I find myself in continual pursuit of the truth of things. I paint to invoke something aesthetically raw and authentic. The work isn’t emotional (at least not directly); it’s about aliveness, color, beauty, and more of a visceral, visual, wordless way of being awake and present in the world. Color and form are my subjects. From the first mark, each painting presents a dilemma — how to resolve. My process is tactile and intuitive, like chasing a feeling of equilibrium, and I spend a great deal of time thinking about the work, in and out of the studio. Balance is achieved with lots of white paint, color, lines, adding and subtracting layers, building and flattening, complicating and then quieting. Many paintings take me months to resolve. Finished work feels balanced and true.
born 1971, Brooklyn, NY
1992
BA, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1994
MA, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Select Solo Exhibition
2019
Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, ME
2018
Anthropologie, Portland, Gallery Wall Installation: Winter Palette, Anthropologie, Portland, ME
2016
Color and Structure, Ocean House Gallery & Frame, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Laurie Fisher, Current Works, Falmouth Public Library, Falmouth ME
Anthropologie Portland, Gallery Wall Installation, Anthropologie, Portland, ME
Select Group Exhibitions
2019
Pattern Play, Anne Irvine Fine Art, Atlanta GA
On the Verge, Creative Portland Gallery, Portland, ME
2018
Small Works, Ocean House Gallery & Frame, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Gallery Launch Party, Jenner McGinn Studio, Atlanta, GA
Small Works Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Hot Hot Hot, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Small Works, Ocean House Gallery & Frame, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Coastal Living Idea House, Select works as part of showhouse design by Mark D. Sikes, Newport, RI
Spring for Women, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
Abstraction, large works, Ocean House Gallery & Frame, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Small Works, Ocean House Gallery & Frame, Cape Elizabeth, ME
The Makers Meal, Running With Scissors, Portland, ME
Painting is my personal, visceral response to the world. I use paint to evoke something aesthetically raw and authentic. Color and form are my subjects.
Each painting emerges from path of its own. Resolution of the painting is the goal from the first mark, and I spend a great deal of time thinking about the work, in and out of the studio. I work to build and balance the painting’s architecture using color, lots of white, lines, organic shapes, straight edges, layers. Many paintings take months to resolve. Finished work feels aesthetically balanced and true.
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GATHER
December 14, 2018 - January 05, 2019
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HOT! HOT! HOT!
July 12, 2018 to August 31, 2018
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NOT FOR WALLFLOWERS: LAURIE FISHER
June 06 - July 03, 2019