Announcing our 2023 Art Walk Entries!
This contest ran for the month of September 2023. Thank you to all who participated and also to those who voted, our participating artists, and our host businesses!
See “Artist Info” where available to learn more about our fabulous artists!
(Some images are slightly cropped to fit. Be sure to come see them in person as all of our entries are amazing!)
Update: congratulations to our winners!
1st Place - Michele Steiger, "Lake Lily", pastel painting featured at Crazy for Ewe Yarns 2nd Place - Philip Brill, "Scouting the River", counted cross stitch featured at the North End Gallery. 3rd Place - Aicy Karbstein, "Old Town Alexandria in December", acrylic painting, featured at Leonardtown Town Hall
Rudbeckias 587
By Christina Allen - Oil - 26x34” - $825
The White Peacock
By Brandy Blackstone - Watercolor - 14x17” - $100
Location: New View FiberWorks
Scouting the River
By Philip Brill - Counted Cross Stitch - 30x24” - NFS
Location: North End Gallery
Music Connects Us
By Jenn Dorsey - Photography - 13.5x11.5” - NFS
Location: The Rex
A Totally Determined Peacock
By Jami Faith - Colored Pencil on Map - 13.5x17” - NFS
Location: Fenwick Street Used Books & Music
Falling Stars
By Elizabeth Foster - Digital - 8.5x11” - $175
Location: Happy & Zen Crystals
Flowers by the Window
By Harriet Gossett - 3-D Paper - 17x17” - $60
Location: Port of Leonardtown Winery
The Unexplored
By Brandon Grenier - Acrylic - 12x16” - $450
Location: Marie & Nash
Slow Swimmer
By Iris Hall-Willey - Acrylic - 12x24” - $125
Location: Shepherd’s Old Field Market
Calm Seas
By Lonnie Hampton - Acrylic - 13.5x11.5” - $50
Location: Wine & Design - Leonardtown
Redbreast Sunfish
By Eric Clark Jackson - Batik on Cotton - 30x44” - $2,400
Location: Bay Fibers Studio
Old Town Alexandria in December
By Aicy Karbstein - Acrylic - 29x23” - $5,500
Location: Leonardtown Town Hall
Waves
By Midnight Lightning - Mixed Media - 24x24” - $100
Location: Heritage Chocolates
Porto Port
By Cindy Martin-Brennan - Mixed Media - 11.5x15.5” - $140
Location: Social Coffeehouse & Cocktail Bar
Jelly
By Michael O’Shields - Pyrography - 11.5x16” - $400
Location: Olde Towne Insurance
The Mallards
By Katherine Ritter - Acrylic - 15x15” - $100
Location: The Yellow Line
Morning Rain
By Frank N. Roth - Photography - 16x20” - $200
Location: The Inn at Leonardtown
Raindrops on Grass
By Sieva Smith - Gouache - 8x10” - $250
Location: Antoinette’s Garden
Lake Lily
By Michele Steiger - Pastel - 10.5x14.5” - $350
Location: Crazy for Ewe
Artist’s Selfie with Remnants of an Earlier Work (Cir. 1967)
By Nicole Stewart - Oil - 22x18” - NFS
Location: St. Mary’s County Arts Council
Neon City
By Alex Syma - Mixed Media - 21x17” - $50
Location: Escape Rooms of Southern Maryland
Sail Away
By Donna Tizol - Acrylic - 18x14” - $1,000
Location: The Inn at Leonardtown
Tryst
By Joe Tizol - Ink & Watercolor - 10x8” - $65
Location: Good Earth Natural Foods Co.
Moon
By Caitlin Wakefield - Gouache - ” - $300
Bee
By Amanda Weed - Acrylic - 20x16” - $65
Location: Fenwick Street Used Books & Music
Our annual Art Walk contest is an exciting opportunity to view artwork created locally in a wide variety of media and styles with generous prizes awarded to the winners!
Voting will start on Sept. 1st and end on Sept. 30th. Come vote for your three favorite art pieces and you may win a prize as well!
Stop by any of the businesses featured on the map, pick up a ballot, get the ballot stamped at three different locations, and select your three favorite pieces of art! You can select the art from ANY of the businesses as long as you visit at least three different locations for your ballot to be stamped.
Submit your ballot at one of the businesses on the map. If you deliver your ballot directly to the Arts Council at 22660 Washington St, Leonardtown, MD 20650 you will receive a free small gift! Arts Council hours are 11 AM - 4 PM Wed thru Sat and 11 AM - 8 PM on First Fridays.
Art Walk 2023 Ballot
Click the button below to download the 2023 Art Walk Ballot to print your own!
Art Walk 2023 Map
Click the button below to download the 2023 Art Walk Map to print your own!