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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. |
Artist Bio |
Ms.Brady’s works are found throughout the East Coast in the form of murals, trompe l’oeil, ceramics and framed paintings. 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. Prior to moving to Monhegan, 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 Art courses online through Maine Connections Academy. She also shares her passion for art through teaching on-island workshops.
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 Matthew Zoll School of Fine Art, and Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, Maryland. |