laurafrykman
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Bio
Laura Frykman
Artists’ Statement
I’ve been creating and studying art for 35 years, at MCAD, the Univ. of MN, and the MN River School of Fine Art. I have a Masters of Art Educ. from the Univ of MN and have won many awards for my pastel paintings. I specialize in pastel & oil landscapes and florals, urban sketching of jazz & cajun/zydeco musicians in performance, and explore still lifes, abstracts & collage. I teach painting at Edina Art Center and privately. Look for student reviews & feedback on my Independent Teaching page.
I paint out of awe at the exquisite effects of light, and my experience of place in a landscape that is at once real and spiritual. I paint out of joy at participating in the colors and rhythms around me; they dance through me as I channel them onto paper. Somewhere in the liveliness of nature I seek a stillness….