Author: laurensansaricq

Lauren Sansaricq (b. 1990) grew up in Colombia County, NY where from an early age she was not only exposed to the beauties of the Hudson Valley, but also under the teaching of Thomas Locker, was exposed to the traditional painting techniques of the Hudson River School. Taking Mr. Locker’s advice Lauren received a classical education in drawing and painting at the Grand Central Academy of Art in NYC. She has three times been awarded the Hudson River Fellowship where she has continued to study nature and produce paintings in the tradition of the Hudson River School. Lauren’s paintings have been exhibited and collected in venues throughout New York State including Manhattan. One of Lauren’s paintings was recently featured in the New York Times representing “The Great Hudson River Exhibition.”

Artists Capturing Echo Lake in Franconia Notch , Past and Present

October 13, 2015August 3, 2016 laurensansaricq2 Comments

Echo Lake in Franconia Notch New Hampshire, was a favorite spot for many of the White Mountain Artists and of course many of the Hudson River School Artists of the 19th century . Recently I set out to make a large painting of this gorgeous spot. Yet, I did not do my more normal procedure as I have done with other large paintings in the past, in this case I started the large canvas en plein air. Normally, I do a small painting outside our maybe just a careful drawing then take those studies back to the studio and make my larger painting. So this was a new and refreshing experience for me! But, anyway in this post I want to share some amazing White mountain painters works of this particular location then share my new piece.

Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt

Alfred Thompson Bricher Alfred Thompson Bricher

Alfred Thompson Bricher Edward Hill

Alfred Thompson Bricher Samuel Lancaster Gerry

And here is my new painting of the same location……

“Echo Lake , Franconia Notch” 24x36in. oil on canvas . This painting will be available at this years show and sale , at the Jackson Historical Society , in Jackson N.H. the official opening is Oct. 23rd 6:00 to 9:00.Here is a link to the event: http://www.jacksonhistory.org/

Here I am working on the big canvas……

All images of historic paintings were courtesy, of White Mountain Art from http://whitemountainart.com/

“Principals of Studio Landscape painting” Workshop in NYC

October 6, 2015 laurensansaricq3 Comments

Here are some photos from my workshop at the Grand Central Atelier. I had such a wonderful time ! The photos taken are of my demo painting done in two short sitting:

The last image is the painting after the glazing stage.

Upcoming Workshop in New York City

September 4, 2015 laurensansaricqLeave a comment

So excited to announce I am going to be teaching a workshop at the Grand Central Academy in NYC. It will be a Three day workshop Sep. 26th , 27th and Oct. 3. The title of the class is “The Principles of Studio Landscape Painting: How to build a painting using a layered approach.”

Here is the course description, and overview of the class….

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Upcoming Workshop in New York City

August 24, 2015September 4, 2015 laurensansaricq1 Comment

Here is the course description, and overview of the class….

Regardless of your level of experience, the goal of this workshop
will be to provide you with a thorough introduction to traditional landscape
painting through practice. In this workshop, we will attempt to place ourselves in the mindset of the great landscape painters of the past ranging from 17^th century Dutch and French Landscape painters to the Hudson River School painters and the Barbizon and British school of landscape painting as well. Students will discover a deeper understanding of how these old masters approached the challenge of
conceiving a landscape painting in the studio. The concepts discussed and demonstrated will greatly help the student’s ability to understand traditional modes of depicting nature thus, greatly improve their outdoor painting work as well. Students in this workshop will be encouraged to use their imaginations along with any drawings or studies they have done from nature previously , also we will look at reproductions of old master landscape paintings , which can be used for some inspiration. We will also discuss color in relationship to atmospheric perspective , and how to capture different times of day.

In this class we will be using a layered approach and various forms of glazing will be demonstrated.

Day 1
Lauren Sansaricq will demonstrate the Dead Color stage, and cover the first layer of painting. Then quickly students will begin their own pieces using this same approach.

Day 2
Will begin with another demonstration of the Dead Color stage and a Glazing Demo

Then students will be asked to produce another painting using this same approach. Or continue with the painting from the first day if they wish.

Day 3
This day will be spent mostly glazing. To most students this is quite a marvelous experience and helps bring together the hard work they have put into their pieces during the past two days! During this time students will learn , how to Scumble , how to do a translucent glaze , and how to do a tonal glaze.

Hope to see you there….

To sign up follow this link:

http://grandcentralatelier.org/enroll-summer.php

Exhibition at The Bethel Historical Society, Bethel, Maine

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 laurensansaricqLeave a comment

We’re happy to announce an exhibition opening this week (July 2nd, preview July 1st) at the Bethel Historical Society entitled Secluded Glens and Noble Landscapes: Traditional White Mountain Art Receptured.

The show will include approximately 40 contemporary paintings by myself and Erik Koeppel, depicting scenes of the White Mountains. The surrounding walls will be filled with 19th Century White Mountain Art from a private collection. Only the contemporary works will be for sale.

There will be a preview weds. July 1st from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. If you haven’t received an invitation, and would like to attend please feel free to contact the B.H.S. at this email address:

Randy Bennett, Executive Director: director@bethelhistorical.org

For inquiries regarding works available, please also feel free to use the email above.

The exhibition will be on view until August 29, 2015.

Here is a sampling of some of my work on display, and I’ll post photos of the gallery space once I have some.