Laura Foley:
I have been an artist my whole life but was never
encouraged to pursue art either in education or career. I have always
volunteered my art in college and places I was employed. I actually quit any sort
of artistic creation for 5 years. I decided to start again in 1995 (after I got out
of the Navy & the haze grey environment). I started drawing & charcoal mediums
at that time and only part-time. Selling pieces here there, basically in order to
survive. It was not until 2004 that I started to get serious with large bright
paintings and I made the decision I would wait until I had a large amount of
paintings before I emerged, which would be the last 6 months of 2007. I have
tried many different venues this past year, have met hundreds of artist and am
VP of an art association established in Aug of 2007. Hundreds of people
have seen my work and now recognize my style. I have been influenced by artists
like myself who were self-educated and have touched many generations after
they have passed. My passion for art has motivated & pushed me, far more than
anything else.
Artist Statement:
I usually have no plan laid out before I start a painting. I may have a general idea
of what I would like to be on the canvas and then let it flow. I feel caged if I
attempt to paint a portrait or picture.
1. Color is one of my motivators, I must have colors around and I feel as if
enhances my environment and keeps me extremely optimistic & bright. You will
rarely find a dismal painting in my collections. My paintings push me through life,
and sometimes after a painting has been completed I look at it & realized how
much I have grown or maybe what message I actually was missing at the time I
painted a piece.
My philosophy behind this is not in only the act of painting are there healing
properties for mind, spirit & soul, but the gratification I feel when a piece is
completed. My inspirations are the hopes that a piece of work will have the
same effect on my buyers. That they will be inspired, or feel better on a bad
day just because it is there.
I have noticed in doing the shows I have done in 2007 how many children are
drawn to my work. I love to see the look on their faces when they see my work.
Another artist I met told me that "it is good that children love your work for they
are pure of heart, they must recognize the purity or your work."
Since I really did not get started with the big jump into art until I was 34, I feel
sometimes that I am catching up for all the years I missed out on being an artist. I
am living, breathing and eating art these days and I would not want it any other
way. After corporate world, college, military and business endeavors it is
actually the passion for art that drives me further than anything I could have
imagined.
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View my Artwork at: www.artistrising.com or www.artdelaura.com Contact: laurafoley2@mac.com |