LURA BROOKINS

ARTIST STATEMENT

Images of Laura's Pastel Paintings

“Landscapes that Found Me”

My path to becoming an artist was indirectly direct. Dreaming in New York City of natural landscapes, I painted with oil, to reach my connection with nature. Completing my degree in Landscape Design at the New York Botanical Gardens, I moved to Santa Fe to implement my passion to work with nature.

As I designed gardens and installed natural landscapes of native grasses and wildflowers, I traveled through northern New Mexico gaining excitement about the unique beauty of this land.

Serendipitously, in the fall of 2001, a dear artist friend invited me to join her to paint in pastels on-the-spot, amidst the vivid aspen colors of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Soon, I came to realize and acce pt that I must honor my artistic drive to be free to paint outdoors, whenever the opportunity is given to me. Now, I am a joyful plein air painter, joining my artist friends to create adventures and art – thus fulfilling my passion to experience and manifest with color my visual witnessing of beauty – the expressions of human spirit and Nature.

EDUCATION
Landscape Design: Degree conferred by NY Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY
BA ~ New School for Social Research, NY, NY
Smith College, Northhampton, MA

Art Studies with the following artists:
Charles Viera, NYC
Anita Louise West, Santa Fe
Kathleen Gray Shallock, Santa Fe

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Indigo Gallery, Madrid, NM
The Torres Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

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