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Vanessa Lawrence CPSA
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
Biography
Vanessa Lawrence is a self-taught artist that enjoys creating still life and custom portraits. Vanessa was born in Texas but currently lives in Colorado.
Through the years, she has developed a passion for realism – a passion to understand form in its truest sense. Her desire is to continue creating works of art that capture moments in time that tell a story and to master the art of realism.
Vanessa studied art for a short time at Anderson University in Indiana and the Baker Hunt Foundation in Covington, KY. Her art has been displayed in art shows throughout the United States. She now works from her home studio in Colorado.
- Ann Kullberg's CP Hidden Treasures
- To The Point - Colored Pencil Society of America
Publications
Memberships
- Colored Pencil Society of America Signature Member
- Colored Pencil Society of America District #119 member (former)
- Boone County Visual Arts Association (2013)
- April 2012: Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center, Adult Art Show, Covington, Kentucky
- August 2012: A Celebration of Color, Baker Hunt Colored Pencil Art Show, Covington, Kentucky
- October, 2012: Rising Sun 10th Juried Art Exhibition, Rising Sun, Indiana
- December 4, 2012- Janurary 4, 2013: CPSA 7th Annual Colored Pencil Art Exhibition, Presented by CPSA District Chapter #119, The Barn, Mariemont, Ohio
- July 31- September 13, 2013: CPSA 21st International Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Brea, California
- September 6, 2013 - September 28, 2013: CPSA 8th Annual Colored Pencil Art Exhibition, Presented by CPSA District Chapter #119. The Barn - The Women's Art Club of Cincinnati , Mariemont, Ohio * Awarded Honorable Mention for my work "Golden Girls"
- June 13-August 25, 2014: Colored Pencil Society of America 22nd International Juried Exhibition, Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens Ormand Beach, Florida
- October 5-November 3, 2014: Colored Pencil Society of America 7th Annual Colored Pencil Art Exhibition, Presented by CPSA District Chapter #119, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. * "The Golden Girls" awarded Honorable Mention
- July 11-August 23 2015: Colored Pencil Society of America 23rd International Juried Exhibition, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia * Received the honor of CPSA signature status.
Artist's Statement
My passion is to create works of art that evoke deep emotion and capture moments in time that warm the heart. As an artist, I am drawn to realism and strive to emulate this in each of my drawings. I also enjoy creating beautiful movement though abstract expression. I currently work in graphite, charcoal, acrylic, and colored pencil. My subject matter varies widely to include human & animal portraits, still life and landscapes.