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Lauri Fielding - Fine Artist
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.
