| Artist Biography
The Artist earned her BFA in Studio Art in 1983. Watercolors have been
her primary fine art medium of choice since then. Laurel Hill Studio is
her entrepreneurial fine art and commercial design studio. Her repertoire
has included commissioned watercolors for commercial and private clients,
freelance graphic design, interior decorative painting and color consultation.
A member of Essex Watercolor Club and Essex Art Association in the 1990’s,
her paintings have included entries into, and awards from juried art exhibits.
Painting full time now, she is coupling commission work with a body of
work for exhibition.
Exhibits and Awards:
· Parklane Gallery, 13 Watchung Ave, Chatham, NJ, 2010
· Montclair Public Library, S.Fullerton branch Montclair, NJ, 2009
· Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA, Alumni Show,
2008.
· Canterbury School Gallery, New Milford, CT, Duffy Family Exhibit
- 4 Generations, 2008
· Gallery 214 ArtSpace, Montclair NJ, Fortnightly Visual Artists
Exhibit, 2007
· Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA, Alumni Show,
2003. Exhibited painting referenced and acknowledged by Art Matters Magazine,
Philadelphia PA.
· Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, Pastels and More - The Collection,
1997
· Chatham Public Library, Chatham, NJ, Essex Watercolor Club Members
Exhibit, Bee Paper Award, 1992
· North East Arts Festival, Caldwell, NJ. Winners Circle Finalist,
1991
· Caldwell College Gallery, Caldwell, NJ, West Essex Art Association
Annual Juried Exhibition, Patrons/Sponsors Award, 1991
· Essex County Area Banks, traveling solo exhibit, 1991
· Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont PA, Alumni Show,
1988
Her recent projects have primarily included landscape and botanical studies.
Her intention with her recent work is to bring the viewer’s attention
to nature, from the expanse of shadowed trees in a wooded landscape to
the detail of a single branch. The segments of her fragmented landscape
assemblage pieces take the viewer directly into small sections of landscapes
for a unique experience that would be overlooked in the larger painting.
Her bold use of color and subtle light and shadow are evident throughout
her body of work.
Artist’s Statement
My intention is to show the viewer a way to really see, to change his/her
perspective and look at things in a different way then is typical and
expected. I have always been interested in the visual nuances of life,
the close-up views that are ordinarily passed by, the intricate shadows
and the way light effects the color of things. I'm intrigued by the life
of color as it changes throughout the day and how it reacts to the other
colors nearby. I'd like to invite the viewer to see what color can do
as it interacts with light and shadow and how it vibrates when placed
next to it's color compliment. In my work I have paid attention to the
potential of colors in landscapes and even exaggerated them to visually
make my statement. I’d like to do the same with light and shadow,
most of us don’t notice the beauty created by the simplicity of
light hitting an object.
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