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Mary Higgins Clark Best Selling Author |
"I am delighted to own several of Laura's wonderful paintings, they are so very special and a constant joy to have in my home. Laura is a gifted painter with a keen, whimsical eye." | |
"The paintings of Laura Tryon Jennings speak of the energized, colorful, enchanting chaos that is life. Since acquiring our first painting in 1994, we now have six in our collection. We love the images with slightly distorted perspectives and curiously juxtaposed remnants of everyday life that seem to capture that split second in time before all hell breaks loose again." |
Bruce and Kathy Hornsby Grammy Award-winning recording artist |
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| William
O'Neil Past President of the Massachusetts College of Art and Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Council of State College |
"Laura Tryon Jennings' work represents a thoughtful perspective on familiar themes. Her use of size, color and detail present a delightful experience for the viewer. Jennings is an artist to watch." | |
| "Like an implosion of interlocking pieces, Laura Tryon Jennings' vividly colorful compositions are an original expression and modern amalgam of the many masters who have influenced her work. From the colorful complexity and tension of the German expressionists to the romantic intricacy of Klimt, her canvases tell stories informed by symbolism. Yet with all these influences Laura has created a style of her own, which combined with an imaginative gift for shape and color, led me to commission her work." | Iain McGarvie-Munn Former Curator, Chateau d'Entrecasteaux Museum |
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Stephen
Pace |
"I admire the paintings of Laura Tryon Jennings very much. We share similar values and have become friends and fellow exhibitors. Her paintings of contemporary life are specific without being academic, her primary purpose being the exploration of art highly informed by abstract values. Her perspective views are personal and engaging. I find her work reflects her commitment and joy for painting." | |
| "I have had the honor of knowing and working with Laura Tryon Jennings for many years now...we even attended the same college in England! Laura remains the record- holder for gallery sales here in our Charles H. Taylor Arts Center in Hampton, Virginia. She has mounted numerous solo and group exhibitions for us here and each one is better than the last! It has been one of my on going pleasures to witness her continual growth and exploration. She has now perfected a totally refreshing and very unique style of looking at the world around us and bringing a smile to your face! a presto!" | Michael Curry Director, Hampton Arts Center and The American Theatre |
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David Black |
"Laura Tryon Jennings is an artist with a unique perspective on life. Her artist’s eye sees what we do not see. The vibrancy of her colors and the body language of her subjects enhances the view from her lofty perch and we are richer for it." | |
"In her vivid, engaging paintings, L. Tryon Jennings captures the essence of family, of fleeting moments in time. Intimate slices of contemporary life, her intricately detailed interior worlds exquisitely express the yearning to create order, beauty, and tranquility out of the inherent chaos of the human condition." |
Amy J. Barry Arts Editor, Shore Publishing Newspapers |
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Stephan Baker Architect, Interior Designer, Industrial Designer |
"The demands of each day blur time and our experiences. Laura's work causes us to pause, look, and focus on the art and serenity within the moments of everyday life." | |
"This painting
beautifully portrays integral aspects of the foundation of Harvard Graduate
School of Education (HGSE) education and learning, the rich history of the
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Kathleen McCartney Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education |
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Eric Fischl |
"... The painterly fragmentation feels much like particles colliding and bouncing off each other. Combined with the dizzyingly active color palette, your paintings have a high degree of internal action; zingy, popping action. And the most curious and interesting from a formal point of view is that in many of the paintings in which people appear, they are not the first things you see. The people are secondary to their environment, to the objects which identify them to themselves...There is energy, anxiety, nervousness and tension in your sunny light-filled visions of everyday life. Those paintings for me are impressive and personal and ambitious..." | |
| Laura Jennings “Cereal Series” - much of it created just for her exhibition here at The Art Complex Museum, contained a number of large scale overhead views of simple and orderly breakfast table settings. The large lushly painted oils with oversized cereal bowls, coffee cups and sea shells carried a simple and often forgotten reminder that some of lives most rewarding and cherished moments are found in the simple things we do everyday. | Craig Bloodgood, Contemporary Curator, Art Complex Museum |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Hyland, Retired Executive, Schaller Anderson, Incorporated, and Naming Donor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s College of Business and Economics |
“Laura Tryon-Jennings’ artistic interpretation of our life at home is nothing short of genius. The commissioned painting will be a treasured reminder of our life’s mid-point as artistically seen by Laura from a bird’s eye view. We are so impressed by her talent that we’re certain this work will be the first of many in our art collection. ” | |
