Foundry Artists

A happy and secure childhood spent on an old time working farm has graced Joyce Ziegler with an abiding affection for nature and “critters”. Her love of travel as well as her background have inspired her in a wide range of subjects from Alaskan wolves to barnyard inhabitants. Flowers and birds are special favorites.

Lynn Cegelski was born an artist. This Maryland native is self taught. She is happiest when creating works of Art. Lynn has explored many different mediums from painting, pottery and stained glass.

Her focus is Nature and she finds plenty of that on the Eastern Shore. She finds driftwood, sea glass, pottery, rocks and shells to create her “Driftwood Art”. Her vision finds birds, fish and other animals in the natural forms of the driftwood. She adds paints and other objects to bring them to Life. She also creates paintings of Sea Life using a unique painting style using bold colors.

She is currently working on a new project she calls, “eARTh Art”. It’s her vision of environmental awareness that surrounds us all. You can find much of her work in the Foundry Gallery. Each piece is truly unique and one of a kind.

Matt is a long-time resident of Caroline County and works as an Art Teacher. He earned his B.S. in Art Education from Towson. His specialty is painting with acrylics and oils.

Kurt Plinke has been observing and depicting nature for over thirty years. First studying watercolors in Ohio with Leland McClellan, Kurt has been a student of water-based mediums ever since. In College, Kurt considered becoming a biologist, and studied both art and biology at Wilmington College and Bowling Green State University. Later, Kurt studied egg temperas and painting at Towson University. Chance landed Kurt and his family in Maryland, where he was taken with the diversity of life along the Chesapeake Bay and it’s Eastern Shore. Since moving to the shore, Kurt has spent years studying and observing the myriad of intertwined ecosystems there, depicting what he sees in his detailed watercolors. He often becomes fascinated by the overlooked; those little creatures hiding underfoot or overhead. Many of his watercolors reflect this, paintings of insects, amphibians, and moss-covered rocks. Other paintings look at natural patterns and rhythms. Kurt loves to identify patterns in nature, be it as simple as the veins of a leaf or as complex as the repetition of migration and movement. These paintings may be some of his favorites, as they at first appear simple, then gain in complexity as they are viewed.

An artist and craftsman for 40 years, Paula Bounds has taught workshops for Chesapeake College Continuing Education, Caroline County Rec. and Parks, Boscov’s Department Store and garden clubs and workshops at her studio. She has shown her work at Adkins Arboretum and Juried Art Fairs including the Dover Air Force Base Officer’s Club, Christmas in Odessa, Delaware, the Centreville Rotary Club and the Quota Club. Her floral arranging education includes the Association of Cut Flower Growers and with various designers. Bounds lives in Henderson, Maryland and works at her studio/workshop at home. “My grandfather moved here in 1959 and my husband and I decided to move here for retirement from Corp. America.”