Laura Ross-Paul | |
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Born | Laura Ross 1950 Portland, Oregon |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.F.A., M.F.A., B.S. |
Known for | Painting, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Encaustic Painting, Oil Painting. |
Movement | Magical Realism |
Awards | Bonnie Bronson Award, Juror's Award, Portland Art Museum; Juror's Award, Bellevue Art Museum; Artist's Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Etc. |
Laura Ross-Paul (born 1950) is a contemporary painter of oil and wax in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.[1] In 2010 The Oregonian's OregonLive.com referred to her as a "venerable [figure] from Portland's long established vanguard" of art.[2]
Laura Ross-Paul was born in Portland, Oregon in 1950. When she was 17 both of her parents and two siblings were killed in a car crash with a drunk driver, leaving Laura and a younger sister behind.[1]
In 1968, Ross-Paul worked as a political cartoonist and illustrator for The Scab Sheet 10 cents for the Truth, a Vietnam-era underground anti-war newspaper in Corvallis, Oregon. In 1974, Ross-Paul received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Fort Wright College. She went on to obtain her Master of Fine Arts in Painting[3] and her B.S. from Portland State University.
She married Alex Paul in 1970.[4] In 2014 Ross-Paul, her husband Alex, and Dr. Peter Littrup published They're Mine and I'm Keeping Them through the self-publishing service CreateSpace, an account of her experience with breast cancer and seeking successful cryoablation treatment for it. Ross-Paul illustrated the book.[5][6]
Ross-Paul frequently uses the landscape of the Pacific Northwest as a background for her paintings. Her style uses the inherent qualities of the medium and lets paint bleed across her composition, frequently using a resin compound to blur the colors together to achieve a soft look. Geometric shapes such as orbs are a common reoccurring motif in her paintings.[7] Her 2002 collection is a strong example of this.[8]