Laura Ross-Paul

Laura Ross-Paul (born 1950) is a contemporary painter of oil and wax in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.[1] In 2010 The Oregonian's OregonLive.com referred to her as a "venerable [figure] from Portland's long established vanguard" of art.[2]

Laura Ross-Paul
Born
Laura Ross

1950
Portland, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.F.A., M.F.A., B.S.
Known forPainting, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Encaustic Painting, Oil Painting.
MovementMagical Realism
AwardsBonnie Bronson Award, Juror's Award, Portland Art Museum; Juror's Award, Bellevue Art Museum; Artist's Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Etc.

Personal life

Laura Ross-Paul was born in Portland, Oregon in 1950. When she was 17 both of her parents and two siblings were killed in a car crash with a drunk driver, leaving Laura and a younger sister behind.[1]

In 1968, Ross-Paul worked as a political cartoonist and illustrator for The Scab Sheet 10 cents for the Truth, a Vietnam-era underground anti-war newspaper in Corvallis, Oregon. In 1974, Ross-Paul received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Fort Wright College. She went on to obtain her Master of Fine Arts in Painting[3] and her B.S. from Portland State University.

She married Alex Paul in 1970.[4] In 2014 Ross-Paul, her husband Alex, and Dr. Peter Littrup published They're Mine and I'm Keeping Them through the self-publishing service CreateSpace, an account of her experience with breast cancer and seeking successful cryoablation treatment for it. Ross-Paul illustrated the book.[5][6]

Career

Ross-Paul frequently uses the landscape of the Pacific Northwest as a background for her paintings. Her style uses the inherent qualities of the medium and lets paint bleed across her composition, frequently using a resin compound to blur the colors together to achieve a soft look. Geometric shapes such as orbs are a common reoccurring motif in her paintings.[7] Her 2002 collection is a strong example of this.[8]

Awards and accolades
  • 2008 - Bonnie Bronson Award[9][10][11]
  • 1998 - Commissioned to create the Governor's Arts Award, Oregon Arts Commission
  • 1997 - Juror's Award, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum
  • 1997 - Juror's Award, Pacific, Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum
  • 1996 - Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Symphony, Cover Art, Fall Concert Series, Commissioned for large works for Claremont Hotel
  • 1995 - Awarded Metropolitan Arts Commission "Visual Chronicles", featured in Lois Allan's "Contemporary Northwest Art", TriMet Westside Light Rail, Large Scale Mural, Zoo Station. Administered by the Metropolitan Arts Commission. Portland OR
  • 1980 - Individual Artist Fellowship Recipient, Oregon Arts Commission

Museum collections

References
  1. Douglas, Jeff (November 24, 2005). "Laura Ross-Paul; Brothers of Baladi". Oregon Art Beat. Season 7. Episode 9. Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. Row, D. K. (March 13, 2010). "Looking at 'Portland 2010,' Disjecta's take on the Oregon Biennial". OregonLive.com. The Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. "Letters". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  4. "The Authors". keepingthem.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  5. Ross-Paul, Laura; Paul, Alex; Littrup, Peter (2014). They're Mine and I'm Keeping Them: How Freezing My Breast Saved My Breast. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781497357495.
  6. Moore, Charles (March 29, 2016). "Minimally Invasive Breast Cancer Cryotherapy Largely Ignored in U.S., Says Advocate and 13-Year Survivor". Breast Cancer News. The Oregonian. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  7. "Laura Ross-Paul". Laura Ross-Paul. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  8. "Laura Ross-Paul". Laura Ross-Paul. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  9. "news-detail.cfm". Froelick Gallery. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  10. "David Eckard Receives 19th Annual Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award". Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  11. Row, D. K. (March 30, 2010). "Portland artist David Eckard receives Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award". OregonLive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  12. "Willamette Week". Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  13. "news-detail.cfm". Froelick Gallery. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  14. Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
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