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Artist Suzanne
LaFleur Unveils Monumental Painting Series
Serene Refuge in East Hampton
Award-winning artist
Suzanne LaFleur will show a new painting series in
the upcoming exhibition Serene Refuge
at Lawrence Fine Art in East Hampton, New York. The
exhibition will be on view from August 2 – 18, 2014
with an opening celebration scheduled for Saturday,
August 2nd from 5 to 8pm.
Memory, place, and
nature are integral themes that drive LaFleur’s latest work.
Born in Southampton, New York, she relished in the region’s
innate beauty and serene atmosphere as a child. The
Hampton’s remain a summer retreat for the artist who now
lives and works in New York City. In poetic compositions
that fuse together color and form, LaFleur meditates on the
natural splendor and power of the Hampton’s landscape. She
creates a space that harmonizes memory and experience, the
visceral and the abstract, and sophistication and
simplicity.
A highlight from the
series is its inspired painting, Serene Refuge, which
measures an astounding 66 x 120 inches. Articulated through
fluid swatches of fresh greens and clear blue, the
composition evokes an aerial view of the Hampton’s fresh
grasslands and blue waters. Organic forms expressed through
vibrant pink, red, and orange bring to mind summer’s lush
flowerbeds.
These latest pieces
mark LaFleur’s bold return to painting after a very
successful period of exploring the expressive capabilities
of pastel and paper for which she received numerous honors.
LaFleur is a 2014 Guild Hall Museum prize-winning
artist. The National Arts Club awarded her with the
Art Spirit Foundation Gold Medal for Pastel in 2014
and the Flora Giffuni Memorial Award for Pastel in
2013. In 2013, LaFleur’s work was presented at the Park
Avenue Armory by Lawrence Fine Art. The
Benefit Print Project showed her work at PULSE New
York Contemporary Art Fair and in Miami during Art
Basel. In 2012, LaFleur made her New York solo debut in
the exhibition Untamed at Bogardus Mansion,
New York. In 2010, she made her Chelsea debut in the
two-artist exhibition Constructed Spirits
at Coleman Burke Gallery, New York.
LaFleur’s work will be
presented by Lawrence Fine Art at ArtHamptons
(July 10-13) and Art Southampton (July 24-28). A
selection of the artist’s paintings is currently on view at
the gallery through the summer.
For more
information, please contact:
David Grossman
T: 917-273-7567
E:
DGmanagement@gmail.com
www.SuzanneLaFleur.org |