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| "Every new painting I view of Laura Tryon Jennings excites me beyond words. The way she portrays movement, the vivid colors and soft textures are all but tangible. It doesn’t matter whether she brings us into a landscape or onto a family setting; every scene reveals something personal, as if we are privileged to experience another’s private world. Her work accomplishes what art is meant to do: stir the soul and leave one with altered emotions!" | Patricia Stowell |
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Laura Tryon Jennings is an award-winning New England artist with a resume that boasts nationwide exhibitions and prominent collectors including, best selling author Mary Higgins Clark, Grammy award winning singer Bruce Hornsby, News reporter Joan Lunden, and Harvard University. Jennings spent her formative and university years in the U.S. and England. She draws artistic inspiration from coastal living, her three children, and the relationship with her late mother, for whom she painted her newest series, Moments. Jennings’ work captures both life’s chaotic turns and the pleasurable, simpler moments, with swirls of vivid color and movement. Her intuitive management of light and dark infuse depth, density, and energy into her work. Jennings’ work combines modern and traditional approaches, with a personal twist. While the borders of her work focus on the Modern Art movement, she uses traditional strokes, triangular arrangement, and repetition of color, delivering themes and storylines that the observer is challenged to resolve. Her work depicts the greater meaning of life, often portraying life’s smaller moments. An artist who can ingeniously play with light and darkness to reveal emotions, her paintings have been described as “psychologically interesting,” as well as “triumphantly intimate and extraordinary.” |
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EXHIBITIONS
2010 Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield, MA 2009-2008 Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA 2008 McGladrey Art Gallery, Boston, MA 2006 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2005 Northeast Harbor Fine Art & Design, Northeast Harbor, ME 2005 Wall Street Gallery, Madison, CT 2002 Caron Gallery, Chester, CT 2001 Wall Street Gallery, Madison, CT 2001 Tri-Lakes Center For The Arts, Palmer Lake, CO 2000 Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA 2000 University of Maine, Presque Isle, ME 1999 Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME 1998 A. J. Bueche Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME 1998 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME 1997 A. J. Bueche Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME 1996 Peninsula Fine Arts Museum, Newport News, VA 1995 Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 1995 On The Hill Gallery, Yorktown, VA 1994 Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012-2009 Copley Art Association, Boston, MA 2012-2008 Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, MA 2010 North River Arts Association 2008 Addison Gallery, Orleans, MA 2008-2007 Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield, MA 2008-2006 North River Arts Association, Marshfield, MA 2005 Erickson Davis Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2004-2003 Brick Gallery, Essex, CT 2003-2001 Wall Street Gallery, Madison, CT 2003-2001 Caron Gallery, Chester, CT 2003-1998 Clark House Gallery, Small Works Exhibits, Bangor, ME 2002 A.J. Bueche Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME ( 2 Person, with Stephen Pace) 2001 Busch Gallery, Boulder, CO (3 person) 2001, 2000 Shooting Star Gallery, Suffolk.VA 2000 Tribeca Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA (3 person) 1998 DFN Gallery, "Realism?" Exhibit, New York, NY 1998 Clark House Gallery Figure Exhibit, Bangor, ME 1998 Clark House Gallery Contemporary Landscapes Exhibit, Bangor, ME 1998 A. J. Bueche Gallery Group Show, Northeast Harbor, ME 1998 College of the Atlantic, Blum Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME 1997 Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY 1997 Westfield State College, Westfield, MA 1997 Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME 1996 Virginia Center for Contemporary Art, "Reaching Across Our Borders", Virginia Beach, VA 1995 Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA (3 person) SELECTED COLLECTIONS News Correspondent Joan Lunden, Author Mary Higgins Clark, Musician Bruce Hornsby, Merrill Lynch, University of Southern Indiana, Harvard University, Fogg Museum (painting archived), Blue Cross Blue Shield, HLM Venture Partners HONORS 2009 Inducted into the Copley Society of Art, Newbury Street, Boston, MA 2004-2003 It was my privilege to be the primary care-giver for my sweet Mum, who helped inspire my dreams. I was lucky enough to love her to the end of her rainbow. 1996 Accepted in The National Museum of Women in the Arts Archives in Washington, D.C. PUBLICATIONS 2010 June issue South Shore Living Magazine 2010 May Old Colony Memorial 2009 January Boston Globe 2008 Oct issue Art Calendar Magazine 2007 Spring issue Focus Magazine 2006 Nov–Dec issue South Shore Living Magazine 2006 Reviews, Patriot Ledger and Marshfield Mariner Newspapers 2005 Review, Shoreline Publications 2002 Painting published in Carl Little's book The Art of Maine in Winter 2001 Profile stories, Shoreline Times, Middletown Press, Valley Courier, and Main Street News 1998 Profile story, Bangor Daily News Newspaper 1997 Profile stories, Bar Harbor Times and Ellsworth American Newspapers 2001, 1997-1994 Paintings published, William and Mary Review, a literary-art book 1994 Finalist in the nationwide all-media competition for The Artist Magazine 1994 Profile story, The Daily Press Newspaper |
