Les Artistes

Carl Clark

From the Woman Series: Sunday Morning While Considering a Decisive Moment, 1991

From the Woman Series: Sunday Morning While Considering Perserverance, 1991

Major Carlton L. "Carl" Clark is an internationally exhibited artist. Carl's medium is social documentary photography. He is also a freelance editorial photographer. Carl is multilingual and has traveled to Europe, Asia, South East Asia, Africa, Central America, and Canada. During the first of two tours of duty in Vietnam he converted to Buddhism. Buddhism, Roy DeCarava, world travels, African ancestors, fine art training, spirituality, women and two and a half years of combat influence his Art. Clark holds a B.A. degree in sociology from The University of Nebraska and a B.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. His graduate level courses include; Education, Economics, International relations, Counseling Psychology, and Management principles.

Jenny Brake

The Ship

City Map

Jenny Brake is a long time resident of the West End, Washington, DC. Ms. Brake is mainly an abstract painter whose paintings depict a directness and strength that match her no nonsense approach to living. Her commitment to creative work began at an early age, she studied at the Corcoran and at the Smithsonian under Trinka Simon. For several years she has painted weekly with two other local Washington artists – Debra Naylor and Barbara Pace. The three return in some degree to the roots of Foundry Gallery which was created in 1971 by three women who rented studio and exhibition space in the Duval Foundry building in Georgetown

John J. O'Connor

Average Monkey

Double Bad

John J. O'Connor works mostly with colored pencil and graphite, creating abstract and elaborate pieces packed with geometric designs and a wide range of color. He was born in Westfield, MA in 1972. John proceeded to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He then received his Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute. Then he continued to pursue his Master of Theory, Criticism, and History of Art at Pratt Institute as well. He obtained hisBA from Westfield State College

Ryan Mrozowski

Parachutes

The Cloud

Ryan was born in 1981 in Pennsylvania. He received his MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute
and his BFA in Painting from The Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Robert E Cook Honors College. He works with acrylic paints and depicts slightly surreal scenes, providing interesting compositions and insights into things that are often unnoticed.

Joshua Stern

Joshua Stern was born in New York in 1957 and continues to live and work there today. Stern works with mixed media in order to create art that communicates and delves into deeper issues of the human condition. One of his projects involves a series of wooden frames filled in by all things beaver. For example the "Leave it to Beaver" frame pictured above.