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About the ArtistJoan Brady is a classically trained artist specializing in the methods and materials of the Great Masters. Currently she applies this traditional skill and technique to ever evolving compositions, inspired by her Monhegan Island home ten miles off the coast of Maine,
In addition to oil painting, Ms. Brady passionately pursues ceramics and organic gardening. |
Artist Bio |
Ms.Brady’s paintings are found throughout the Mid-Atlantic region in the form of murals, trompe l’oeil, and framed works. Clients include the Henry DuPont Winterthur Museum, Delaware; and The Hotel Hershey, Pennsylvania. She has appeared on Lifetime Television, and her work has been published in Better Homes and Gardens magazine, among others. She won the Maryland Wine Festival Poster competition and was awarded a Summer Residential Artist Fellowship at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, For ten years she served as Art Teacher and Department Chair at Saint Mary’s High School in Annapolis, MD. Certified as an Art teacher in Maine, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, she currently teaches online AP Art History, Art, and Art History to grades 7-12 to students throughout the country and the world. She also shares her passion for art through teaching classes and workshops.
Ms. Brady also owns and operates The Monhegan Gardener, a garden design and maintenance business on Monhegan Island. She is also a member of the Maine Art Educators Association. Ms. Brady Received a B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts where she received the Phi Beta Kappa Prize in Art. She later earned an M.A.L.T. degree from Notre Dame of Maryland University. She has studied at the Schuler School of Fine Arts, with Matt Zoll School of Fine Art, and Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, Maryland. |