SELECTED
JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2012-2006 North River Arts Association, Marshfield MA (Honorable Mention 2007) 2003 Montpelier Center for the Arts Juried Exhibit, Montpelier VA (Third Place) 2002 Essex Art Association Juried Exhibit, Essex, CT (Second Place) 2001-2000 The John Slade Ely House Gallery Juried Exhibition, New Haven, CT (Honorable Mention, 2000) 2001-2000 Essex Art Gallery Open Juried Show, Essex, CT 2000 Artworks Gallery Juried Exhibit, Hartford, CT 1999 Sam Houston State University Small Works Exhibit, Huntsville, TX (Juror – Marti Mayo, Director of Contemporary Arts Museum, Huntsville, TX) 1999-1998 Moss-Thorn Gallery of Art Great Plains National, Hays, KS 1999-1997 D’Art Center Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibit, Norfolk, VA 1998 University of Maine "Flatworks" Exhibit Presque Isle, ME (Merit Award) 1998 Harlow Gallery Open Juried Exhibit, Hallowell, ME (Best in Show) 1997 The Art Guild Nudes Exhibit, Farmington, CT 1996 Kougeas Gallery Figures Exhibit, Boston, MA 1996 Virginia Beach Resort Open Juried Exhibit, Virginia Beach, VA (Best in Show) 1995 Milton Rhodes Galleries Henley Southeastern Spectrum Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC (Juror – Martha Prather, Curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington. DC) 1995 Peninsula Fine Arts Museum Juried Exhibition, Newport News, VA 1994 Charles H. Taylor Arts Center Hampton Bay Days Show, Hampton, VA 1994 20th Century Gallery Members Show, Williamsburg, VA (Second Place) 1994 Charles H. Taylor Arts Center Portfolio Show, Hampton, VA (Best in Show) 1994 Francis Land House, House and Garden Exhibit, Virginia Beach, VA (Best in Show) 1993 Occasion For The Arts, outdoor show, Williamsburg, VA 1993 Charles H. Taylor Arts Center Hampton Bay Days Show, Hampton, VA (Award of Distinction) 1993 Francis Land House, House and Garden Exhibit, Virginia Beach, VA (Best in Show) 1993 University of Alabama Mid-Atlantic Women Show, Huntsville, AL 1993 Virginia Center For Contemporary Art New Waves Exhibit,
Virginia Beach, VA 1992 On The Hill Gallery Design Exhibit, Yorktown, VA (Best In Show) TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Present – Devoted exclusively to painting since 1991 2012-2009 – Artist-in Residence at Cranberry Hospice and Fragile Footprints, Plymouth, MA teaching expressive and creative arts for bereavement groups and special needs individuals and groups 2012-2009 – Artist-in-Residence at the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA teaching at-risk and local teen and adult programs in oil painting 2012-2010 – Hope Floats Wellness Center, Kingston, MA conducting expressive and creative art workshops for bereavement groups 2012, 2010 Artist-in-Residence at the Furnace Brook Middle School, Marshfield, MA 1991-1982 1991-1982 EDUCATION Salve Regina University, Newport, RI REPRESENTED BY The Copley Society of Art Elizabeth Moss Gallery
Sunne Savage Gallery
Gingerbread Square OTHER 2010 May Interview for PACTV Gallery Spotlight 2002 In depth television interview for Local Access with Jack Caldwell 1995 In depth television interview for Newport News City Channel 10 Art Café |
CURRENT
Museum quality, limited edition, signed giclee prints
of Harvard Yard available at the Harvard Coop
in Cambridge, MA
and on their website www.thecoop.com
(click on Harvard Store and then Posters and Books)
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Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA (www.artcomplex.org)
Teaching various oil painting classes
throughout 2012
Call (781) 934-6634 ext. 15 or
email sally@artcomplex.org
for dates, details, schedule a private lesson, or for any of the above classes or workshops.
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Facilitating Expressive and Creative Arts workshops and classes
Held at Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center,
Kingston, MA (www.Hopefloatswellness.com) and Jennings’ studio in Marshfield, MA
Throughout 2012
Call (781) 837-7982 or
email Laura@LTryonJennings.com
for dates, details or to schedule a private lesson for any of the above classes or workshops.
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UPCOMING
2013 Solo Exhibit at the
Elizabeth Moss Gallery in Falmouth, Maine
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Commissions Travel to client’s home is vital part of each commission. Jennings will travel throughout the U.S. for commissions, in order to attain an accurate sense of the person and their surroundings. In a recent interview discussing her commissions, Jennings stated, “Catching someone’s personality on canvas is very exciting. It’s fun to capture someone’s unique stance or mannerism in a setting where they feel most comfortable, typically surrounded by everyday objects that mean so much to them. Some clients choose to have a series of paintings done every couple of years as their children grow, with the intent of giving each of their children a piece from the collection. I think that’s a unique and poignant way to ensure those everyday intimate moments — ones we often overlook — are captured for eternity.” |
If you have questions,
comments, or to view more work by the artist,
contact Laura Tryon Jennings at:
laura@ltryonjennings.com
Copyright and Usage
All of Laura Tryon Jennings’ paintings and images are copyrighted and cannot
be reproduced without her permission.
For inquiries concerning reproduction or usage fees, please contact the artist.
