Green Street Garden Party

	Diane Gray has devoted more than twenty years to a rewarding artistic career that includes professional experience as a creative director and manager with design, marketing and printing firms serving national and international clients. Her images have appeared in print publications and on stationery, posters, apparel, stickers and gift items. As the founder and president of Boomerang Studios, she has produced an extraordinary portfolio of work and created original illustrations for dozens of national and international companies. Diane also has volunteered her time as an art instructor for nonprofits serving young children and teens in after-school and social services programs. Green Street Garden Party has allowed Diane to return to her roots (of course). “I've been drawing forever, and I've made greeting cards since I was little, about four years old,” Diane explains. Her affinity for helping people express the right sentiment, for conceiving magnetic characters that fuel imaginations, and for appreciating the restorative power of nature's gifts eventually emerged as a flourishing Green Street Garden Party. “I like the message of eco-friendliness, of regard for the riches of the outdoor world,” Diane says. “I feel like children these days haven't been exposed so much to nature, and that they may be missing out on something magical.” Diane and her creative team nourish Green Street Garden Party from her waterside studio in Pasadena, Maryland, near Baltimore. Out the window, she has views of meandering Rock Creek and her garden, a riotous wildflower mix. She and her Jack Russell Terrier, Mickey, take time to savor their natural environment every day.

	Sean Flanagan was born and raised in Bowie, Maryland. As the 9th of 13 children, he was taught at an early age the importance of sharing and conservation. “Paper was to be used for school work only,” Sean recalls his parents explaining. So, on weekends, his father would roll out a portable chalkboard on which to draw, and he would wait for his 8 older siblings to finish before it was his turn. “Growing up, learning to share was just as important as learning to draw,” Sean remembers. Today, Sean has turned his self-taught, childhood love for drawing into an extensive portfolio of professional work. Producing original illustrations for various companies, his work has also appeared in newspapers, books, on posters, and apparel. But it's the personal work he's done for family and close friends that he enjoys most. “I still remember back to my youth, and the people who've influenced and inspired me in my life,” Sean recalls. “It's that familiar sense of family, of sharing and of a warm community spirit that inspires my art to this day. Working on Garden Party is a vivid reminder that the spirit is what we make of it, and nothing illustrates that better than the wonderful characters of Green Street.”

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