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July 8, 2025 In

Lisa Scarbath

Sculptor | Ellicott City, Maryland

 

https://www.piecefuldesignsmosaics.com/

Lisa Scarbath is a Resident Artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City, MD. She creates 2D and 3D fine art mosaics and public art.

Guided by intuition and the emotional essence of each piece, Lisa selects materials that best tell the story she wants to convey. She cuts pieces of unique stained glass for “painting” scenes and works with slate for more abstract, organic forms. Upcycled materials-broken crockery, found objects, and discarded fragments-frequently find their way into her mosaics, adding texture, depth, and technical challenge. Her work spans a range of imagery, from abstract to representational, and moods from playful to contemplative, always inviting viewers to look closer and discover layered meaning.

A former attorney and professor, Lisa became a full-time mosaic artist in 2019. She serves on the Board of Contemporary Mosaic Art 2, where she hosts a monthly public art speaker series and co-chairs the 2026 Conference in Albuquerque, NM. She is also a member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists and a featured speaker at their 2025 Conference in Orlando, FL. Lisa is an owner/member of the Artists’ Gallery in Ellicott City, MD, represented by Benfield Gallery in Severna Park, and exhibits her work across Maryland, from Frederick to Ocean City.

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August 14, 2024 In

Dave Dunn

Hometown: Silver Spring, MD

Dave Dunn’s art is defined by a unique ability to invest his metal constructions with both whimsy and primordial dark mystery. His works draw on imagery and meaning
from a metallurgical era lost to the modern age. His often frequent use of medieval imagery in his welded and forged work evokes in the viewer an historical allegory,
while imbuing his creatures of nature with abstract nuance and fantasy.

Combining rough steel imagery with historical symbols of contest and predators, his creatures take on mysterious and fantastical life forms. Drawing on a lifelong
environmental consciousness, he assembles repurposed objects, found metal pieces or modern steel implements with deft creativity, offering the viewer a more modern and
empathetic connection to the natural world through movement and personality.

From his earliest years growing up on Harris creek flowing into the Chesapeake Bay, he combined driftwood and other found objects deposited by high tides and repurposed
them into art objects while daydreaming about what lurked beneath the waves. He also spent formative years living in Paris, France, the son of an American diplomat,
surrounded by the medieval and renaissance imagery of the old world. Today he works out of his DunnInMetal Studios in Silver Spring, Maryland and his small workspace
where he began his career in Bozman. Maryland.

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August 13, 2024 In

Nick Vincent

Sculptor | Palm Coast, Florida

 

www.nathansforge.com

I am Nick Vincent, an artist blacksmith. I use traditional blacksmithing tools and materials to create a dance between the hot iron and the anvil, utilizing positive and negative space. I like to  forge the landscape of the water’s edge of Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coast with both flora and fauna for furniture and decorative items.

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July 26, 2023 In

Jeffrey Mathias

Sculptor | Tilghman, Maryland

 

www.jeffreymathias.com

Jeffrey Mathias earned a BFA from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi where he studied under

the brilliant Artist and mentor, Dr. Jon Whittington. Today he crafts over-sized yet intricately detailed

sculptures that honor some of the sea’s often overlooked creatures, such as the mud-streaked Eastern

Oyster. Each sculpture is a unique exploration of color, texture, layered form, and natural elegance,

depicting the humble oyster shell in striking works of art.

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July 26, 2023 In

Bernie Houston

Sculptor | Savannah, Georgia

For over four decades Bernie Houston has traveled both nationally and internationally collecting driftwood with most pieces found in the Atlantic region of the United States.

Bernie grew up off the coast of Savannah Georgia where he was surrounded by driftwood. “The paradigm shift for me as a very young artist was selling my first

sculpture right out of the box in a gallery in my own home town”.

Bernie studied art at the prestigious Savannah College of Art & Design. After graduation and while working as a graphic artist, he continues to present and exhibit his sculptures in galleries and art festivals across the country. Because nature does not mimic itself  Bernie’s creations are fifty percent nature –

fifty percent the unique talent and creativity of the artist. His entire collection is one-of-a-kind and created using one solid piece of driftwood. There is not asingle piece like it on the planet. Bernie believes the wood determines the nature of the piece so he meticulously chooses driftwood based on its age, shape and

overall form. His sculptures take shape first with curing then careful cutting and sanding. In the final stages, Bernie’s sculptures come to life with the finishing

touches of polish and paint. Bernie’s gift is his ability to visualize and carve each piece of driftwood into a unique work of art. The right tools, the right style

of carving, and complete attention to detail result in truly unique and wonderful masterpieces.

