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Primary Style: Fine Art
Credentials: Self Taught
Career Level: Professional Artist
Experience: Mature Artist
Juried Artist: Yes
Represented by Galleries: Yes
Betty Laur I have been interested in painting for as long as I can remember, but never had an art class in school. Over 40 years ago I decided to do an oil painting of an antique coffee pot filled with yellow roses. I purchased a couple of brushes, a few tubes of paint and a canvas board, and fell in love with painting. As young wife and mother busy with family and career, I continued to paint occasionally, then took a few evening art classes from Southern Illinois University. I developed my representational style, exhibited in local art shows and won several awards, and accepted commissioned work. Following my move to Florida in 1978, I studied abstract expressionism as a vehicle to enhance my representational work. My abstract and representational works have been exhibited in various galleries and other venues, and are found in a number of private collections.My love of painting has led to many great experiences and friendships, and I'm so grateful for how my paintings have have made others happy and enriched my life.To see more of my work: www.bettylaur.com http://www.artjury.com/MasterClasses/PlusLaur.html
La Jument I was intrigued by La Jument, a lighthouse at the Northwestern part of France, Brittany, because it is built on a rock about 300 metres from the coast of the island of Ushant, in the middle of the ocean. This section of the coastline of Brittany, the west coast of Northern France, had always been known by sailors to be a rugged and dangerous area. Being the westernmost point of land, it is a heavily trafficked sea lane, and additionally experiences severe weather during much of the year. As such, the area has experienced many shipwrecks over the centuries.