Laura Levine

Laura Levine is an American artist born in 1956 in New York City. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase, New York. She furthered her training in New York City at the New Brooklyn School of Life Drawing Painting and Sculpture later to become the New York Academy of Art. Both of these institutions were just being established giving her the pleasure of studying with inspired enthusiastic teachers as well as helping forge the way for the students that followed.

She received a solid background in art at Purchase introducing her to a myriad of ideas and techniques. At the New Brooklyn School, she studied the teachings of Charles Hawthorne from the Cape Cod School of Art. This training profoundly changing the way she painted. She spent decades exploring these theories while infusing her point of view. The product is a hybrid of observation and expression. Her goal is to create exciting paintings that moves her viewers.

Living on the Connecticut shoreline for over 30 years, she has been inspired by the varied landscape from the marshes and seascapes to the farms and blossoms. She also regularly visits Cape Cod where she paints on location gathering sketches and ideas. She often uses ...

Bachelor of Fine Arts, State University of New York, College at Purchase, New York, 1977

New Brooklyn School of Life Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, New York 1982-1983

Solo Exhibitions
“LOCAL COLORS”, Solo Exhibition, Marshview Gallery, Old Saybrook, CT, 2014
“MOORE MEADOW AND MORE”, The Gallery at the Wauregan, Norwich, CT, 2013
“STILL LIFE TO STILL WATERS”, Cora E. McLaughlin Gallery, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT, 2013
“ALONG THE PERIMETER”, The Gallery at the Wauregan, Norwich, CT, 2012
“CONNECTICUT MARSHLANDS”, The Gallery at the Wauregan, Norwich, CT, 2011
“LOCAL VIEWS”, Marshview Gallery, Old Saybrook, CT, 2011

Juried Exhibitions
“HISTORIC GROUNDS & MODERN GARDENS” Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, juried, curated by Gail Ingis, Norwalk, CT, 2019
“WIDE OPEN 8” Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, juried exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, 2017. Curated by Cara Manes, Curator of Painting, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
“AFTER HOPPER” Addison Gallery, Orleans, MA, 2015. Curated by Helen Addison.
“BETWEEN THE BRIDGES”, Hygenic Gallery, New London, CT 2015. Juried by D. Samuel Quigley. “THANK YOU CT”, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT, 2014. Juried by Anthony Haden-Guest. “CT SCHOONER PLEIN AIR COMPETITION”, The Gallery at Firehouse Square, New London, CT, 2013 “IN THE PINK” group exhibition, The Gallery at Firehouse Square, New London, CT, 2012, 2013
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