MFA offers our artist members the opportunity to exhibit at local restaurants around Annapolis. Currently, we work with Paul’s Homewood Café, a restaurant blending Chesapeake staples with traditional Mediterranean cuisine, and 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery, a place that brings art, music, and community together with great food and drink in an ambiance inspired by the traditional European coffeehouse. Please email info@mdfedart.org if you are interested in purchasing a piece of art.
View and Purchase ArtworkMarie Antoinette and Angela E. Petruncio
Now exhibiting at Paul’s through May 2025
Marie Antoinette
Artist Bio
Marie Antoinette is a native New Englander, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, and the recipient of a Masters in Cosmetology.
Marie’s art is expressed through her love language, which is the intersection between art and fashion. There, she thrives as a self taught, mixed media artist. Her body of work includes, but is not limited too, photography, clothing, textile, interior design, and most recently, painting.
Marie credits her creative process and diverse approach to extensive travel, living abroad, and the strong cultural influences she experienced as a child growing up in the wake of multiple cultural defining events, such as the 70’s race riots. Furthermore, Marie acknowledges the ancestral contributions of coming from a family of Quilters as a reason why she is committed to creating works that are note worthy.
Marie has curated numerous fashion shows, installations, and cultural events across the world. Currently, she is a resident artists at Artsti’nation Gallery, National Harbor Maryland where her home collection of collaged picture frames, lamps, and planters are currently featured.
Statement
Fashion is my first love and has always been a conduit for artistic and self -expression . My formula as it pertains to my art is not structured at all. If you ask me to explain my techniques I would struggle to find the words to convey my creative process, it is innate. I am clear however on my intent, to impart warmth to the heart, a smile on the lips , and perhaps a provoking thought to be considered.
I have been told that I am a maximalist because of my usage of bold patterns and bright colors but I like to think that I use them in an understated way. I challenge traditional constraints and love to bend, blend and blur the lines in the process. I am committed to changing the narrative and taking up as much artistic space as possible.
I see myself as a young at heart, gifted black woman who paints with paper.
Angela E. Petruncio
Artist Bio
Angela Petruncio is an award-winning mixed media artist and has been a member of the Maryland Federation of Art since 2007. She founded and has Chaired the internationally open-juried exhibition “Eye of The Beholder: The Fine Art of The Found Object” for the Maryland Federation of Art since 2010. Her work has been featured on Public Television (MPT’s Artworks), and in publications including The Baltimore Sun, The Capital, and UpStART magazine. Her work is regularly exhibited at the Maryland Federation of Art and has been featured in exhibitions at Quiet Waters Park, Maryland Hall, University of MD College Park, St. John’s College Mitchell Gallery, and Jo Fleming Contemporary Art, among others. Her work is in private collections in the U.S., England and New Zealand.
Statement
I enjoy mystery. I am constantly searching for new ways to fit disparate upcycled materials into my work—like a puzzle. I present you with these puzzles to inspire you to solve them. There is no one solution, as there are many different ways of observing. As you view my work you bring your own experience to it. It is my hope that there will be something here for everyone to enjoy, ponder, and perhaps jog a memory or two.
Their work is on display at Paul’s Homewood Café located at 919 West St, Annapolis, MD 21401. Open daily.
