Celebrating Nearly 40 years
March 1972 - March 2012
Holly Branch Visual Artists and a sampling of their art.
As artist information becomes available we will include them in this gallery.
Dianne Bauer, Harrington DE
I enjoy the freedom of exploring all media in my painting. My work expresses a playful energy in color and design. I am adept in photography and digital composition. Also, my work in sculpture and crafts has been a valuable tool in teaching workshops.
To see other images of Dianne's Art go to: http://purpleponystudio.com
Copyright © 2012 Dianne Bauer
Maria Liberto Bessette, Dover DE
Maria's achievements as a supporter of the arts as well as persuing many art medias is evident. Her creative talent and art advocacy has led her from art instructor to art director while creating many paintings and artisan wares. She has appeared in many regional and local exhibits, while winning many awards. She is proud to be the current president of the Holly Branch of NLAPW to promote the awareness of the creative spirit in Central Delaware and nearby areas.
Copyright © 2012 Liberto's Art
Jean Bowers, Milton DE
Jean retired as a librarian and library manager in 2009 and relocated from the Virginia and Washington, D.C. area to Sussex County Delaware. Jean was drawn to Delaware by the small town atmosphere and the natural beauty found in the ocean, the countryside, and the woods. Many of her paintings depict the beauty found in local scenes.
Jean is continuing her art studies begun in the early 1980s when she was a BFA student. Since retiring Jean has renewed her interest in art and has begun to practice and study extensively.
Jean is a member of the Rehoboth Art League, Cape Artists of Lewes, the Mispillion Art League, the Milton Art Guild, the Worcester County Council for the Arts, and Delaware By Hand. Jean exhibits her work regularly.
Copyright © 2012 Jean Bowers
N Taylor Collins, Dover DE
Taylor has been a working artist since the 1980s and has published many limited edition prints in the past 20 years. She works in the folk art style mostly in acrylics and paints plein air in oil with friends whenever possible. Writing is taking up a lot of time as well and Taylor has work in two books, Water Cooler Diaries and Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln. Both are available from Taylor or by ordering on-line. Water Cooler Diaries is available at local bookstore and major retailers such as Amazon and Barnes&Noble. Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln is available from National League of Pen Women.
Copyright © 2012 N Taylor Collins
K. M. Hammond celebrates 50 years of professional artistry which started in Dover, DE in 1959. Hammond has been a member of the National League of American Pen Women since 1980, now celebrating her 30 year anniversary. Focusing on painting, Still Life, Florals, Portraits and Landscapes she has won many prizes, ribbons and one-person exhibits.
Her down to earth treatment of subject matter objectively records her artistic vision in a painting style known as Impressionist Realism. Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Pencil, Pen and Ink, Charcoal and Crayola Crayon are among her current medium preferences. Hammond delights in painting artwork of various sizes – ranging from 11”x15” to 4 ft x 5ft.
Largely a self-taught artist; Hammond has museum quality one-of-a-kind fine art paintings around the world in private and public collections. There are NO identical duplicates. Each painting comes with a “Certificate of Authenticity” signed by the Artist. K.M. Hammond Art is ‘ALWAYS ORIGINAL. NEVER A PRINT”.
To find out more about K M Hammonds art go to: KMHammondART.com
Copyright © 2012 KM Hammond
Anne Hanna, Dagsboro DE
Anne Hanna is a nationally-recognized watercolorist living near Dagsboro, Delaware. She has exhibited widely in the Washington, DC, Baltimore and throughout Delaware for the last 30 years. Anne moved from Laurel, Maryland, a Washington suburb, to Delaware in 1998.
In July 2007, Anne was awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She was among 20 fellow visual artists, writers and composers focusing on their own creative projects at a working retreat near Sweet Briar College. A typical residency ranges from two weeks to two months. An artist is provided with a private studio, accommodations and meals in a distraction-free atmosphere.
Since 1999, she has had one person shows at the Rehoboth Art League, Delaware Tech, the Peninsula Gallery in Bethany Beach, and the Zwaanendael Gallery of Art. Her prints are represented at the Coastal Art and Framing Gallery. In March of 2004, she was the featured artist of her print company, Qoro LLC, at the five-day International Art Expo at New York City's Javits Center.
To learn more about Anne go to http://annehanna.com
Copyright © 2012 Anne Hanna
Donna L Hansen, Dover DE
Art has always had a place in Donna's life. She began painting 10 years ago when she studied with George Bockius. She also studied with area artists Jean Francis and Earl Abbott as well as attending master classes at the Academy Art Museum of Easton, Maryland.
"Painting provides me with a passion, a challenge and pleasure. It is a never ending lesson. Plein Aire (live on location) is my favorite type. Needless to say I love painting" says Donna.
Many of her current paintings are scenes of historic areas and landscapes of Delaware. Skilled in traditional oil painting techniques, she has recently ventured into watercolors.
Donna Hansen's work has been accepted and honored in many juried shows throughout Delaware and Maryland. She has lived in Delaware for over 40 years. She currently resides in Dover with her husband Donald. She raises and shows Toy and Standard Poodles.
In 2002, Donna sold two oil paintings of 911 themes and donated the proceeds to the American Red Cross Liberty Fund. In 2001, Donna donated a Plein Aire sketch of the Mispillian Lighthouse to the Keepers of the Mispillion Lighthouse to create signed numbered prints to be sold to restore the Lighthouse.
Donna paints regularly with the Plein Air Painters of Easton Md as well as an art instructor of audlt students.
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Copyright © 2012 Donna Hansen
Gloria K Hropvich, Dover DE
Elyse Moore, Rehoboth DE
Ann Dagmar Rosati, Millsboro DE