Style Magazine Folsom and El Dorado Hills November 2018

Clockwise starting
top left: Waiting
Out the Storm, Lone
Cottonwood, Seasons
Mammoth and Sunset
Over Placerville
times in three days until I got it right and won first place. From then on, I was hooked and
now travel to competitions, paint outs, and symposiums to study and hone my skill. I paint
with oil and use brushes, fingers, sponges, and palette knives.
HLB: WHERE DO YOU SEEK INSPIRATION?
TL: I’m obsessed with skies—clouds, sunrises, sunsets, fog, and rain. I can sit on my sofa,
look out the window, and see a kaleidoscope of colors and light. My paintings often begin
with the sky then the foreground. When I’m feeling uninspired, I just go outside. I live on
three acres at the top of a hill where you can see for miles, which gives my mind some
breathing room.
HLB: YOU’RE A BIT OF A GLOBETROTTER. HOW HAVE YOUR TRAVELS INFLUENCED YOUR
WORK?
TL: The world is a beautiful place filled with amazing people.
My obsession with food and art has taken me on some great
adventures. Most recently, I spent a month traveling solo in
Greece, going to culinary school in Athens and Poros, and visiting
the ruins and smaller islands to photograph and sketch for
paintings. The colors of the Mediterranean were stunning, but the
people and cuisine were even better.
HLB: WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU’VE HAD TO
OVERCOME?
TL: Identifying my own personal style [as]something that I love
and embrace. Plein air allows me to be me. It’s about painting
outdoors, in person, with your subject. Aside from the heat, cold, bugs, wind, and rain, it’s
amazing.
lauthfineart.com
artbeat
November 15 – Sketch
Night. Enjoy informal
instruction at three
different locales
in the Crocker Art
Museum, relax in your
own favorite spot to
sketch, and pop in
for games and gallery
hunts from 6-9 p.m.
All ages and drawing
levels are welcome.
crockerart.org/
event/1787/2018-11-15
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