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August 23, 2022 In

Jim Green

Hometown: Hermosa, SD

Sculptor | Hermosa, South Dakota

 

www.jimgreenart.com

Jim Green’s bronze sculptures originate from his time growing up in South Dakota. He likes that art allows him to convey a message of conservation and love of nature. Wherever he was throughout his life he closely observed the animals around him. “I remember the birds most of all,” he said, “swallows cartwheeling over a cliff or vultures circling above a trail.” Jim has found that the easiest way to begin a conversation about how to keep and enjoy our wild places is through his art. In that way he can tell thought-provoking stories of the nature that surrounds us all. Stories that are as compelling as our own. These ‘stories in bronze’ are found in many juried art shows, exhibitions, permanent exhibits, and private collections across the country and abroad. Jim’s sculptures have won numerous awards and his artwork is represented by carefully selected galleries in Minnesota and Arizona.

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August 23, 2022 In

Scott Penegar

Sculptor | Charleston, South Carolina

 

www.Scottpenegarsculpture.com

Scott received his art degree from Appalachian University, studied marine biology at the College of Charleston, and apprenticed under the renowned sculptor Jan D’Esopo in San Juan Puerto, Rico.  He lives in Charleston, SC and spends his spare time on the ocean, the inspiration for his marine wildlife sculpture.  He has worked as a commercial fisherman, aquarium exhibit designer, and eco-tour guide.  An avid sailor, Penegar has made two transatlantic crossings on a 34-ft sailboat. He has won numerous awards and has created many public installations.  Some recent projects have been a 6ft tall bronze eagle for The Citadel in Charleston, SC. and a 12 peice bronze sculpture installation located in Marion Square in Charleston, SC.  He is a signature member of, The American Society of Marine Artist and The Society of Animal Artists, a The National Sculpture Society.

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May 20, 2022 In

Eric Tardif

Hometown: Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Inspired by nature, but also the art of the First Nations of Canada (the aboriginal people of Canada who are not Inuit or Métis), Eric Tardif is sensitive to the expressive possibilities. His passion for birds, their elegance and grace in movement, is a source of inspiration that stimulates his imagination and creation. But the figure remains for him only a starting point; it cannot fully communicate his vision without the evocative impressions of abstraction. The innovative character of his work has earned him a number of awards in Japan and the U.S.

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May 20, 2022 In

Paul Rhymer

Sculptor | Point of Rocks, Maryland

 

Rhymerstudio.com

Paul comes from a family of artists and has drawn and painted his whole life.  After receiving an Associate of Arts degree from a local college in 1984, he accepted a job at the Smithsonian Institution doing taxidermy and model making and retired in 2010.  

For the last 25 years he has created sculptures that convey his feelings and experiences of animals-and use them to express feelings about the world around him. 

In 2023 Rhymer was named Birds in Art Master Wildlife Artist. He is a Fellow with the National Sculpture Society and a Distinguished Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists.

Among his many public art installations are, the Briscoe

Western Art Museum; Smithsonian’s National

Zoo; Denver Zoo; NatureWorks Monuments,

Tulsa, Oklahoma; the City Park, Hagerstown,

Maryland; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts,

Hagerstown, Maryland; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art

Museum; Shepard Park, Summerville, South Carolina;

and B.I.R.D.S. Project, Summerville, South Carolina.

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May 20, 2022 In

Fred Boyer

Hometown: Anaconda, MT

Fred Boyer is an internationally acclaimed artist whose impressive wildlife bronzes grace the home of President George W. Bush and General Schwarzkopf, as well as galleries and shows around the world. His awards include; Safari Club International Featured Artist 2013, the first time a sculptor has been chosen. He achieved Calgary Stampede Artist choice in 2009.

 

Growing up in Anaconda, Montana he graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Art. He taught school in Alaska, returning to Montana in 1974 where he continued to teach until he began sculpting full time. He has been an avid guide, hunter, and conservationist which continue to influence his perspective as an artist.

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