Upcoming Show: Recovering The American Sublime

April 21, 2017 laurensansaricq1 Comment

I am very excited to announce the following upcoming show. Please read below the press release for more information:

Recovering the American Sublime

New Paintings by Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq in Historical Context

Pace Galleries of Art at Fryeburg Academy

Fryeburg, Maine

Opening Reception – May 6, 2017 from 4 to 7 p.m.

The essential thesis of the 19^th century American landscape painter was that by deep reflection upon the beauty of nature, one may ease their weary soul of the troubles inherent to a social being thrust into the industrialized world. Today, as humanity travels further from nature into stark modern interiors and cyberspace, artists Lauren Sansaricq and Erik Koeppel believe that a powerful vision of nature is more needed than ever before. They have thus devoted their minds to reviving an art whose intention is to bring the beauty of nature back to the forefront of human consciousness.

In this exhibition, the paintings of Koeppel and Sansaricq are displayed in juxtaposition with 19^th century landscape paintings of the White Mountains. As the couple shares a studio in Jackson, NH, White Mountain subjects are prominent among scenes of New England, and even works from their travels west. The historic paintings are on loan from the collections of the Jackson Historical Society, and Bethel Historical Society, as a promised gift of Randall H. Bennett. Many of the contemporary paintings are available for sale.

The Pace Galleries of Art are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 1 pm (or by appointment). Call the box office at 207-935-9232 to schedule a visit.

https://www.fryeburgacademy.org/page/event-detail?pk=6633776&fromId=211475

Upcoming Lecture at The Currier Museum

September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 laurensansaricqLeave a comment

I am so honored to be giving a lecture on my process as a landscape painter and how it relates to the Hudson River School, Nov. 3rd between 7 and 7:30pm at The Currier Museum , in Manchester N.H.

The lecture also aligns with a remarkable show the museum is doing on 19th century white mountain art called “Mount Washington: The Crown of New England”.

mount_washington_from_the_valley_of_conway — This 19th century John Kensett painting of Mount Washington will be at the show.

In my lecture I plan to discuss the Hudson River School artist’s approach of working from drawings and plein-air sketches to make their larger studio paintings. And more generally how these artists saw and studied nature.

Please join me Nov. 3rd! Should be a wonderful evening.

For more information follow this link: http://www.currier.org/

Recent Lecture and Demonstration at The Museum of the White Mountains

September 23, 2016 laurensansaricq2 Comments

I was so honored to lecture and demonstrate on the subject of 19th century landscape painting techniques at the Museum of the White Mountains recently. In the lecture I talked about the common process among artists of that time to do drawings and color studies outdoors, then bring this information back to the studio to make larger studio paintings. And how these larger pictures were done in a layered process , first with an under-painting , then several layers of glazing and scummbling.

Here is my smaller color study, and drawing for the larger painting to the right

And the larger painting “The Basin” 24 x 48in.

Here I am demonstrating the under painting phase

For those interested in seeing a video of my process of how to make a Winter Full Moon painting, follow this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYTUfUPEds

Pictures from the Bethel Historical Society Art Exhibition

September 19, 2016 laurensansaricqLeave a comment

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Bethel Historical Society’s exhibition opening this past weekend. For those who missed it , The exhibit and sale will continue at the Dr. Moses Mason House, Tuesday thru Friday, from 1 to 4 pm, through October 14.Here are some photos from the show:

My small oval painting between two beautiful benjamin champney paintings!

And one of my favorite pieces in the show the small Samuel Colman on top!

18 day Artist trip to The Catskills , The Adirondacks , NYC and Gettysburg

June 23, 2016July 19, 2016 laurensansaricq3 Comments

I just returned home from a wonderful trip to The Catskills , The Adirondacks , NYC and Gettysburg with my partner Erik Koeppel. The first stop was NYC , where I taught a plein air workshop in Central Park , through The Grand Central Atelier. Here is a photo of the class at Gapstow Bridge , which is such a beautiful spot. The class was actually full with 12 students!

Here I am working on my demo painting from the workshop , I always like to have my drawing on had has you can see.

We then headed down to Gettysburg P.A. we we both participated in The History Meets The Arts Show. Here is some of my work from the show:

“Early Morning on The Hudson River” 12 x 18 in. Sold

“On the Beaten Path” 11 x 14in.

“Scene of Sunset” 6 x 11 in. Sold

“Le lever de la lune” 16 x 20 in.

Here are some photos of the event.

After Gettysburg , we then journeyed to one of our favorite places in the world , The Clove in The Catskill mountains. These mountains were home to one of the best movements in landscape painting , The Hudson River School. Their is nothing like visiting the same spots that Thomas Cole , Sanford Gifford , and Asher B Durand had spent time painting.

This time we were fortunate to paint at Artist’s Seat in Onteora Park, Inspiration Point , Twilght Park and Kaaterskill Falls. Below is a photo of all of my paintings made on the trip, all works in progress of course.

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Next we went to The Adirondacks! To attend Eric Rhoad’s The Publishers Invitational. Here are some photos from there.

There i am working in the lower left corner, what beautiful landscape.

Here I am working on my little painting.

And here is all the Plein Air Invitational Attendees!

We had a ball ! Another fun productive trip. Stay tuned for the finished works….