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Artist Statement:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Exhibitions:
"Intermediare I", "Prix St.
George", "Percheron Team" (pen
and inks), "Thanks, Bud",
"Reflections of Noir", and "A
Dog's Life" (photographs),
"Artist and the Animal"
Exhibit, to benefit Pet
Connections, Lyme Art
Association, Old Lyme, CT,
November 3-5, 2006.
"Bits of Silver" (pen and
ink)(honorable mention,
drawing); "Belgians...
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Artist Galleries:
EquinArt Creations,
Huntington, New York,
www.equinartcreations.com
LynOaken on the Ridge, 10609
Ridge Rd, Medina, New York,
www.appledepot.com...
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Artist Reviews:
Equine Vision's Horses in Art
Magazine, Feature Article
"Drawing with Pen and Ink",
Fall 2005 issue. Visit
www.horsesinart.com for info.
The Daily News, Batavia, New
York, "A horse is a horse, of
course, but also art", October
14, 2004.
The Journal-Register, Medina,
New York, "Local equine ...
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Collections:
"Fond Remembrances",
collection of Ms. Carolyn
Mosher
"St. Clements" , "Morning
Light" , collection of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Joksimovic
"Forever Friend - Missy" ,
collection of Mrs. Elizabeth
McCarthy
"Hyacinth Macaw" , collection
of Mr. Curtis Snelgrove
"Friends" , collection of Mrs.
Carol Noble...
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Commissions:
Mrs. Kimberly Vasta,
Pittsford, New York
Mr. Robert Sillato, Rochester,
New York...
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Betsy Lamere Biography:
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Self Taught |
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Drawing Pen
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Living on a farm in rural Western New York, artist and photographer Betsy LaMere finds inspiration in her surroundings, sharing with the viewer an intimate portrait of an otherwise private place. As a self-taught artist, she has developed a unique and very distintive style. Her appreciation for her equine subjects and for the art form of pen and ink drawing reflects in her work, revealing a close relationship with and a deep sesitivity of the individual. This appreciation is also apparent in her photography. Although she considers herself primarily an equine artist, Betsy's photographic images express not only her love of horses, but of all animals and nature; capturing the detail, emotion and personality of her subjects, inviting us to discover the wonder of our own backyards.
Growing up in a suburb of Rochester, New York, LaMere was not raised with horses, yet yearned to be. Stories of enduring friendship between horses and the people who loved them inspired her imagination. At age nine, a visit with a friend to the barn where their family kept two horses was the first real encounter she had had, and the smell that lingered in the pair of mittens she wore that day comforted a longing deep within. When her desires to ride went unanswered by her parents, she worked and saved her money, eventually took riding lessons and bought her first horse, a little quarter/thoroughbred yearling she named Mi Choyce, at age sixteen.
While working as a groom for a local hunter/jumper stable, Betsy found that although she had aspirations of riding, she enjoyed being on the backside more. She liked the quiet of caring for the horses she worked with, and studied with a developing artist's eye the other aspects of the horse world around her. She began to create works of art that reflected her day to day experiences, turning her desire to draw into a full-time commitment of portraying the animals she endears with such a passion.
Betsy's passion for photography began at an early age when given a small camera, recording with it her unique view of the world around her; though it would be many years before she began to think of herself as a serious photographer. In sharp contrast to the pen and ink drawings Betsy pours over laboriously for months at a time, the instantaneously captured image through her lense is a gratifying yet equally challenging medium to express her artistic vision.
Of her work Betsy says, "I never really chose to pursue art, it instead chose me. I have worked at other things, but it is my art that I always come back to.Early on, I believe I tried to push it away because it was not something I was encouraged to pursue. I have come to realize that being an artist is who I am - not just something I do - and being able to share my love of horses and life with others in this way is something I am deeply appreciative of."
Betsy currently works out of her studio at home where she resides with her four children, husband Michael, dogs Faith and Jordan, thirteen cats, eleven ducks and three horses: Lateralus, a five year old percheron/thoroughbred stallion; Chief, a 24 year old belgian gelding; and Mi Choyce, her beloved best friend who is now 25 years old and still her greatest inspiration. |
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