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There are many realist artists located within the Baltimore City and Maryland/Pennsylvania/Virginia Areas who are associated directly with Ann Schuler or Matt Zoll or the Torpedo Factory, located in Alexandria. As a service to this growing community, I have listed the artists who I am personally familiar with and whose work I admire.
The Schuler School of Fine Arts maintained realism in Baltimore through the past decades, when it was unfashionable to be able to draw accurately and "painting was dead".
In addition to drawing from the cast, oil portraiture, watercolor, oil still life, artistic anatomy, figure drawing, and sculpture, the school teaches how to use paint
in a lovely way. The school's paint is hand-ground in ancient materials, and the Maroger medium is used as well. Recently I went to a show at a top realism gallery in New York,
where paintings cost up to $150,000, and although the images were striking, noone's paint compared to the sheen and quality of Schuler's.
Ann Schuler, who recently passed away, devoted her life to teaching realism and instructed artists for over fifty years. She was a marvelous draughtsman.
I am proud to be one of the School's graduates.
Other graduates include: John Brandon Sills, Will Wilson (San Francisco), Jorge Alberto, Carol Thompson,
Matt Zoll, Dean Larson, Joan Johnson, and Christine Merrill
The Schuler School has two shows per year, at which art is framed and for sale, both by students and faculty. They offer a full-time program, as well as part-time programs.
The Zoll Studio, located in Lutherville, Maryland, is run by Matt Zoll. The studio invites national realist artists to do workshops, including Rob Liberace, Jacob Collins, Scott Powers, David Leffel, and Sherri McGraw.
The studio offers classes for young kids and adults. And Tuesday nights there's a model, 10$, 7-10pm. Nice people.
The Zoll Studio hosts shows by its instructors, as well as students, and most work is for sale. Prices range from 50$ to 20,000$.
Grace Kim paints still life arrangements, which emphasize symmetry and color. Her paintings are carefully contructed and she often uses magnolia blossoms and persimmons from her yard. I admire her work on many levels.
Kelly Brooks is a landscape painter. She paints en plein-air as well as large studio paintings and is a presence in the regional landscape market. She often competes in the national plein air competition, "plein air Easton."
Will Wilson actually lives and shows in San Francisco, but his family is in Maryland. He paints still life and portrait. Realism can be accused of being rather redundant. After all, I can see the orange, so why do I need a painting of it. However, Will Wilson, takes that orange and hangs it from a piano wire and then has all sorts of other things going on. Also, the surface of his paintings is as smooth as glass.
Anthony Waichulis, an accomplished and creative trompe l'oeil painter, runs a studio in Pennsylvania. The website shows his work, and the work of his students. They are doing really impressive paintings and drawings which are also playful.
Jacob Collins is a focal point of the Realism School in New York City. He began the "Water Street Atelier," located in Manhattan, and has now transitioned into the Grand Central Academy. I watched him paint a portrait at the Zoll Studio in 2007.
A very nice realist gallery.