Featured Artists

Howard Lapp

Howard is a retired airline caption with a love of art and has painted regularly since childhood. He lives in Oxford Maryland and was selected as the featured artist for the 33rd Fine Arts in Oxford.

He earned an Award of Excellence in an International Marine Art exhibition at Mystic Seaport (CT). His paintings and prints can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the US and in Europe; a piece was selected by the Curator of the Arts in Embassies program to grace the residence of the US ambassador in Brazil.

His paintings have been featured in Yankee and Chesapeake Bay magazines, and in numerous galleries and exhibitions in Hawaii and on the East Coast.

Reggie Gillumo

Reggie Gillumo is a sculptor and visual artist known for creating emotionally resonant, textured art in the Washington DC area. Inspired by his grandfather’s blindness, Gillumo developed a unique textured style that invites both physical and emotional engagement. His art is deeply rooted in legacy, accessibility, and community, transforming everyday materials into powerful, sensory-driven works. Through public installations and community-based projects, Reggie redefines what it means to "feel" art, making creativity inclusive and impactful.

Gillumo was a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Visual Arts at the 39th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, presented by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Many celebrities own Guillumo's artwork, including Stevie Wonder, Sheila Johnson, and LeBron James.

Ingrid Matuszeski

Ingrid began painting in mid-life after a first career in International Education and several years spent living and working in Japan. As my two boys reached elementary and middle school she began taking plein air painting classes and have studied and painted furiously for the past several years.

She has art studios, one at home in Arlington Virginia and a new studio, South Street Studio, on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Oxford, MD. When not plein air painting in the greater Washington, DC area, most of her art inspirations reflect her love of the Virginia countryside; farms, barns, winding country roads, open space, trees, creeks, rivers and pastures.

Joseph Craig English

Joseph was introduced to silkscreen printing in his ninth grade art class and that became his passion along with painting in oil and acrylic for more than four decades. In 2019 he began experimenting with how his work could be created in Photoshop; using digital paintbrushes and a wide format printer. Embracing this new technique, he has been able to create new work in the identical style he has enjoyed for years but without the exposure to toxic inks and solvents.

After graduating from the School of Art at VCU in Richmond, he lost no time getting his career underway. In 1975, he and his wife purchased a home Washington Grove, Maryland, where he designed and built the studio where he worked until 2024. Joseph has a studio in Frederick, Maryland.

Early on, the artist took his brightly colorful original artwork to the streets. His award winning work is avidly collected and has been included in dozens of museum and corporate collections on paper, including The Virginia Museum in Richmond, The Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, The Baltimore Museum and the Taubman Museum in Roanoke, Virginia.

Gerardo Camargo

Gerardo is a multidisciplnary artist, originally from Mexico, based in the Washington DC area. Gerardo explores history, authorship, and the stories embedded in place..

“I would like for my work to help question the social and natural constructs, the history of a place, or what we consider as native.”

Rita Ting-Hopper

Rita grew up watching her grandfather, an accomplished landscape artist, paint in California. At 14 years old, she started Chinese brush painting lessons in Hong Kong and continued painting throughout her life. In college, she studied art history abroard in Heidelberg, Germany, and French in Paris, France. She pursued law and practiced as a litigator in Los Angeles and the Washington DC area for many years. She later joined the startup world including in-house counsel roles.

After an open-heart surgery (at an unexpectedly “young age” of 52), Rita focused on watercolor florals with happy colors. Combining art with her entrepreneurial spirit, Rita designs knot bags at TingHopper.com

Rita and her husband, Michael, live in Arlington Virginia.