Laurence Blanchard

I am a traveling painter : I draw my inspiration from my passion of travelling all over the world with my sketchpad, capturing moments of life, lights and colors.

I come from an artist family: my great uncle was a painter, my grandfather and father perform occasionally as movie actors, my grandmother was a singer, and my aunt is teaching theater and vocal. I tried to escape and became a civil engineer… in vain !

Two special events revealed my passion for painting:

At the age of 25, discovering Mozambique and its incredible light and red earth .

15 years later, finding stunning colorful watercolor squares in an old Art shop in Saint Petersburg.

I enhanced my skills with a copyist from Le Louvre who initiated me to glazing; I then follow the Beaux Arts classes.

After 10 years of practice and learning I held my first exhibition in Gentilly, France in 2013.

Member of the International Painters Community...

Since 2017 : Modèles vivants -Ecole des Beaux Arts Villejuif, Ile de France, France
Since 2021 : Modelage Portraits et corps - Cercle d'Arts Gentilly, Ile de France, France
2022 - 2022 : Peinture à l'huile modèles vivants - NABA - Ecole des Beaux arts de Paris, France
2021 - 2021 : Modelage de modèles vivants - NABA - Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, France
2001 - 2002 : Peinture sur Glacis - Copiste du Louvre Paris, France
1984 -1986 : Master of Science - Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Florida, United States
1981 - 1984 : Civil Engineer - Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics Paris, France

2025 Galerie des 5 sens, Beziers, France
2025 Galerie Libre Est l'Art, Paris, France
2024 Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris, France
2023 Women painters, Ministry Of Finances, Paris, France
2023 Voyages around the world, Transearch, Paris,France
2022 Galerie Richelieu, Paris, France
2022 Galerie l'écrin, Chinon, France
2022 Invitation To Travel, Arromanches, France
2022 Retrospectives Women Of The World And Invitation to Voyages, Saint Maixens, France