JOUR370 Final: Meet Local Artist, Alexa Horeff

Alexa Horeff, a local artist from Severna Park, Maryland, paints a
floral pattern on a wooden slab for her upcoming art show
happening on May 25th in Millversville, Md.  

Alexa Horeff displays some of the art work she will be featuring in her
upcoming art show on the back patio of her home in Severna Park, Md.
The art show is set to take place on May 25th in Millersville, Md.

Alexa Horeff paints on the back patio of her house in Severna Park, Md.
Horeff says that on a nice day, she likes to paint on her back porch,
because her flower-rich backyard gives her inspiration. 

Alexa Horeff changes out her paintbrush on her back patio at her house in Severna Park, Md,
as she switches from painting the large, red flowers on the wooden slab to the more delicate white ones. 

Alexa Horeff paints delicate, white flowers on the wooden slab, as she prepares it for her upcoming art show.
Horeff is painting this particular piece on the back patio of her home in Severna Park, Md,
because her backyard contains some of the flowers she is incorporating in it. 

Alexa Horeff paints a coaster for a client that ordered a set of them off her online Etsy shop.
When Horeff is working late at night, she does so in the guest room of her house in Severna Park, Md,
which she converted into a make-shift art studio. 

Alexa Horeff gets up close and personal with a coaster that she is painting
for a client who ordered it off of her online Etsy shop.
Horeff says most of what she paints is free-hand
 and from her own imagination. 

Alexa Horeff paints on a HUNTER shoe box, as her desk is too cluttered to work on.
Horeff says she often has to find different places to paint around her art studio,
as many areas in her studio are covered with art supplies and other art work. 

Alexa Horeff concentrates on the coasters she is painting for a client who ordered the set off of her online Etsy shop.
Horeff says that when she's working, she likes to turn on country music and tune the rest of the world out. 

Alexa Horeff starts on the second of four coasters she is paining for a client who ordered the set off of her online Etsy shop. Horeff says the inspiration for these patterned coasters came after a trip taken to Costa Rica last summer,
where she fell in love with the tribal-like patterns of locals' clothing. 

Alexa Horeff restocks on art supplies at her favorite Michaels craft store in Annapolis, Md.
Horeff is low on supplies after painting over 30 pieces for her upcoming art show taking place on May 25th. 

Alexa Horeff debates over which paint colors to buy at the Michaels craft store in Annapolis, Md.
Horeff says in a week, she spends roughly around 200 dollars on art supplies alone. 

Alexa Horeff picks up a pack of gel-like pens at the Michaels craft store in Annapolis, Md.
While she works mostly with paint, Horeff says she is expanding her horizon by working in other mediums. 

Alexa Horeff debates over which type of medium she wants to work in next
at the Michaels craft store in Annapolis, Md. Horeff says because she is new to working in a pen-medium,
she had a hard time figuring out which type of pen to get. 

Alexa Horeff comes to a decision about the type of pens she wants to buy at the Michaels craft store in Annapolis, Md. Horeff says the first piece she wants to create in the pen-medium is a self-portrait
 that she can give to her mom on Mother's Day.