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| Laurie Mcclave |
| La Raison- Sold 4th Wall Gallery |
| Ladybird |
| Stay with me |
My oil paintings are a realistic and slightly surrealistic rendering of allegorical and
iconic imagery. Painting is and always has been a way to express my feelings and views
of the world to others, much like a writer of poetry or novels creates a world with words,
I create a world of emotions with paint and brush.
iconic imagery. Painting is and always has been a way to express my feelings and views
of the world to others, much like a writer of poetry or novels creates a world with words,
I create a world of emotions with paint and brush.
| The Brave |
I have been asked many times if the women I paint are me. To some degree, yes, they are all
different subconscious renderings of myself and all iconic images of women throughout art
history. Every subject is a different embodiment of woman and our connection to the world
we live in. I like to paint strong characters and focus on my subjects eyes to convey a feeling
and mood in the paintings, and drawing from culture, both popular and ancient I try to
portray what is going on in the current atmosphere, political and spiritually. My work is a
mix of old and new, traditional and non traditional elements that I have experienced
personally and studied at length.
different subconscious renderings of myself and all iconic images of women throughout art
history. Every subject is a different embodiment of woman and our connection to the world
we live in. I like to paint strong characters and focus on my subjects eyes to convey a feeling
and mood in the paintings, and drawing from culture, both popular and ancient I try to
portray what is going on in the current atmosphere, political and spiritually. My work is a
mix of old and new, traditional and non traditional elements that I have experienced
personally and studied at length.
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Laurie McClave has been drawing obsessively since she was a young child. Growing up in
California in the 60s and 70s her extended family was full of artists, free-thinking Mad magazine
readers and a sprinkling of Catholic comedians. She dabbled in Drama, Clothing design and
sculpture in the 70s and 80s before deciding to really get down and Paint....
She attended The San Francisco Art Institute where she earned an honors studio spot. While
there she concentrated on figure drawing and painting and received her BFA in Painting in 1994.
After graduating and exhibiting work around the Bay area and across the country she relocated to
the Pacific Northwest where she is painting and raising her own free-thinking family.
California in the 60s and 70s her extended family was full of artists, free-thinking Mad magazine
readers and a sprinkling of Catholic comedians. She dabbled in Drama, Clothing design and
sculpture in the 70s and 80s before deciding to really get down and Paint....
She attended The San Francisco Art Institute where she earned an honors studio spot. While
there she concentrated on figure drawing and painting and received her BFA in Painting in 1994.
After graduating and exhibiting work around the Bay area and across the country she relocated to
the Pacific Northwest where she is painting and raising her own free-thinking family.
Her work is currently exhibited at Pop Gallery in Santa Fe NM and Tasty Gallery in Seattle,WA.
"Her "Pantheon of Women" is a comment on iconic representations of femininity. These paintings
are suffused with color, symbolism, and animal imagery. Her style is slightly surreal and working
with the female form, she adds a commentary to the modern iconic woman in art today."
"Her "Pantheon of Women" is a comment on iconic representations of femininity. These paintings
are suffused with color, symbolism, and animal imagery. Her style is slightly surreal and working
with the female form, she adds a commentary to the modern iconic woman in art today."
| Bombshell |
| Lily |
| Forbidden |
| Pandora-POP Gallery |
| Medusa-POP Gallery |
| Queen of Hearts |
| Drama Queen |
| Queen Bee |
| Raison D'Etre |