08/28/2026
A wonderful showcase for superb painters and their work” is the way one Broadmead resident described the latest Arts Council exhibition, which opened June 3 and runs through September 30. Called “An Expanded View,” the exhibit features works by six artists whose paintings are in the permanent Broadmead Collection. Here’s a brief look at the participating artists and the titles of their paintings currently in the Broadmead Collection:
🎨 Mark Karnes (“View from the Artist’s Window” - pictured, bottom left): Recently retired as professor of fine art at MICA, Mark’s works are held in numerous private and public collections, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington. His work explores everyday aspects of life—interiors, exteriors as viewed from his house, chairs, tables, teapots, and the like. “My work is about my connections to my surroundings,” he says.
🎨 Matt Klos (“Fort Howard #6” - pictured, bottom right): A popular guest lecturer at colleges and universities, Matt teaches drawing and painting at Anne Arundel Community College. He received his MFA from the University of Maryland. His work has been shown at numerous galleries in the U.S. and abroad. He is best characterized as a formalist; his work is perceptual and rooted in the real world.
🎨 Nancy Linden (“End of Day”): A critically- acclaimed Baltimore-based artist, Nancy’s interests and talents span an unusually wide range of creativity, including both theater and visual arts. She works extensively with charcoal and pencil on homemade paper and produces collages and small-scale assemblages.
🎨 Christine Neill (“Morphology: Canna/ Case” - pictured, top): Neill’s paintings are visual explorations of the natural world, investigating the intersection of environmental and anthropological themes. A student of the renowned Grace Hartigan at MICA, Christine later taught there for more than 40 years. Her work is in galleries and museums across the U.S. and has been exhibited in France and Japan. It is also held by many individuals and corporations.
🎨 Edmund Praybe (“Still Life with Green Cloth”): A MICA graduate, Ed later earned an MFA at the New York Studio School. His critically-acclaimed work has been seen in gallery and museum exhibitions across the U.S. and in London. He teaches at Anne Arundel Community College. In recent years he has devoted much of his time to still-life paintings. He says, “I like the option to set up specific ideas in still life and be in complete control of the arrangement.”
🎨 Jack Robbins (“Last Train”): Jack is the son of John Robbins, an artist and former Broadmead resident. Jack’s painting was the first to be purchased for the Broadmead Collection and it quickly became a favorite of residents. Jack earned a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University with a special focus on printmaking and photography. In recent years he has been painting with acrylics. “For me,” Jack says, “painting is storytelling—creating an image that sparks the imagination.” He is closely associated with Manor Mill Gallery in nearby Monkton.
— Article by Ross Jones; photos courtesy of the artists
