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.

From there, he and his sons, nephews, grandsons and students filled Baltimore’s windows with painted screens. The folk art custom has returned to the city, thanks to the efforts of the Painted ...

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 ...

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 ...