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Classically trained in oil painting, Lauren
Travis is inspired by Rembrandt, Caravaggio and
Vermeer and the French and Pennsylvania Impressionists. Her still life paintings are intimate and full
of symbolism. Travis' still life paintings
have been compared by critics to the French painters Chardin and Cezanne
and noted Philadelphia still life painter Rembrandt Peale.
Travis' landscape paintings are done both Plein Air and in her studio. They are loose and painterly, infused with dramatic light and color.
Lauren Travis is a frequent lecturer on the
arts. Lectures include "I Didn't Know That", Michener
Art Museum, Doylestown, PA in 2006, "Art Appreciation"
at Delaware Valley College in 2005 and "Art Appreciation"
at the Solebury Community School in 2005 & 2003. She is also a contributing author of various art-related articles for local magazines and newspapers.
Travis has served as a juror for regional
exhibits including the Tinicum Arts Festival, the Doylestown
Art League's annual juried exhibition and the Central Bucks
Chamber of Commerce's annual sculpture exhibition. In 2005,
she co-curated the "Treasures from the LaSalle University
Art Museum" exhibit.
Lauren teaches drawing and oil painting in her gallery, Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA. (See News & Events for info.)
Born: 1960 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
American
Education:
2010 "Landscape Painting in Oil" workshop with Peter Fiore,
August 2010, Bucks County, PA
2010 "Composition and Brushwork" Plein Air painting workshop with Kenn Backhaus,
June 2010, New Hope, PA
2006 "Painting the Portrait in Oil"
workshop with David A. Leffel.
August 2006, Santa Fe, NM.
2003-2005 study in oil painting with Frank
Arcuri, Erwinna, PA
1992-1994 study in pastel and watercolor with
Deborah Camero, Warminster, PA
1986-1987 study in oil with Floyd Torbert,
New Hope, PA
1982, Bachelor of Arts in Advertising, Penn
State University
Affiliations:
Owner/Director of Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA since 1990.
Associate Member, Oil Painters of America
Board of Directors, Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce
Publications: "Lauren Travis" by Cathie Viksjo, Spring 2009 Bucks County Town & Country Living Magazine
Selected Exhibitions and Awards:
2010 Bucks County Art in Living Color 24th Annual Byers Bucks Fever Art Exhibition
2005 Phillips' Mill 76th Annual Juried Exhibition
The Solebury School Award for Oil Painting in memory of
the founders.
2005 65th Annual Members' Exhibition, The
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Philadelphia Sketch Club Annual Small
Oil Paintings Exhibit
2004 Phillips' Mill 75th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Award for Traditional Still Life
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