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LAURIE SHELTON
Laurie Maurer Shelton (b. 1966 Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a painter
residing in Napa Valley, CA. Shelton’s colorful, expressive
paintings of a cow portrait have become her mandala. Karl Jung
declared the mandala as a graphical representation of the “self”.
She paints the same shape over and over with exaggerated colors
and brush strokes evoking an ever changing version of herself.
The eyes of the cow especially capture the rapture of her use of
color. With bold gestural strokes, mixed with dabs from a palate
knife, sweeps of varying brush sizes and paint viscosity, she
builds the illusion of an eye. Inspired by the SF Bay Area art of
Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud her colors pulsate with
energy.
Education:
2013-2020 The Drawing Circus, Palo Alto, CA
2011-2020 Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA
2009-2011 Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
1985-1990 University of Central Florida
Solo Exhibitions:
2015 The Jewerly Shop. Paris, France
2016 The Napa Valley Museum. Yountville, CA
2019 CAMi Art+Wine Gallery Calistoga, CA









































