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Artist Bio

I'm Charity Coleman Harrison. I’m an artist, a foodscape designer, and a Maryland Master Gardener in training. Most days you'll find me going back and forth between canvas and soil. I paint American landscapes, and I run Neighbor Lane Gardens, a foodscape design practice built around one idea: food sovereignty and self-reliance, one backyard at a time. Less Lawn, More Life™.

I believe everyone should know how to grow at least one thing. That belief shows up everywhere in my work—in a painting, in a garden plan I design for someone's yard, in the book I'm writing. To me, art and gardening the same conversation, just in different languages.

I live and work in Maryland, where I keep painting, keep growing things, and keep helping people turn their lawns into something more alive.

Upcoming Event

Uncut Grass

A Floral Exploration of American Landscapes and the Relationship to Climate Change

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A living room corner with a dark teal wall, featuring a colorful abstract painting, a wooden bookshelf with books and plants, a lamp, and a framed black and white photo, along with a wooden table with a green plant.
Various vases with flowers, a table lamp, cups, and pens on a wooden table.
Open book with a project titled "A House for the Three Little Pigs" on a wooden table, next to a potted plant and some scattered paper clips.
Interior of a large convention center lobby with multiple digital signs displaying event information and directions for the NAEYC Conference, including research poster sessions and app downloads, with a few small groups of people walking around.
Registration area at a conference with check-in counters, chairs, and signage for NAEC annual conference.
An outdoor display of various colorful paintings on canvases, arranged on the grass by a tree in a park or field.
Four white ceramic bowls with speckled patterns set against a plain white background, with the bowls arranged at different depths.
Six modern decorative ceramic and glass planters in black, white, and green, displayed against a plain white background.
Brochures and informational materials about America for Early Ed on display on a table covered with a blue tablecloth.
Open book titled 'Serious Fun: How Guided Play Extends Children's Learning' on a purple background.
Two abstract modern paintings with soft pastel colors and bold brushstrokes hanging on a dark gray wall, with two potted green plants on the right side.

Graphic Design

Services Offered to Design Clients

Icons representing a group of people, a graph with an upward arrow, and an open book, alongside text listing various business and marketing services such as management, operations, multi-team collaboration, branding, event identity, marketing, social media strategy, digital content creation, photo and video editing, and digital and print advertising.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

My dedication to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion can help clients connect with a wider audience and increase their customer base. I create marketing campaigns and other digital media that reflect a range of voices and perspectives to build brand loyalty and increase profits.

A collage of various community or political campaign images, including people speaking at events, holding signs, participating in rallies, and engaging with the community. There are political banners, posters, and signs supporting Baker Navarro for governor, highlighting Women's History Month, Earth Day, and other social and political messages.

I’ve worked with several mission-oriented companies and individuals over the past ten years as a Graphic Designer.

My range of creative skills, such as graphic design, photography, and videography, has helped to create visually compelling campaigns that increased brand awareness, customer engagement, and sales.

Design Portfolio

Paintings

I primarily work with acrylic paints in abstract expressionism and abstract geometric styles.

I’m currently accepting commissions and recently held my first solo exhibition at the YMCA Bowen in Washington, DC.

Shop Paintings and Prints
Colorful geometric abstract artwork featuring clouds, triangles, flowers, leaves, and various shapes in bold red, blue, green, yellow, black, and white.
Abstract geometric artwork with patterns of clouds, sun, waves, grass, tulip, and other geometric shapes in bright colors.
A mixed-media collage featuring a portrait of a woman with closed eyes surrounded by various red, pink, white, and yellow flowers, butterflies, and abstract elements on a dark background.

Ceramic Pottery

I create ceramic stoneware pottery, typically using white clay. I host private and group classes in Washington, DC.

Visit my shop to see in stock items or contact me for more information on classes.

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Stacked white ceramic bowls with small holes, placed on a white surface against a white background.

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