Laura Ross-Paul
Laura Ross-Paul (born 1950) is a contemporary painter of oil and wax in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Laura Ross-Paul | |
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Born | Laura Ross 1950 Portland, Oregon |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.F.A., M.F.A., B.S. |
Known for | Painting, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Encaustic Painting, Oil Painting. |
Movement | Magical Realism |
Awards | Bonnie Bronson Award, Juror's Award, Portland Art Museum; Juror's Award, Bellevue Art Museum; Artist's Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Etc. |
Patron(s) | none |
Early life and education
Laura Ross-Paul was born in Portland, Oregon in 1950.
In 1968, Ross-Paul worked as a political cartoonist and illustrator for The Scab Sheet 10 cents for the Truth, a Vietnam-era underground anti-war newspaper in Corvallis, Oregon.
In 1974, Ross-Paul received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Fort Wright College. She went on to obtain her Master of Fine Arts in Painting[1] and her B.S. from Portland State University.
Career
Ross-Paul frequently uses the landscape of the Pacific Northwest as a background for her paintings. Her style uses the inherent qualities of the medium and lets paint bleed across her composition, frequently using a resin compound to blur the colors together to achieve a soft look. Geometric shapes such as orbs are a common reoccurring motif in her paintings.[2] Her 2002 collection is a strong example of this.[3]
Awards and accolades
- 2008 - Bonnie Bronson Award[4][5][6]
- 1998 - Commissioned to create the Governor's Arts Award, Oregon Arts Commission
- 1997 - Juror's Award, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum
- 1997 - Juror's Award, Pacific, Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum
- 1996 - Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Symphony, Cover Art, Fall Concert Series, Commissioned for large works for Claremont Hotel
- 1995 - Awarded Metropolitan Arts Commission "Visual Chronicles", featured in Lois Allan's "Contemporary Northwest Art", TriMet Westside Light Rail, Large Scale Mural, Zoo Station. Administered by the Metropolitan Arts Commission. Portland OR
- 1980 - Individual Artist Fellowship Recipient, Oregon Arts Commission
Museum collections
- Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR[7][8][9]
References
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(help) - D.K. Row, The Oregonian (2010-03-30). "Portland artist David Eckard receives Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2010-05-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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