Lauri Fielding

LAURI FIELDING COMES FROM A FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND HAS BEEN DRAWING AND PAINTING
SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD. HER FATHER PROVIDED HER FIRST INSTRUCTION. SHE LATER
RECEIVED DEGREES IN FINE ART AND ART EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST.

WHILE IN SCHOOL, THE OCCASIONAL PORTRAIT COMMISSION HELPED WITH EXPENSES
AND AFTER GRADUATION LAURI CONTINUED TO DO PORTRAITS DURING THE THREE YEARS
THAT SHE WAS AN ADVERTISING ARTIST FOR STAR MARKET COMPANY IN CAMBRIDGE,
MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS SHE WORKED AS A FREE LANCE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR NATIONAL EVALUATION SYSTEMS IN AMHERST.

GRADUALLY, WHILE REMAINING DEDICATED TO STUDYING THE OLD MASTERS AND TAKING
PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS, LAURI COINCIDENTALLY DEVELOPED METALSMITHING SKILLS.
SHE DESIGNED AND PRODUCED A LINE OF GALLERY QUALITY JEWELRY IN PRECIOUS METALS
AND STONES THAT EVENTUALLY REACHED A NATIONAL MARKET. DURING THIS TIME SHE
TAUGHT A NUMBER OF METAL SMITHING COURSE AND WORKSHOPS AT HAMPSHIRE
COLLEGE IN HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, SMITH VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN NORTHAMPTON,
MASSACHUSETTS AND LEVERETT ARTISTS AND ARTISANS IN LEVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.
AT LEVERETT ARTISTS AND ARTISANS SHE WAS RESIDENT SILVERSMITH FOR FOUR YEARS.

EVENTUALLY, BY WAY OF RETURNING TO SCHOOL TO STUDY ENGINEERING AND TAKING
COURSES IN ENGINEERING DRAWING AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING AND RENDERING,
LAURI RETURNED TO PAINTING FULL TIME. SHE OPENED A GALLERY OF HER OWN WORK
IN ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. HER WORK IS SHOWN IN OTHER GALLERIES IN
MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, MAINE, VERMONT AND NEW YORK AND HAS BEEN ADDED
TO HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

LAURI IS A MEMBER OF THE ROCKPORT ART ASSOCIATION, THE NEWBURYPORT ART
ASSOCIATION, THE ANERICAN SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT ARTISTS AND THE COPLEY SOCIETY.
SHE DOES ART DEMONSTRATIONS EVERY YEAR FOR VARIOUS ART GROUPS AND HAS TAKEN
ON A NUMBER OF PRIVATE STUDENTS FOR BASIC AND ADVANCED DRAWING AND PAINTING.

THIS ARTIST'S APPROACH TO PAINTING IS TO EMULATE THE DOWN TO EARTH REALISM
AND DRAMATIC STYLE OF PAINTERS LIKE CARAVAGGIO, REMBRANDT, VERMEER, (STARK
AND VELASQUEZ BY USING CHIARASCURO LIGHTING EFFECTS LIGHT AGAINST A DARK
BACKGROUND) TO CREATE A STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL BUT SERENE AND MYSTERIOUS
ATMOSPHERE. SHE WORKS BEARING IN MIND THAT ALL GREAT WORKS OF FINE ART ARE
SIMPLE IN CONCEPT AND THAT THE REALITY OF PAINTING IS THE CANVAS AND THE MODEL
ONLY A REFERENCE. SHE ENVISIONS EVERY FINISHED PIECE BEFORE IT IS BEGUN AND,
IN THE PROCESS OF PAINTING, STRIVES TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THAT
IDEAL. IN BOTH STILL LIFE AND PORTRAITURE, SHE TRIES TO INVOKE A SENSE OF
NATURALISM, INFORMALITY, WARMTH AND TRUTH IN EVERY PAINTING.

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