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Artist Statement:
My work is primarily figurative. I explore the relationship of the figure in its environment. The process is one of push and pull, adding and subtracting paint. Much of the time, the pieces create themselves as I partially camouflage them in a protective or disguised environment as animals do in nature. This can either bury or reveal them. Layering by using different references, I see these works as ‘bodymasks’ that protect or expose a figure giving it new life. ...
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Artist Galleries:
Cedar Hollow Design Center- Yellow Springs road, Devon, Pa.
Hardcastle Gallery - Centreville, Delaware
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Lauren Acton:
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Selected Exhibitions
2008
Harrisburg Art Association Invitational Solo Show
October
Main Line Art Center,’The Art of Living’ Group Show
Bryn Mawr, Pa., March
Immaculata College National/International Juried Show
West Chester, Pa. February
2007
Steel City Arts Phoenixville, Pa. October
Target Gallery Alexandria, Va August
Homeworks Gallery ‘Featured Artist’ West Chester, Pa. June
Invitational at Chester County Arts Association West Chester, Pa. April
Hardcastle Gallery, ‘Featured Artist’ Centreville, De. April
Main Line Art Center,’The Art of Living’ Group Show Bryn Mawr, Pa., March
Immaculata College National/International Juried Show
West Chester, Pa. February
2006
Gallery Bellaria – Holiday Show, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, Conshohocken, Pa.
Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2005
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, ‘Art of The State’, Harrisburg, Pa.
Sabine Rose Gallery Tri-State Juried Show, Doylestown, Pa
2004
Montauk Artists Association, ‘Winner of two-person show’ Montauk, NY
Rendez-Vous Gallery, solo show, Leesburg, Virginia
2003
Chester County Art Association 19th Annual Juried Show
West Chester, Pa.
Laredo Arts Center 11TH Annual International Juried Exhibition
**Winner 2nd Place, Laredo, Texas
Gallery Victoria, ‘The Finals Of Artscape’, Naples, Florida
30th Annual Yellow Springs Art Show, Chester Springs, Pa.
Impact Artists Gallery, National Women’s Exhibition, Buffalo, N.Y
Washington and Jefferson College 35th Annual Juried Show
Washington, Pa.
2002
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mill Pond House,
St. James,New York
Reading Public Museum, National Juried show, Reading, Pa.
3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Cape Cod Art Association New England Exhibition, Barnstable, Ma.
Schoharie County National Small Works Exhibition
**Winner Honorable Mention, Cobleskill, New York
Wayne Art Center 2002 National Spring Exhibition, Wayne, Pa.
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem National Juried show, North Carolina
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Gallery Bellaria - Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Fine Arts People Gallery – Exton, Pa.
Fine Art Liaisons – Bryn Mawr, Pa.
The Tori Collection – Chadds Ford , Pa.
The Swan Gallery – Jenkintown, Pa.
Homeworks Gallery – West Chester, Pa.
Private Collections in Monaco and The United States
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