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Laure Stevens-Lubin is exhibiting her paintings at Nelson Gallery this month, with the opening this Friday, Dec. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m.
This artist is passionate about nature and a life-long birdwatcher. It all started with her grandmother in Massachusetts, where she grew up at the edge of farmland dotted with a multitude of woods, old stone walls and a sense of the history that went before. It follows, then that her work focuses on nature and its denizens, and chief among these, birds.
The art that she is showing at the gallery is loosely inspired by the artist James Audubon and his watercolor paintings of America’s aviary kingdom. As she puts it, his birds display an intricate beauty endemic of their intelligence. Stevens-Lubins’ paintings continue this exploration of avian ingenuity, adaptability, curiosity and (even) wit.
Stevens-Lubin is a teacher as well as artist, and received her bachelor of arts degree from Barnard College at Columbia University in New York and a master’s degree from New York University. She also earned an MFA in studio art from James Madison University. When not painting in her studio, she can be found out hiking or riding horses, and, of course, birdwatching.
