April 20th: Members’ Critique
Susan Schauer Johns, The Zebra Gallery
All members are invited to bring one piece of his/her art to receive feedback from Susan Schauer Johns from The Zebra Gallery in Easton.
The piece can be in any medium, finished or incomplete, framed or unframed.
March 16, 2026 Demo ArtistLandscape and people provided Katie with the inspiration for her pastel paintings. Cassidy frequently references the influences of Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, and Joachin Sorolla in her artwork, and has travelled extensively to places like Ireland, France, and the American Southwest, where the land and people bring constant freshness to her art.
February 16th Demo Artist
Mike McSorley
Title of Presentation: Using Everyday Objects as Subject in Oils
https://www.mmcsorley.com/
Mike McSorley is a painter who blends traditional methods with modern ideas. His art works depict the paradox of depicting common things and places which then makes them seem more valuable than the original object.
Reinhardt Sahmel is a photographer living in Easton, Maryland. His presentation will demonstrate the double pour technique for displaying photographic art. The “double pour” technique for displaying photographic art refers to a method of embedding a photo within two layers of clear epoxy resin to achieve a protected, high-gloss finish. This technique is commonly used to create items like coasters, keychains, or mounted wall art.
His travels are reflected in his varied work. Learn more about Reinhardt Sahmel’s work at www.reinie.smugmug.com.
The October 21 st Saint Michaels Art league meeting will feature a presentation by oil painter Kirk McBride on how he paints boats. In recent years Kirk McBride has traveled the East Coast from Florida to Maine exploring the docks and fishing shacks, the marshes and beaches, the old wooden boats and the people who make a living from the sea. His paintings are a way of chronicling this vanishing piece of American life. As a plein air painter, Kirk has been invited to and painted in the Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational four times, Plein Air Easton four times, and Paint Annapolis six times, winning awards, including Artist’s Choice in Annapolis. Kirk’s love of water and boats has led him to being selected as a “Signature Member” of the American Society of Marine Artists. Kirk is represented by nine fine galleries along the East Coast including Troika in Easton. He has shown his work in dozens of solo and two-artist shows (with his wife, Lynne Lockhart). His home and studio are located close to the water on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
The Saint Michaels Art League will be featuring a slide lecture by photographer Dale Hall on September 16th, 9:30 in the parish hall of Christ Church in St. Michaels. Dale lives on Kent Island and is forever photographing the beautiful local scenery with it’s magnificent sunsets, nautical compositions and abundant waterfowl. Last year Dale published a beautiful photography book, Kent Island Waterscapes and she will be talking about the creation of this 192 page hardback work of art which is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Dale will also be discussing how she balances being a fine art photographer with aspects of her commercial photography business.
http://chesapeakepics.com/