Lauren is a fine artist living, painting and teaching in Baltimore, Maryland. She works for the company Workshops in France and travels the world helping organize art retreats and gets to paint along the way. 

BALTIMORE PROJECTS: 

Lauren is the founder of the 100 Heads Society, a free resource for local artists to come together and practice painting from a live model. She won a grant to fund the project and hosts workshops in addition to the free Monday night portrait night's to help promote and support the arts in Baltimore. Find out more on the teaching page of the website.  

EDUCATION

 

Schuler School of Fine Arts | CLASSICAL REALISM ATELIER 2020

College of the Holy Cross | B.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE & STUDIO ART 2014

Harvard University | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE  SUMMER INTENSIVE 2014

New York University | DSLR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE 2014
 

INFLUENTIAL WORKSHOPS

Robert Liberace |  WORKSHOP FEB-MARCH 2024

Aldo Balding & Teresa Oaxaca |  WORKSHOP OCT 2023

Quang Ho & Adrienne Stein |  WORKSHOP OCT 2022

Josh Clare | PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP OCT 2021

Teresa Oaxaca | CHARCOAL PORTRAIT WORKSHOP JAN 2019

Adrienne Stein | LYRICAL FIGURE PAINTING AND COMPOSITION WORKSHOP SEPT 2018

Sean Cheetham | ALLA PRIMA PORTRAITURE WORKSHOP APRIL 2018

Art of the Portrait Conference | WASHINGTON D.C. 2018

Matt Smith | LANDSCAPE PAINTING WORKSHOP 2018

 

AWARDS AND PRIZES
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA EASTERN REGIONAL Award of excellence for "Jon, Asleep" | Raleigh, NC
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST SOCIETY NATIONAL SHOW Silverbrush Award of Excellence for "Pursuit of Symmetry" | Rockport, MAOIL
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA WET PAINT COMPETITION, 1st Place “Pursuit of Symmetry”| 2024

MOUNTAIN MARYLAND PLEIN AIR Juried Artist, 3rd Place Quick Draw "Some Pig"| 2023
PAINT ANNAPOLIS 1st Place Mid Atlantic Painters and 2nd Place Art on the Avenue"Is she Seaworthy?"

NOAPS Plein Air Competition  3rd Place for "Hydrant Halo" | 2023

ART OF THE PORTRAIT  Non Commissioned Portrait Finalist Members Only Competition | 2022
 

EXHIBITIONS

2024
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA Wet Painting Competition | Wichita, KS
NATIONAL OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTERS Online Members Show | Online
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST SOCIETY NATIONAL SHOW Silverbrush Award of Excellence for "Pursuit of Symmetry" | Rockport, MA
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA EASTERN REGIONAL Award of excellence for "Jon, Asleep" | Raleigh, NC
ART RENEWAL CENTER INTERNATIONAL SALON | Online 
 

2023
MOUNTAIN MARYLAND JURIED ARTIST Alleghany Arts Council | Cumberland, MD
PAINT ANNAPOLIS, Public Artist | Annapolis, MD
NOAPS PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Mary Williams Fine Arts | Boulder, COMARY WILLIAMS FINE ARTS Collection | Boulder, CO

 

2022

MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & GRAVERS SOCIETY  STRATHMORE MANSION | Washington, D.C.
SOLO SHOW | Baltimore, MD Studio of Pamela Crockett 
MEMBERS ONLY PORTRAITURE COMPETITION National Portrait Society | Online Show

 

2019

VALENTINES SOIREE SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

OUT OF ORDER EXHIBITION MARYLAND ART PLACE | Baltimore, MD

FROM FUR TO FEATHERS EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MDSTUDENT AND FACULTY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

 

2018

MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & GRAVERS SOCIETY  STRATHMORE MANSION| Washington, D.C.

HOLIDAY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

FROM FUR TO FEATHERS EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

STUDENT AND FACULTY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

 

2018

MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & GRAVERS SOCIETY  STRATHMORE MANSION| Washington, D.C.

HOLIDAY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

FROM FUR TO FEATHERS EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

STUDENT AND FACULTY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD


 

2017

MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & GRAVERS SOCIETY  STRATHMORE MANSION| Washington, D.C.

HOLIDAY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

FROM FUR TO FEATHERS EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

STUDENT AND FACULTY EXHIBITION SCHULER SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS | Baltimore, MD

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