Laura Jemison

A young Laura was always drawing.   As an independent and intense child developing a  passion for observing and  creating kept me occupied, and became my companion.  My six year old self chose Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon on the Park”  as my favorite painting  from our monthly visits to Chicago’s Art Institute  Being an artist was my strength or maybe my salvation.
I started painting  in college at 17.   Throughout schooling, careers, family , travel,  I was always  observing variations of  patterns, color, shapes, spacial use and  their relationships to each other.  I kept on painting.  At 47, I entered an experimental graduate program at the PA. Academy of Fine Arts,   which helped me approach  painting in a different way.  I was  encouraged to paint by developing  my own voice.  Play to my strengths.  Follow my natural  muse.
Each work helps  me define that voice. I strive to combine my love of color with a free and energetic hand. I continue my artful life, still observing, still drawing and still painting.