About T.M. Stoneburner
I am of a generation that switched lefthanders in their youth over to being righthanded. I didn't handle this well at all. Point of fact, I failed penmanship... twice. Were it not for a Speedball pen set and a bottle of brown Pelikan ink that my uncle gave to me, I would not have known the grace or discipline to exercise and train myself. At times, I can still draw with my left hand.
Born:
January 24, 1970 - Irving, Texas
Education:
Patrick Henry High School (1988) - Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke College (1992) - Salem, Virginia (BA with double concentrations in Graphic Design and Painting; minor in English (American Literature)
Married:
Walter L. Stoneburner (July 4, 1992-present)
Resume:
1992-1994: Pen/Ink Illustrator for The Parent Institute (Fairfax, VA)
1994-1996: Calligrapher for Hobbs & Tolley Studios (Washington, DC)
2001-2002: Technical Editor for SAIC (McLean, VA)
1999-2002: Vice President of the Washington Calligraphers Guild
2003-2005: President of the Washington Calligraphers Guild
1997-Present: Gracestone Calligraphics
Exhibits:
WCG's 20th Anniversary - Strathmore Hall - Rockville, MD (1996)
Pen In Hand - Severna Park, MD (1998-2001)
Visions of the Spirit I - Washington National Cathedral (1998)
Visions of the Spirit II: Celebrating the Millennium - Washington National Cathedral (1999)
WCG's 25th Anniversary - Strathmore Hall - Rockville, MD (2001)
WCG's 30th Anniversary - Strathmore Hall - Rockville, MD (2006)
Permanent Collections:
The Heart Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center - Towson, MD
Hotel Palomar (The Washington Ballet Room - Dupont Circle - Washington, DC)
Publications:
Martha Stewart's Living magazine (©1997 Winter/Spring Wedding issue)
Hand Lettering for Crafts: A Decorative Guide from A to Z by Sandra Salamony (©2001 Rockport Publishers)
Letter Arts Review (©2001 Wedding issue)
Washington Gardener magazine (©2007 March/April - Photo Contest: 2nd Place "Small Wonders" category)
Artistic influences:
Georgia O'Keeffe, Escher, Magritte, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, and Rembrandt
Tools of the Trade:
Speedball holders (both straight and oblique), Mitchell set of roundhand nibs (sizes 0-6), Brause nibs #EF66 and #511, Nikko nibs, many tubes of Winsor Newton gouache, and very fine sable brushes (liners and sizes as small as quint-aughts)