Marg’s Draw by Lili Anne Laurin

Lili Anne Laurin

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.