Laura Atkins (b. 1961)

https://www.lauraatkinsart.com/

Laura Atkins was born in the Detroit area in 1961. After a career as a Surgical Nurse, she is now gaining notoriety as a self-taught artist. Her distinctive paintings portray the unnatural world with a sense of romance and mystery. It is also said that her work presents an uncomfortable mix of nostalgia and lamentation of mythological expression. Adding further complexity to the diverse interpretations of her work, she blurs the line between truth and fiction by using old masters techniques. She creates visual illusions to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as three-dimensional to reveal a convincing perspective on an imagined place or time. Laura's pensive paintings are rife with both unseen and deeply felt forces–seemingly paradoxical impulses that are integral to her work. Though quite a few of her paintings contain recognizable elements, she's just as influenced by metaphors as she is by today's news. Laura has collectors in the U.S. and has shown her work in the U.S. and Europe.

Awards and Exhibitions

2021 Summer Breeze, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK June 12 - September 30, 2021

2021 Portrait Show, Modern Eden Gallery, San francisco, CA June 12 - July 3, 2021

2021 Radical Botanicals, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK. February 6 - May 30, 2021

2019 Finalist for “The Curse”, The Art Renewal Center 14th International ARC Salon Competition (over 4,300 entries from 73 countries)

2019 Finalist for “The Curse”, Michigan Fine Art Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

2019 6th place (Outside the Box category), The Portrait Society of America 14th Annual Members Only Competition (https:// www.portraitsociety.org/copy-of-moc-2017-winners)

2018-2019 Finalist for Ariadne’s Thread, Art Renewal Center 13th International ARC Salon. Included in traveling exhibition (Salmagundi Club, New York City; Sotheby's Los Angeles; MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain. https://www.artrenewal.org/13thARCSalon/ Home/Exhibition

2018 $1000 award for 'The Reckoning of Venus and Mars", Michigan Fine Art Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

2018 Best of Show and 1st place (oil painting), Annual Midyear Juried Show, The Bedford 38th Annual Juried Arts for Our Future Show, The Butler Institute of American Art

2017 Annual Midyear Juried Show, The Butler Institute of American, https://butlerart.com/

2017 Brimstone and Lace, Bash Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2016 Invitation to show Artwork at the Michigan State Capital

2016 Washes, Wax, Wood, and Wishes, River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI

2016 Women Painting Women, Richard J Demato Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

2015 Crooked Tree Art Center Annual Juried Show, Petoskey, MI

2015 Michigan Fine Art Juried Show, Birmingham, MI - 2015 Inked II, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI

2015 Best in Show, Monroe City-County Fine Art Juried Competition

2015 Zusammenarbeit Group Show, River's Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI

2015 Best in Show, Bedford Area Juried Art Show

2014, 2013 ArtPrize, Grand Rapids MI

2014 MOMAC Group Show

2014 Michigan Renaissance Mermaid Mural

2014 Monroe Fine Art Juried Fair

2014, 2012 Best in Show, Monroe Art League Members Juried Show

2013, 2014 Homage Group Show, River's Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI

2013 Poison Apples Group Show, Detroit MI

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