Laurie Fisher

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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.