Lili Laurin’s western landscape paintings reflect the glow and dramatic light that are iconic of the Arizona landscape. An avid plein air artist, she is often out at the crack of dawn, on site and ready to capture the sunbathed scene of gorgeous early morning light. Without faithful adherence to regular plein air excursions, her studio effort could not reflect the knowledge gained from that important experience. She applies her hard earned knowledge to her larger works. Lili makes several yearly excursions to paint at the Grand Canyon, which is one of the most complex challenging landscape scenes to distill onto a canvas. Another favorite subject of this landlocked artist is seascapes, so there are plans this year to travel to the California Coast.
Ms. Laurin is regularly invited into prestigious national juried exhibitions and is he recipient of many awards including the Southwest Art Award of Excellence and the honorific Tucson Desert Art Museum Purchase Award for her painting of Lee’s Ferry Landing, an almost dreamlike interpretation of a peaceful section of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon. She most recently garnered the Realism Award of Excellence for Opuntia at the 2023 Oil Painters of American which recently sold at the Gallery of the Sedona Art Center.
Art Education
Art Student’s League- New York
Michael Burban – Anatomy
Joseph Peller – Figure painting
Workshops with accomplished National Artists
Raymond Evertte Kinsler – Figure Painting
Paul McCormack – Portrait painting in oil and watercolor
Kenn Backhaus – General education in plein air and studio painting
Thomas Kitts- Plein air to studio
Howard Friedland – Plein air Landscape Painting
Frank Serrano – Plein Air Landscape Painting
David Shevlino – In Studio Figure Painting
Matt Smith – In Studio Landscape Painting
Koo Stark – Egg Tempra
Ruo Li – In Studio Seascape Painting
Greg Beecham – Wildlife Painting
Scott Talman Powers – Plein air Landscape Painting
Bill Cramer – Plein Air Grand Canyon Painting
Michael Hernandez – Online, Gouache
Douglas Fryer- Advanced Painting Exploration
OPA National Exhibitions
2014 OPA 23rd National Exhibition
2019 OPA 28th National Exhibition
2020 OPA 29th National Exhibition
OPA Regional Exhibitions
2013 OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition
2016 OPA Western Regional Exhibition
2021 OPA Western Regional Exhibition
2023 OPA Western Regional Exhibition – Realism Award of Excellence for Opuntia
Awards, Honors and other Exhibitions
2003 Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ – Best in Show
2010 Greenhouse Gallery Salon International Jury’s Top Sixty
2011 Cranfod Plein Air Paint Out, New Jersey
2012 Cranford Plein Air Paint Out, New Jersey People’s Choice Award
2012 CM Russel National Show and Auction
2013 Greenhouse Gallery Salon International
Jury’s Top Sixty Award and Judge’s Honorable Mention – Judge Max Ginsberg
2016 Scottdale’s Artist’s School- Member’s juried Show – Honorable Mention
2017 American Women Artists National Exhibition – Under a Vast Sky
Southwest Art Award of Excellence and Purchase Award for Permanent Collection of the Tucson Desert Art Museum.
2017 American Impressionists Society National Exhibition
2017 Sedona Arts Center – Best in Show
2017 Women Artists of the West 47th National
2022 American Women Artists’ 2022 Spring Online Juried Show
2022 NOAPS Associates Online Exhibition – Merit Award Award
2023 NOAPS Best of America Small Work Exhibition
2023 NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition
Shows
2008 2 Person Show – Highlands Art Gallery
2012 Feminine Mystique – 3 person show – Highlands Art Gallery
2022 A Brush Above the Rest – Gallery Artists’ Show Highlands Art Gallery
Articles featured in Southwest Art Magazine – 2018 “Artists to Watch” – September
(A magazine copy is available)
Courier News – NJ 2003 “Artists’ Colony (article on founding members of Studio 7 in
Bernardsville, NJ
Memberships
Oil Painters of America
American Impressionist Society
American Women Artists of America. – Member with Distinction
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Gallery representation:
Highlands Art Gallery, Lambertville, NJ (highlandsartgallery.com)
McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MA (mcbridegallery.com)
Gallery at Sedona Art Center (sedonaartscenter.org)
