A duet of Past and Present
My landscape work is about gratitude, each piece is a tribute to our home.
Hailing from Montreal, Canada where French & English cultures form a unique blend, Laura den Hertog creates a duet of past and present in her work.
The seed of den Hertog’s artistic direction was sown through family trips to the art museums of Holland. Growing up in an eclectic household where family life included creative pursuits and where craftsmanship, ingenuity and skill were supreme, is it any wonder that she gravitated towards time honored painting techniques?
Laura studied commercial arts at Dawson College in Montreal and spent her early years working in illustration and design. She now puts her considerable energy into creating paintings where past meets present, where people and things are timeless and the land is pristine.
A Note from the artist:
Listening to the land
For me being in nature is a transformative, visceral experience. It connects me with something so basic it speaks to my soul, making me feel connected, peaceful and whole. It calms the mind, renewing and regenerating the body. My landscape work is about gratitude, each piece is a tribute to our home.
People and things
My still life paintings explore the human touch, often delving into food culture, a theme that recurs in the figure work.
The figurative pieces draw on my experiences and stories shared by family and friends. I have a fascination with hands for their beauty, cleverness and ability to express so much. This poetry of the hands is prominent in much of my work.
Cheers,
Laura
The Crystal Ball (Allegory of the Artist)
Born
January 3, 1959
Montreal, Canada
Education
Dawson College, Montreal, Canada
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Exhibitions
6 Inch Squared, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Realistic Visions, The Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art, New Hope, PA, USA
The Laumeister Fine Art Competition, The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont, USA
Impressions of New England, The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont, USA
2010 Exhibitions
Ray Johnson and A Book About Death, SAL Art Gallery, Brookeville, NY, USA
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Walls Fine Art, Wilmington, NC, USA
Two Visions, One Name. Explorations of the Natural World. Galerie Ouest, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
A Book About Death, Museu da Esculture, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Autumn Arts Painting Challenge 2009, (second place in oil) Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA
The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, 2008-2011 tour of Museums across the USA (International Guild of Realism Show)
2009 Exhibitions:
Mountain Lake PBS Arts Auction, New York, USA
The Art League of Hilton Head 2009 International Art Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
Landscape for Landsake, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, USA
A Book About Death, The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York City, New York, USA
The Enduring Light of Deerfield, Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, 2008-2011 tour of Museums across the USA (International Guild of Realism Show)
Fine Art Views Painting Competition, October 2009, favorite 15 %
2008
Museum tour USA, The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century
Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, The international Guild of Realism group show, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada.
The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Solo and group shows.
Galerie Michel Bigue, St. Sauveur, Canada.
Avenue Art Gallery, Old Montreal, Canada
McCord Museum, Montreal, Mountain Lake PBS TV annual Arts Auction. Televised
2006-07
The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Solo and group shows.
Avenue Art Gallery, Old Montreal, Canada
Stewart Museum, Ile Sainte-Helen, Mountain Lake PBS TV annual Arts Auction. Televised
Rouge Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada. Group show
2005
Stewart Museum, Ile Sainte-Helen, Montreal. Featured Artist. Mountain Lake PBS TV annual Arts Auction. Televised. Montreal Preview Exhibition:
Lake Placid Arts center, New York, Group show,
OXO Warf Tower, London, England. The Art of Love group show. Juried by Londonart.co.uk
The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Solo show and group shows.
Selected Articles and Publications
BlueCanvas Magazine issue #13, August 2012, Los Angeles, CA
Angels and Goddesses, New Art Review, Sept. 2010
Cover art, Sunseeker magazine, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Cover art, 10 x 3 Plus, a Poetry Journal, Sue Ann Simar
Poets and Artists, Quarterly poetry and art publication, November 2009 issue, Feature interview.
The Montreal Mirror, weekly newspaper, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (interview, March 2009)
