My Secret Garden
Eastside Artists’ Gallery, June 7 – 29, 2025
You are invited to “My Secret Garden,” a deeply personal and contemplative botanical world. Using a process I call echo printing, I work directly with plants to imprint their forms and essences onto paper through an organic dyeing process. These impressions—both literal and ephemeral—serve as the foundation for my layered compositions, which I then enhance with watercolor and ink.
Each piece is the result of an experimental dialogue between nature and chemistry, where light, color, and time play vital roles. The outcome is often unpredictable—mysterious, atmospheric, and rich with organic texture. For me, making art is an alchemical journey: part science, part serendipity. “My Secret Garden” is not just a reflection of the natural world, but a quiet meditation on transformation, impermanence, and the hidden beauty found in process.
Artist’s Talk Sunday June 22, 1:00 PM
Current Show May 3 - June 1 2025
Eastside Artists’ Gallery 313 E. Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701
HOURS: Sat & Sun. 1-5pm
I have new work in the all artists area and unframed work in the back. Come see the show!
The artist reserves all reproduction rights, including the right to claim statutory copyright in the work. The work may not be photographed, sketched, painted, or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without express, written consent of the artist. All approved reproductions shall bear the following copyright notice: by Beth MacNeil Stinson ©