Trippe-Hilderbrandt Gallery is please to announce the reopening of its doors in late October in a new location at 23 North Harrison Street in Easton. Gallery receptions will be hosted Friday November 1 and Saturday November 2 from 5-8 PM.
Formerly located across the street and known as Trippe-Hilderbrandt Studios, the work of award-winning artists Nanny Trippe and Don Hilderbrandt were featured as well as several guest exhibitions by award-winning artists Ellen Gavin and Jill Basham.
The new gallery will exhibit work by Trippe and Hilderbrandt as well as Botanical artist Lee D’ZMura, watercolors by Plein Air artist David Csont, oil painting by Jill Basham and metal and wood sculpture by John C. North II. “ I am really excited about our new space, says Trippe. There is good natural light and open space for terrific viewing of the art. The line-up of artists exhibiting is very impressive.”
Talbot County artist Lee D’Zmura is an award winning botanical artist whose experience in landscape architecture enriches her watercolors. The transition from landscape documentation and design to botanical painting was a natural extension of her knowledge and love of plants. Her watercolors are an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of the individual specimen with botanical accuracy. D’Zmura received her certificate in Botanical Art from the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration where she now teaches the advanced watercolor classes. She has also studied with several master botanical artists and is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital. Her work is in collections throughout the country and has been published in journals and books on botanical art. She maintains a studio in St. Michaels where she draws inspiration from her neighbors’ gardens and the wildflowers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Born and raised in Easton, Judge North attended local schools and received degrees from the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. He and his father practiced law locally as well as serving 9 years as State’s Attorney for Talbot County, 18 years as Judge of the District and Circuit Courts and 12 years as Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Critcal Area Commission. In addition, he has been very active in community affairs, serving on boards of the Talbot YMCA, Country School, Talbot Bar Association, Sailwinds Park, Living Classrooms Foundation, and the advisory boards of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, and Maryland Historical Society. He was a founding member and president of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. For over 60 years, Judge North has captained the log canoe Island Bird(1882-built by his great-grandfather) and won every major log canoe trophy. He also owns log canoe Island Blossom(1892) and was named Captain of the Chesapeake by Governor Schaeffer in 1992. Widely known as a collector/restore of fine vintage automobiles, he was active in the establishment of the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance. He designed and sculpted all of the trophies it has awarded. His award-winning abstract and semi-representational sculpture may be found in numerous private collections.
David Csont is a nationally recognized illustrator and educator with over 25 years of professional experience in the visualization of architecture. He holds degrees in Art History and Graphic Design and completed his education earning a Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison in 1995.
Watercolor has been a passion of David, and is evident in his painting and illustration style. Over 25 years he has developed a colorful, painterly approach, rooted in the tradition of English watercolorists like John Sell Cotman and Cyril Farey. Ever cultivating his technique, he can be seen painting traditional plein air watercolors as he travels the world. He has participated as juried artist in Plein Air Easton from 2010 through 2013, one of the premier traditional painting exhibitions in the country. He was also the founder and organizer of Plein Air Mt Lebanon, a nationally recognized week long professional competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Contemporary Landscape Artist, Jill Basham, was born in Washington DC and comes from a family with a multi-generational history of artists. She grew up with an interest in art, yet it was not until later in adulthood that she began oil painting. Known for her atmospheric landscapes, she primarily paints in plein air (on location), but also works in her studio. Basham now resides near the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and has a strong appreciation for the local landscape, but is attracted to any scene that sparks an emotional response. Basham is inspired by the work of the California Impressionists, including William Wendt and Edgar Payne, and has been taught through workshops or classes by contemporary masters such as Ken Auster and Gavin Brooks.
Basham has been honored to participate in, and win awards in both local and national Plein Air Events and Art Shows including Plein Air Easton ’12 and ’13. She won Third in Plein Air Easton! 2012. Presently her work is hanging in the United States Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, through the US State Departments “Art In Embassies” program. Basham is an Artist Member of The Salmagundi Club, NYC, American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists, OPA, The Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association and The Working Artists Forum. For more detailed information and to see her work, go to www.jillbasham.com.
Don Hilderbrandt is a Signature Artist and Life member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and a member of the Working Artist Forum, St. Michaels Art League, TCVAC and the Friday Morning Artists. He received the 25th Annual Sam Hemming Award for Watercolor at the Academy of Art in 2010 and several awards at Chesapeake College in 2009 and 2010. A landscape architect, Don interrupted a 12 year part time and successful art career in 1979 to focus on his urban design/planning business. In the 1970’s he received seven awards from the Baltimore Watercolor Society, including three firsts. After retirement in 2005 Don and his wife Carol moved to Easton from Columbia, Maryland and he is now painting landscapes and water scenes of the Eastern Shore and Maine.
Nanny Trippe is a many generation native of the Eastern Shore. She has fostered a love of photography from a young age and pursued that passion through formal study at St. Timothy’s in Baltimore, Denison University and Richmond College in London, England. In 2009, she won Best Black and White-the coveted Audrey A. Bodine Award, Best Amateur and Best in Show at Easton’s Plein Air Photography Contest. Her photo, “#2 Door”, has been published in Photographer’s Forum “Best of Photography 2010”. She has had an image published in each successive year of “Best of Photography” since 2009. In 2013, she was honored at the Academy of Art Annual Member Show with the Tidewater Camera Club Award for Excellence in Photography.
Trippe-Hilderbrandt Gallery will be open Monday, Thursday-Saturday from 10AM-5PM. Open Sundays from 1-4PM. Tuesday and Wednesday are by chance or appointment. For more information please call 410-310-8727.
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