Maryland artist Rana Geralis finds her most constant inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, an inspiration born from a childhood spent among the woods and streams of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Lynchburg, VA. The deep-rooted affinity with nature is powerfully evident in her work, in both the studio paintings and those produced in the plein air tradition. Informed by an instinctive understanding of composition and a masterful skill with palette knife and brush, her paintings are a celebration of light, texture, and color.
Rana’s award-winning work has been juried into numerous national and regional exhibitions and plein air competitions and is included in numerous private and corporate collections, including the Walt Disney Company. She attended the Maryland College of Art and Design and has studied painting with Walt Bartman for several years. She is represented by The Artist Gallery in Ellicott City, MD, and maintains a studio in Columbia, MD where she resides with her husband and daughter.
email: rana1221@verizon.net
CLASSES
FALL
Painting with the Palette Knife Room 303 $240
Rana Geralis
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
9/16/2026-11/4/2026
Plein Air with Palette Knife Offsite $300
Rana Geralis
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
9/17/2026-11/19/2026
WINTER
Urban Landscape with Photos Room 303 $300
Rana Geralis
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1/20/2027-3/24/2027
Painting with the Palette Knife Room 202 $300
Rana Geralis
Thursday, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
1/21/2027-3/25/2027
