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The Artist with Liberty #30:"Lost Liberties"

Current and Upcoming Shows

The First Public Exhibit of her
2006-2007 Liberty Series
(the Statue of Liberty as a Still Life)
April 2008
The Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Road at Hillview Avenue,
Los Altos

Open Mon.-Th. 10am-9pm,
Fri.-Sat. 10am-6pm,
and Sunday 12noon-6pm

"An Enduring Creativity"
Art in the Council Chambers,
Mixed-Media Artwork by Adults from
LGS Recreation's 55+ Program
April 25-June 26,2008
Los Gatos Town Council Chambers
110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos
Artists Reception May 8, 6-8pm

"The 2006-2007 Liberty Series"
Solo Show, Art in the Council Chambers
June 26-September 18, 2008
Los Gatos Town Council Chambers
110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos
Artist Reception--An Inaugural Event,
Friday, July 11 from 6-8pm
Wear patriotic colors and come meet the Artist!

                                 

 

                                        

Laurie's work is also hanging at the
Wild Bird Center and the Senior Center,
both in Los Gatos.



               

                                      

                    

           

                       

 

 

 

 

 

                         

                                        

                                     

                    

                                        

                                    

  

                                    

                                       

                             

 

 



               

Laurie Barna is a native northern Californian, who currently resides in Los Gatos. As a child, she knew that she had a God-given gift for drawing photorealistically and later, took several Art classes in college while pursuing a professional nursing degree. Her first experience with watercolor came in the fall of 1999, when she took a Los Gatos Recreation Department class. It was love at first brushstroke!

In her second student show in the spring of 2001, her painting of the Arc de Triomphe was selected by her peers as “Best of Show” and it sold. Her painting “Maine Lighthouse,” which combines watercolor and rice paper collage, garnered her August 2003’s “Artist of the Month” award by her Los Gatos Art Association peers. She was again awarded LGAA's "Artist of the Month" in March 2006 for her painting, "'Big Red' with Yellow Water Canna." “I love the challenge of painting with such a versatile yet exacting medium and creating that certain ‘glow’ using color and value.”

In the Spring of 2006, she took the challenge of watercolor painting "Beyond the Obvious" and began painting the Statue of Liberty as a "still life" and in series. She discovered that she is a content painter, and this series has given her a "voice" to communicate her strong feelings about Lady Liberty and America. Through this continuing series, she asks the viewer to think...to question...and to remember.

Los Gatos Art Association
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society
 
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