To add privacy, window screens were sometimes painted ... but she also winks at the old motifs by including swans. “I’ve been painting screens but my own way — traditional and contemporary ...

a prolific practitioner of the Baltimore folk art tradition of painting colorful window screens, died Feb. 11 of complications from dementia at Caring Home Assisted Living in Essex. She was 89.

The Cafe Art class, taught by Sovyak, will instruct participants in window screen painting. Sovyak said she learned about the technique while visiting the American Museum of Visual Art in Baltimore.

he decided to paint a window screen for her and his little nephew. William Oktavec, whose work was readily on display throughout the neighborhood, also operated an art supply store on nearby ...

I went looking for old things connected to the city's history and quirky local culture — everything from Edgar Allan Poe to row houses and painted window screens, a utilitarian folk art that's ...

Jan Crawford explores a unique folk art tradition going back 100 years ... as artists today once again embrace the tradition of painted window screens, an authentic connection to the city's ...

They are also public art, reminiscent in some ways of the work of such artists as Glenn Ligon and Lawrence Weiner. Painted with long ... a shattered storefront window and a low-key sign pinned ...

To add privacy, window screens were sometimes painted ... but she also winks at the old motifs by including swans. “I’ve been painting screens but my own way — traditional and contemporary ...