screen painting at the creative alliance

This screen-painted mural was completed in 2014 with support from the Southeast CDC and the Painted Screen Society of Baltimore. The project was led by Nancy Scheinman of NS Studios and Elaine Eff, with design and painting support from myself and Hanna Moran of Red Swan Studios. This winning design, selected through a community competition, celebrates a beloved neighborhood tradition: the annual Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Día de los Muertos celebration in Patterson Park.

You can view the mural at the Creative Alliance. True to the tradition of Baltimore screen painting—a mid-century art form that provided privacy for first-floor rowhomes—the mural is only visible from the outside. From inside the building, the painted screen remains transparent, allowing a clear view outdoors while transforming the façade into a work of art.

Mural at belle grove elementary

This mural was completed in 2022 at Belle Grove Elementary in Brooklyn, MD, in the kindergarten and first-grade wing of the school. The design was shaped through input from teachers and school leadership, gathered via surveys and in-person conversations. Earlier that year, I also facilitated a mural workshop with the 5th grade class, which helped build relationships within the school community and explore how creative placemaking could bring new energy to their interior hallways.

cOMMUNITY MURAL WITH brush MURAL FEST

This 2024 community mural was created as part of Baltimore’s annual BRUSH Mural Fest, with the help of a dedicated team of volunteers who completed the painting in just five hours. I designed an accessible, graphic-style mural inspired by a vintage five-and-dime coupon book, paying homage to the site’s history as part of a bustling five-and-dime district, now called the Bromo Seltzer Arts District. The mural’s glowing, pastel color palette is inspired by the arts district’s logo and growing visual identity, with splashes of pinks, mint greens, and purples on adjacent walls. The area was once home to Antique Row, renowned department stores, artist galleries, furniture shops, and the beloved water ice and food stands of Lexington Market.

The mural is located along Howard Street, inside a parking lot on the side of a formerly vacant building—now transformed into a boutique home furnishings shop—serving as a tribute to the legacy and renewal of this historic neighborhood. Photography courtesy of BRUSH Mural Fest, by Peter Hoblitzell Photography.

Murals with Spectrum studio

From 2015 - 2018, I co-designed and painted murals with Spectrum Studio, an education-based mural collective composed of illustrator and painters Mary Grace Corpus, Hanna Moran, and Lindy Swan. We primarily designed and painted murals at schools that served students with special needs at the Baltimore-based non-profit, The Children's Guild and Monarch Academy. Our goal was to reflect the diverse student body and the international baccalaureate curriculum in the school’s environment, and celebrate the school’s civic engagement and social justice focus. In 2018, we parted ways to work on individual projects. I took a position at the Neighborhood Design Center to focus on public design and community development, while my fellow painters started a new mural studio called Red Swan - check out their new, beautiful mural work! Mary Grace Corpus’ incredible illustration work can be found @marygcorpus on instagram.

You can visit this archived website for a more in-depth look at previous mural work.