2024 Catalog Cover Artist Ashley White

Posted: May 13, 2024

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival 2024 cover artist Ashley White

For the 2024 catalog cover, we had custom pet portrait artist Ashley White devise a cover that introduced our community to a valuable albeit sometimes overlooked member of the shepherd community – the noble livestock guardian dog. Ashley selected graphite (pencil) on bristol board as her medium. The cover features a Great Pyrenees keeping watch over the herd from a barn while a sheep cozies up next to its loyal protector. The barn scene wraps around the back of the catalog to reveal the rest of the herd and a lamb settling in for the evening.

Ashley received a degree in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2006. Since graduating, she has focused on growing her career as a freelance web designer and user interface designer. Recently, she has taken up fine art again and is accepting custom pet portraits and art commissions through Etsy. 

Ashley lives in Damascus, MD with her husband and two sons. She also has a shepherd-boxer mix and two horses.

You can find Ashley’s Etsy shop for custom pet portraits here.

More information about her freelance web design and graphic design services are here.

You can get in touch with her her via email at moc.ngisedetihwyelhsa@yelhsa.

2024 Cover Artist Ashley White
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It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Mary Streaker, one of the founders of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Mary passed away yesterday, just two months shy of her 95th birthday.Mary's influence on our Festival, the Howard County Fairgrounds, and countless individuals cannot be overstated. She was a teacher, mentor, artist, leader, volunteer, and friend whose passion for education, creativity, and community helped shape the Festival we know today.Many of us were fortunate to know Mary personally. Even in recent years, she continued to attend Festival meetings when she was able, reconnecting with the volunteers and friends who had worked alongside her for decades. Her wisdom, enthusiasm, and deep commitment to preserving and celebrating the fiber arts inspired generations of volunteers, exhibitors, artists, and fairgoers.Mary's legacy lives on through the Home Arts Department, the Fine Arts and Photo Competitions, and the many traditions she helped establish and nurture. The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival exists today in part because of the vision, dedication, and countless hours of service that Mary and her fellow founders invested so many years ago.On behalf of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival community, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Mary's family, friends, students, and all who were touched by her remarkable life. We are grateful for her contributions, her friendship, and the enduring example she set for all of us.Mary will be deeply missed and fondly remembered.Visitation will be held at Haight Funeral Home, Sykesville, Maryland, on June 17 from 2:00–4:00 p.m. and 6:00–8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on June 18 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Celebration of Life luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the Howard County Fairgrounds Dining Hall. ... See MoreSee Less
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LOST AND FOUND!2026 MD Sheep & Wool If you lost an item at the Festival please contact gro.loowdnapeehs@ofni. We do have a few items that were left behind and will work with you to determine if any of them are yours! Glasses, wallets, journal, necklace, scarf, etc., etc. We'd like to see you reunited!! ... See MoreSee Less
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