Laurie Macmillan

After losing our home to a wildfire in 2008, and then buying a home with a beautiful garden, I realized that my interests in geology and the natural world are really about the inevitability of change. Geology is the study of how the earth uplifts and erodes, and plants evolve every day. These processes are the inspiration for my paintings. The fire taught me about change, and to appreciate beauty in life when you have it.

B.A., University of Colorado

Art studies with Rick Stich, James Armstrong, Lauryn Taylor, Bob Burridge, Tony Askew, Rafael Perea de la Cabada and Robert Szot.

Solo Exhibitions
May - July, 2014: "My Back Yard," Leigh Block Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
June-Aug., 2013: "Abstracts Inspired by Nature," PORCH, Carpinteria, CA.
March-April, 2011: Gallery U @ Salon U, Santa Barbara, CA
March, 2010: "Lines & Layers," Ojai Art Center, Ojai, CA
November, 2008: "Surfaces and Strata," The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Selected Juried Group Exhibitions
June 2025: "Spring Show," Voice Gallery, Santa Barbara.
July 2024: New Salon Arte del Pueblo," Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara.
Jan., 2022: “AAC 10th Anniversary Exhibition,” GraySpace Art, Santa Barbara, Rick Stich, curator.
July, 2020: "Feria al Andalusia" online benefit for Casa del Herrero, Montecito, CA.
Dec., 2019: "Hundred Grand," Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
Sept. 2019: The Other Art Fair L.A.
May, 2019: "Working Titles," Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, Susan Bush, Juror. First Prize.
May, 2018: "Art Matters," Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA.
Feb. - April, 2017: "Abstract Open III," Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, Lynn Holley, Juror.
Jan., 2017: "Abstract 10: Synergies," Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara.
Sept., 2016: "ArtWalk" Featured Artist, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Hi...