Louis LaBrie
Tel: 510 652-5281
Email: LaBrie@Lmi.net
Mail: PO Box 11367, Oakland CA 94611
Born in 1950 in Martinez, California, I observed the change and decline of the natural environment. This greatly influenced my artistic interests. The beauty, complexity and diversity of nature have always been the focus of my work. At age eight I had my first oil painting instruction. My first painting of Yosemite Valley and its reflection in the Merced River, was rendered from a postcard. Great Uncle Phillip Menard, an accomplished Sacramento Valley landscape painter, lived with our family on occasion and was an early mentor.
Graduating from UC Santa Barbara in 1972, I sketched my way around Europe and North Africa for a year. I was able to study and attempt to learn from the masters in the great museums of Europe.
I utilize photography as a tool to help with greater observation of my subjects. The details aid my attempts to make paintings read as well from up close as from a distance. My primary goal is to have the viewer want to climb into the landscape and experience a particular time and place. Abstract designs and patterns found in nature are elements I convey in my work. Boats also have held a lifelong attraction for me and their reflections often surface as my subject.
I have worked in most 2D mediums. These include oils, etchings, lithographs, colored pencil and oil pastels. Ranging in size from large murals to miniature paintings, all provide their own particular challenges and intrigue for me.
Gallery Affiliations
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, California
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California, Printmaking
Upcoming Exhibitons
2012 December, Solo Exhibition
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, California
Recent Exhibitons
2012 'Third Annual Art of Painting In the 21st Century'
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, California
2011 'Tenth Annual California Landscape Painters'
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Davis, California
2010-2011 'Passages' William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2010 'Ninth Annual California Landscape Exhibition & Conference'
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
2010 ‘Landscapes’, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2009-2010 'Water' Cambridge Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Solo Exhibitions
2009-2010 'Water' Cambridge Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2008 'A Closer Look' Cambridge Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2006 Worthington Gallery West, Pleasanton, California
2002 Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, California
2000 Maxwell Galleries, LTD., San Francisco, California
1995 Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, California
1987 Richard Hanson Fine Arts, Fresno, California
Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, California
1986 Lake Gallery, Tahoe City, California
Graystone, San Francisco, California
1984 Wrubel Gallery, The Nature Company, Berkeley, California
1982 Galerie Bateau Lavoir, Oakland, California
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1981 Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, Montana
1979 The Armand Roi Gallery, Martinez, California
Two Person Exhibition
2007 Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
"Town and Country" Jessica Dunne and Louis LaBrie
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Spring Training, The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Top of the Ninth, The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 More Than A Game, The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Art of the Game, The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Small Format, Graystone, San Francisco, California
2003 Unbounded Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
2002 The Miniature Show, Graystone, San Francisco, California
1995 Yosemite Renaissance X, Yosemite, California
1993 Ten Years of Printmaking-Magnolia Editions, California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, California
1992 Recent Acquisitions, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College of California
1991 Get Real, Gallery Concord, Concord, California
Small Scale Paintings, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1990 Pacific Prints, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
Yosemite Renaissance V, Yosemite, California
Graystone Artists, Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, California
Gallery Concord, 2nd Annual Exhibition, Concord, California
1989 Tradition and Innovation: 1500-1989, Achenbach Foundation, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
Down to the Sea in Ships, Gallery Concord, Concord, California
Magnolia Editions: Works on Paper, The Art Museum of Santa Cruz, California
1988 California Prints, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
Contemporary Japanese and American Prints, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery,
U.C. Santa Cruz and Marin County Civic Center
Yosemite Renaissance III, National Competition, Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Yosemite & Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, California
1987 Recent Acquisitions Part II, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
Drawing as Primary Focus, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California
1986 The Atelier in America, Northern Illinois University
Japan Print Association/CSP, Tokyo Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1985 Prints '85, California Society of Printmakers, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1984 Graystone, California on Paper, San Francisco, California
California Society of Printmakers, Membership Exhibit, San Jose, California
World Print Gallery, Prints USA, Traveling Exhibition
Commissions, Murals and Illustrations
1981 Alameda County Board of Education
1979 Montessori Center, Santa Barbara, California
1978 University of California, Berkeley, California
1977 City of Albany, California
1976 National Parks Service, Fort Mason, The City Rising, San Francisco, California
1975 Machu Picchu Restaurant, Berkeley, California
Publications
1991 San Francisco Murals, Pogo Press, Inc.
Selected Collections
Achenbach Foundation, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
Alameda County Public Art Commission, Oakland, California
American Management Systems, Lakewood, Colorado
Peter Bedford, Lafayette, California
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Carroll, Burdick, and McDonough, San Francisco, California
Lynn Gould, Curator of Prints, San Diego Art Museum, California
Gregory Koll, Oakland, California
Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
Hewlett - Packard Foundation, California
IBM Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
Mrs. Glen Janss, Sun Valley, Idaho
Kaiser Foundation Collection, Oakland, California
Life Insurance Company of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
Merrill Lynch Collection, San Francisco, California
Pillsbury Collection, San Francisco, California
Smith-Barney, Boston, Massachusetts
Sperry Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Texaco Corporation, Dallas, Texas
United States State Department, Washington, D.C
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey
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