Denise Laurin

Denise Laurin is an artist and teacher. She is dedicated to creating beautiful works of art with great skill that touch the soul. To that end, she has studied the art of the masters through intensive study of art history and traditional drawing and painting techniques. Her art is about releasing heavy, afflictive emotions and stepping into the light of our higher selves. She uses the human figure, particularly that of the dancer, as her inspiration to express the transcendence of the physical self.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northern Illinois University in Studio Art and Art History, and a Masters of Art in Art History. Her academic studies included drawing, painting, photography and visual communication. She has traveled the world to see and be inspired by great works of art at such renowned institutions as the Louvre, the Vatican Museum, the Borghese Museum, Pitti Palace, The Tokyo Museum of Art, The Egyptian Museum and London’s National Museum.

In addition to her academic degrees, Ms. Laurin has studied at the American Academy of Art, privately with Grace Cole of Cole Studio, Chicago, and The New York Academy of Art and the Art Students League in New York with Peter Cox. Her media include oil painting, graphite, pastels, digital art and photography.

Ms. Laurin has taught Renaissance Art History, Non-Western Art, Ancient Art History, Art Appreciation, Design Fundamentals, and Observational Drawing on the college level. Currently, she teaches Color Theory online with The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Drawing and Digital Photography at a private Manhattan high school.

In 2010, she had a one-woman show at the historic Fine Arts Building in Chicago and has shown her work at several other venues in the Chicago area including Triangle Gallery, Elgin Community College, The Latin School, Bloomingdale Art Museum, and the College of Lake County. In New York, she has shown with the Society of Illustrators and the Rockaway Artists Alliance.

Contact the artist directly for pricing if you are interested in portrait commissions, original oils, pastels and graphite, or giclee prints signed and directly supervised by the artist of any of the work posted at Fine Art America: deniselaurin@nyc.rr.com.

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