About the Artist Laura J. Eden

On June 3, 2010, Laura Eden will demonstrate how to paint with egg termpera. The program is tentatively scheduled for presentation in the Friends Room at the Welles-Turner Memorial Library, 2407 Main St., Glastonbury, CT from 6:30 - 8:30 pm; please check back for confirmation of the location.

“My paintings are meant to trigger daydreams.  They are a response to quiet moments spent in nature's grasp.  Recalling a familiar feeling of place they, at the same time, show the viewer a more intimate perspective.   Through my work I try to evoke a refreshing response to the commonplace.   

To best evolve creatively, I immerse myself in a particular subject, becoming at one with the total environment, I engage all my senses, rejoicing in the sights, sounds, smells, and feelings of a given place.  As a result, my watercolors, and now egg temperas. have traveled through a variety of subject themes: from flowers, to birch, to the Alaskan tundra, from the ocean's edge, upstream to the Arizona desert. 

Whether it be pond lilies, rocks, or cactus I take a subject and crawl inside, exploring all aspects of pattern and shape.”

Laura Eden's landscapes and seascapes are a celebration of the New England landscape in all its variations.  Her work has been exhibited locally as well as at galleries throughout the Northeast.  The winner of numerous awards, she is affiliated with the Connecticut Watercolor Society, Connecticut Women Artists, and the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society where she is an Elected Artist member. 

www.laurajeden.com