Tommy Whittington, who lives in Westlake Village, Calif., returned to his old East Baltimore neighborhood and haunts last week. The former screen painter and retired hotel executive was in town to ...

Baltimore is known for its row houses — modest brick buildings lining sidewalks so narrow, you can see right through the front windows into people’s homes. To add privacy, window screens were ...

It was the summer of 1913 and the vegetables William Oktavec positioned outside his grocery store on North Collington Avenue were wilting in the sun. Trained as a butcher, but an artist at heart, the ...

An east Baltimore tradition that dates back a century is getting a fresh coat of paint.This summer, painted screens are again going up across Highlandtown, but these screens are getting a bit of an ...

In general, we associate a variety of activities in our lives with seasons. In the spring, it is usually housecleaning. In summer, vacations are often planned. During my recent cleaning, I found ...

Window and door screens are like blank canvases to Terry O'Brien. It was 15 years ago the local artist visited Baltimore and saw an odd, but unique creation: pictures painted on screens. Soon after ...

Whistler originally painted this screen for his patron, the Liverpool shipping magnate, F. R. Leyland, but instead kept it for his own studio. The scene is an impression of London and the River Thames ...

Baltimore is known for its row houses — modest brick buildings lining sidewalks so narrow, you can see right through the front windows into people’s homes. To add privacy, window screens were ...