Welcome to Frederick Cellars, A City Winery!

Previously at Frederick Cellars’ Gallery we have featured local and regional artists.

Several are members of The Artist's Gallery in Frederick, MD.

December & January Artists -

Angela Praisner & Lisa Ryan

A Sense of Place

Angela Praisner captures the essence of time & place in her travels through a lens.

The obvious landscape is powerful enough to freeze in time, but in some instances, there is a desire to become more intimate with the place and search for spaces that go unnoticed. All different, but all with one commonality.... capturing “a sense of place”.

Lisa Ryan captures “A Sense of Place” by incorporating location, with state of mind and time (past and present). The locations are some of her favorite places, highlighting areas with historic significance. The medium is black and white photography combined with pen and ink drawing. The transition from photograph to drawing is to demonstrate the transition of time in the specific place.

Both artists are veteran high school art teachers in Montgomery County Public Schools.

10% of the proceeds from this exhibit will be donated to the Marilyn J. Praisner Scholarship fund at Montgomery College. This scholarship isawarded to a full- or part-time female student who demonstrates financial need and is either returning to school or is the first woman in her family to go to college.

November Artists -

Deborah Richardson, Rebecca Jackson, Glenn Souders, and Peter Plant

Battlefield Reflections

Having visited some of the most important Civil War battlefields in our nation, ones which happen to be right in our area. At places such as Antietam, Gettysburg, and Monocacy National Battlefield, these artists captured the beauty, and tragedy, reflected in the current landscapes at these historic sites.

The four artists are experienced in the art of painting outdoors, called painting en plein air. Deborah, Rebecca, and Glenn work in oils, while Peter specializes in acrylic paintings. Most of the work on view in Battlefield Reflections was painted on site, though artists sometimes finish plein air work in their studios. Richardson, Jackson, Souders, and Plant have painted both together and separately, beginning in March 2008 at Monocacy National Battlefield, located south of the FSK Mall right here in Frederick.

This past June 2009 as part of a larger group at the Gettysburg Fringe Festival, the four artists painted scenes from that famous battlefield. Later this past summer, they captured some of the scenery at Antietam National Battlefield, including the picturesque landscape at Burnside Bridge.

Deborah, Rebecca, Glenn and Peter are delighted to share their reflections on the landscapes at some of our nation’s most historic areas with the public at Frederick Cellars in November 2009.

Seaside Days of Yesteryear, by Jeanne McDermott

August 2009

Jeanne McDermott has been visiting Ocean City,Md and surrounding beaches since a young child and can think of nothing better in the world than to be by the sea.

She enjoys painting seaside scenes of families frolicking in the sand and uses a combination of acrylics, pen and ink and watercolors. By incorporating her love for nostalgia and history, the people in her work are clothed in the vintage bathing suits common through the 1920-50's.

She hopes her bright colors will cheer up and delight the viewers and send them back to the sea in their imaginations and memories.

Jeanne is a local Frederick artist who lives with her husband and little boy in downtown Frederick.

Vintage Signs by Brian Laurich

July 2009

Brian Laurich combines traditional period design with the beauty and character of antique woods to create exceptional hand painted signs. His business, Vintage Sign Co., produces authentic late 18th century to early 20th century designs on authentic period woods utilizing the original painted surfaces to achieve maximum realism. Tavern signs, trade signs, gameboards and original designs using period motifs are painted using a system of hand cut stencils and free hand application. His work will be up for the month of July.

South Carroll Fine Arts League

June 2009
The exhibit will include oil and watercolor paintings primarily of Maryland sites, scenery and flora. The 5 artists exhibiting are Mary Decker, Joe Heiser, Chris Kostick, Bitten Norman and Gale Ratley, all members of the South Carroll Fine Arts League. The League is a relatively new organization created 4 years ago by Gale Ratley to promote the art and the artistic talents of individuals from south Carroll County. The League has since expanded to include artists from many nearby counties.

Marilyn Henry

May 2009

Intricate patterns of light and shadow and unique close up compositions define Marilyn Henry's drawings and paintings. Henry's paintings have received international recognition through galleries, national exhibitions, awards, magazines, books, and corporate and private collections.

Henry has over thirty years experience as an art instructor, teaching drawing and painting classes and workshops, primarily in Maryland and Delaware. She currently teaches Drawing 1 at Hood College and also teaches community drawing and watercolor classes at Hood and watercolor at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education center in Frederick.

Palma Allen

April 2009

Palma is aphotographic artist with a studio in Frederick. Her Time Zero Archival Print Collection showcases her work with a 1972 Poloroid camera. As the image develops, she uses a metal stylus to move the emulsion around. The result is a photograph that looks much like a painting.

Ron Young

March 2009

Ron Young's striking scenes of Frederick will be on display for the month of March. He is working on painting 100 scenes of downtown, come see the 73 he has completed.

All proceeds from this show will benefit the Frederick Community College Scholarship Fund.

Rebecca Jackson Nov 2008 A resident of Frederick, Maryland, Rebecca Jackson has been painting in oils for eleven years. Her paintings represent the beauty of flowers, still life, birds and landscapes.

Robert Lyon September 2008 Bob Lyon, winemaker Emeritus, was the founder of Catoctin Vineyards. His art appears on the label of several Frederick Cellars wines.

Peter Plant July 2008 Peter has found the Frederick County area very conducive to his creativity. His exhibit was titled "Land Water Sky."

Lynne Oakes June 2008 Lynne creates inspired watercolors and oils depicting nature at its most serene and beautiful.

Ron Young March 2008 Ron Young, Frederick artist, author & former mayor. Ron's watercolors depict downtown Frederick.

John Petro February 2008 John enjoys traveling off the beaten path and finding and photographing interesting landscapes and scenes that evoke a human presence. His work has been displayed in various juried art shows across the country. Click on John's website to see other samples of his work.

John Connor January 2008 Enjoy holiday and winter scenes of downtown Frederick, captured by talented local artist John Connors.

David Nimorwicz November 2007 David Nimorwicz resides in Maryland where he works as a freelance photographer. David's love of nature evolved early during childhood spent largely in his backyard in Maryland. His exhibit at Frederick Cellars will feature seasonal nature and landscape images. For a sneak peak at David's work...www.oldeagleeye.com.

Jeanne McDermott July-August 2007 We may not have jazz on the stage (we're working on that), but we've got plenty on the walls at Frederick Cellars. Featured throughout July and August are bold, bright paintings of jazz musicians in action by Frederick artist Jeanne McDermott — a treat for both music and art lovers alike.


Craig Leonardi Leonardi's abstractions are closely cropped renderings, often of familiar but mundane objects, and more conceptual than expressive. Leonardi's acrylic renderings, mounted on non-traditional sculptural framing devices, focus on the textures of industrial growth and decay - from concrete and steel to rusty scrap metal and waste disposal units.


Jim Germaux Also a trained printmaker and sculptor, Jim Germaux paints in an expressive, free, organic style with emphasis on elegant line and vibrant color.His work examines our relationships with our environment and captivates the many moods of the human psyche.

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