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This painting was inspired by the multiflora roses that grow on the hillside and the creek bank where I live. They twine around the blackberry and raspberry bushes, and I have to do battle with them every year in order to be able to pick the berries. Still, I have to admire their tenacity and the beauty of their blooms. This painting pays tribute to them. Although I usually opt for brighter colors, I wanted to impart a calmer, soothing feeling of strength with the use of white paint. The power of the roses' vines, however, can be clearly felt in the raised texture of the piece.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
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Laura Chapman is a contemporary abstract painter who lives and works in rural West Virginia. After she received a Congress-Bundestag scholarship in 1983, she spent her junior year of high school in Berlin, Germany, and it was there that she began to develop an appreciation for modern art. The city was full of public art and galleries, and even parts of the Wall were covered with beautiful graffiti, some of it by famous artists. Although she had won awards at art shows throughout her secondary education, it was this year in Berlin that ultimately led her to choose German as a major in college. She earned her B.A. from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, and then later attended West Virginia University where she taught German and received her M.A. in Foreign Languages (German). In between the two degrees there were four years of living, studying, and working in Freiburg, Germany, and travelling in Europe as much as she could. She considers these years to be an important part of her arts education as well. A teacher once told her to "paint what you know," and she has followed this advice by most often developing themes inspired by the natural world around her. She adds that her intention is to marry her appreciation for the modern art that she acquired long ago to her love of the countryside in West Virginia. When asked about the style of her work she says: "I strive to create a unique interpretation of my subject matter by deconstructing and then depicting it in a stylized way that emphasizes certain patterns and forms." For her textural works, she adds layer after layer of acrylic color, sometimes waiting between coats, sometimes working while the paint is still wet. "I want to achieve a rough, not overworked, appearance that still conveys the idea I'm trying to express. I will leave only 'suggestions' of a component if I like the forms of the uncompleted lines or color fields because that is more important to me than fidelity to the represented object. In fact, if I've succeeded, the painting as a whole could be interpreted as a mosaic or collage in that the viewer's eye does not rest too long on any one area."
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