess@gmail.com
Name: Russell Lefurgy
Title: Giraffe
Town: Germantown, MD
District: 15
Bio: Russell Lefurgy is a detail-oriented creative person based in Germantown, Maryland, where he lives with one roommate. A lifelong resident, his strong family ties to Maryland inspire his dedication and pride in his work, both professionally and creatively. Russell is drawn to cross-stitching because the meticulous, piece-by-piece assembly mirrors the enjoyment he finds in solving jigsaw puzzles. This highly detail-oriented hobby perfectly complements his natural precision. In addition to his fiber art, Russell also engages his creative spirit through performing arts like art stream. He loves crafting intricate cross-stitch pieces with the ultimate goal of bringing joy to others.
Medium: Cross stitching
Artwork Description: “Giraffe, Dear and Raccoon: I enjoy doing cross stitch in my spare time. I like animals, certain species and these 3 are some of the species I like. Cross stitching makes me feel relaxed.”
Contact: mzelma@css-md.org
Name: Samuel Issadore
Title: Mountainous Cow
Town: Rockville, MD
District: 17
Bio: Sam is an autistic artist who loves painting nature and still life. They currently go to Winston Churchill High School in Potomac.
Medium: Photography
Artwork Description: This is one of my best works, a mountain cow with a scenic background I’ve been so nervous with that I kept it in a cabinet for 2 years. However, I feel that this oil painted original has a place where it belongs and can be enjoyed.
Contact: theautisticwayaround@gmail.com
Untitled1015_20250203215310 - Sarah Bell.pngName: Sarah C. Bell
Title: Wayward Ocean
Town: Elkridge, MD
District: 12
Bio: Deaf Artist on Autism Spectrum and ADHD who loves to draw cartoonish animals.
Medium: Digital Art
Artwork Description: The colors of imagination and creativity are tend to be confined in the mind. When it lets out of the mind, it is usually beautiful, even if we cannot fully understand.
Contact: scb0611@gmail.com
Name: Sarah DeWitt Brooks
Title: Again
Town: Frederick, MD
District: 3
Bio: Sarah DeWitt Brooks is an artist who primarily creates abstract paintings inspired by the shapes and patterns found in microscopic photography, nature, and our visual environment. She enjoys creating art that sparks delight in viewers through the use of joyful and unexpected colors and patterns to draw attention to the sometimes unnoticed details in our world.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artwork Description: Drawing inspiration from cellular photography and the view from my microscope, Boundaries examine the spaces between various cells and microorganisms, focusing the viewer’s attention on the living things we bypass daily.
Contact: sdewittbrooks@gmail.com
Name: Sheryl P
Title: Me, Myself and I
Town: Edgewater, MD
District: 30
Bio: Sheryl has been creating art all her life and is drawn to images of crosses and stairs signifying faith and growth. She finds inspiration in God, and enjoys both drawing and painting.
Medium: Mixed media on Canvas with Acrylic and Jewels
Artwork Description: Sheryl shares "I enjoyed painting this portrait because it made me really think about my faith and how important it is to me. It was fun to add the jewels for a little sparkle."
Contact: ahagan@arundellodge.org
Ryan's Under the Sea Painting - Activities Coordinator (Leah Minerve).jpgName: Socrates "Ryan" Hatzakos
Title: Under the Sea
Town: Columbia, MD
District: 12
Bio: Ryan is a self-taught artist who began his creative journey with painting as just a hobby, which quickly blossomed into a remarkable talent that has touched the hearts of many and brightened the spaces of Linwood Center. Ryan's artwork is not just a display of skill but a reflection of his loving, kind, and gentle soul. His dedication to his craft is evident in every brushstroke, and his passion for painting extends beyond personal enjoyment. Ryan demonstrates a desire to share his talent with the community and make a meaningful impact through his art.
Medium: Canvas Painting
Artwork Description: "I love animals especially fish. I've been to the aquarium where I have seen fish." Ryan's artwork is inspired by his interest in aquatic animals and his most recent visit to the aquarium.
Contact: leah.minerve@linwoodcenter.org
Name: Spencer Green
Title: Roadside Lillies
Town: Westminster, MD
District: 5
Bio: Spencer is a participant in Maryland’s Self-Directed Services program and a multi-disciplinary artist. He enjoys drawing, photography, crochet, working out, and creating handmade soaps and balms. His love of art began in early childhood and has continued to expand into new creative interests. Spencer’s artwork includes original note cards featuring his drawings, reflecting his curiosity, dedication, and joy in expressing himself through many different mediums.
Medium: Photography
Artwork Description: Spencer captured this photograph because these lilies were among the first blooms of spring. Their vibrant color rising against the weathered surroundings reflects the simple beauty and renewal found in everyday places. The piece invites viewers to appreciate the quiet moments of nature that often go unnoticed.
Contact: Spencergreen494@gmail.com
Name: Yasmine Swepson
Title: No Signal
Town: Oxon Hill, MD
District: 26
Bio: My name is Yasmine Lewis, and I am a proud citizen of the United States. I am a creative artist with a deep passion for fashion, storytelling, and developing fresh ideas. My journey is grounded in my faith, guided by growth with God, and strengthened by my commitment to independence and becoming the best version of myself.
Driven by determination, I strive to show the world what I am capable of while making a meaningful impact through my work. My art is rooted in purpose, created to inspire others, reflect my faith, and spark positive change wherever possible.
Medium: Canvas panel and acrylic paint
Artwork Description: N/A
Contact: molimah2002@gmail.com
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