Joan Brady is a classically trained artist working in hand made oils. She delights in creating compositions inspired by her home on a tiny island ten miles out to sea.
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, The Hotel Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Mohegan Island Inn, Mohegan, ME.
Awards, honors, and Miscellany
Grant winner, Island Institute, Rockland, ME, 2019.
Winner, Maryland Wine Festival Poster competition.
Summer Residential Artist Fellowship at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Limited Edition Print for Harrisburg Symphony Society, Harrisburg, PA.
Monhegan Brewing Company “Rusticator” Doppelbock Beer label Design
La Nef Chocolate "Brady Bar" artwork provided for package.
Education:
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Bachelors of Art degree
Phi Beta Kappa Prize in Art.
Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD.
Master of Arts in Leadership in Teaching degree.
Schuler School of Fine Arts, Baltimore, Maryland
Zoll Studio School of Fine Arts, Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
Koo Schadler, New Hampshire, Egg tempera 2019, virtual workshop 2021.
Exhibits
Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, ME 2017-present
Archipelago, Rockland, ME 2018-19
Winter Works, Monhegan, ME 2016-2019
Mitchell Gallery, St. Johns College, Annapolis, MD. Less is More; Small Works in a Great Space 2012.