As a glass artist, Viki Keating has been honing her craft for over 35 years. Drawing inspiration from nature, she dissects and reconstructs the textures, color and lines she finds in her surroundings. Viki’s pieces are very earthy and organic, imitating the forms she finds in nature with a modern feel in their glossy medium and contemporary composition. Keating creates large-scale architectural installations as well as sculptural pieces and functional pieces.
Read MoreOriginally from India, Varada Vaidya moved to Maryland in 2015. Her background is in atmospheric science and she works as science support at NASA/Goddard. (How cool!) Though she has no formal training in art, her pieces are fabulous and her talent is inherent. Varada works in many mediums and each type of work that she creates has its own unique style. Her painted sticks are very graphic with a very bold use of color and air of the side of playfulness; Her oil paintings and pastel drawings tend to sway more toward realism with tighter lines and wonderful use of shadowing; And her hand-painted vases and vessels illustrate her heritage with their detailed patterns and fine lines.
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