MEET LAUREN
Lauren is a fine artist based in Baltimore, Maryland and the founder and visionary behind the 100 Heads Society. Since its inception in 2021, the society has become a hub for artists, offering free Monday sessions to paint from live models, fostering creativity and community.
With a passion for teaching, Lauren leads various art classes and workshops at the 100 Heads Society. This past year marked her journey as a professor at MICA in Baltimore, further expanding her impact on budding artists.
Lauren's artistic journey has been global, organizing art retreats with Workshops in France, mingling and learning alongside world-renowned painters. She honed her skills at the Classical Realism Atelier, the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore, and the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, where she graduated in 2014 with a B.A. in English Literature and Studio Art.
AWARDS & PRIZES
Oil Painters of America National Juried Show
People's Choice Award "Plaster Workers"| Steamboat Springs, CO | 2026
American Impressionist Society Small Works Show
Award of Excellence | Raleigh, NC | 2026
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional
Award of excellence for "Jon, Asleep" | Raleigh, NC | 2025
American Impressionist Society National Show
Silverbrush Award of Excellence for "Pursuit of Symmetry" Rockport, MA
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 "Is She Seaworthy" | 2023
2nd Place Art on the Avenue "Is She Seaworthy" | 2023
NOAPS Plein Air Competition
3rd Place "Hydrant Halo" | 2023
Art of the Portrait
Non Commissioned Portrait Finalist
Members Only Competition | 2022
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
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 & 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
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Oil Painters of America
Wet Painting Competition | Wichita, KS
National Oil & Acrylic Painters
Online Members Show
American Impressionist Society National Show
Rockport, MA
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional
Raleigh, NC
Art Renewal Center International Salon
Online
2023
Mountain Maryland Juried Artist
Alleghany Arts Council | Cumberland, MD
Paint Annapolis
Public Artist | Annapolis, MD
NOAP Plein Air Competition
Mary Williams Fine Arts | Boulder, CO
Mary 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
