Lucy Orrick

Lucy Bolling Orrick, a Chestertown artist, painter and sculptor, died of cancer on October 23 in her home in Chestertown, MD. She was 84. Bolling Orrick, as she preferred to be called, was born in Cumberland and raised in Washington, DC, where she attended the Washington Cathedral School and later art school. She was married for 25 years to Leonard Ewoldt, an officer in the U.S. Navy, and spent most of her married life in Scottsville, VA, where she ran a farm called Spring Hill. Following her divorce in 1973, she moved to Chestertown, where she gave art lessons and co-founded Gallery 5 with four other artists. The gallery provided a forum for local artists to display and sell their works, which included paintings, sculptures, and crafts. Bolling Orrick also served a term as president of the Chestertown Art League. Bolling Orrick was the longest participating volunteer with the Kent Association for Riding Therapy (KART) in Chestertown, where she formed lasting friendships with many of the handicapped children and adults who benefited from the program. An accomplished artist in many different media, Bolling Orrick received numerous awards for her work, including the Maryland Federation of Art Juror''s Choice award for her marble sculpture "Transmutation." She was also known for her oil paintings and watercolors and for her whimsical animal renderings, many of which adorned her backyard sculpture garden. Her own "last best dog," as she called him, a Cairn Terrier named Jamie Harris, was never far from her side. Bolling Orrick was the sister of the late, Norwood Bentley Orrick, a former president of the Maryland and Baltimore City Bar Associations. She is survived by a daughter, Jennifer Inskeep, of Fort Myers, FL; a son, Eric Ewoldt, of Aventura, FL; a son, Matthew Ewoldt, of King George, VA; a son David Ewoldt, of Felton, CA; four grandchildren, Michelle, Kevin, Nathaniel, and William; an adopted stepdaughter, Robin; and many adoring nieces and nephews. Services will be held privately at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to the Chester River Hospice or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home,P.A., Chestertown, MD.

Lucy Orrick

October 23, 2002