RALA MASTER ARTISAN
Laura Wilder Painting and Printmaking
Handmade Prints-
Though she didn’t always know it, Laura Wilder has always had an artistic style similar to many styles of the early 20th century. Laura followed a fairly traditional course of study in college, but felt disconnected from the contemporary art that her college emphasized. She looked instead to the masters of the early 20th century and before for inspiration. After college, not sure of where her style fit in, Laura worked as an illustrator and graphic artist for several years.
When she was first exposed to work of the masters of the Arts & Crafts movement, she was both stunned and exhilarated: this was a style that fit her perfectly, and a style she had been personally developing. Dissatisfied with commercial art, Laura decided to make her way independently, cultivating her own style reminiscent of the Arts & Crafts Movement style. She decided to do a series of block prints depicting “Artisans at Work”, feeding her passion for portraiture. She met a Roycroft potter, Master Artisan Janice McDuffie, and asked her to model for a block print she named “The Potter”. When McDuffie saw the completed work, she urged Laura to apply to Roycroft for memebership. Not only was Laura accepted, she was honored with the title of Master Artisan just two years later. More recently Laura Wilder was honored when she twice received the Merit Award given to only ten of the eight hundred artists at the prestigious Clothesline Arts show in Rochester, New York. To see all of Laura Wilder's period style artwork, go to: www.laurawilder.com. Contact her at: laura@laurawilder.com
Laura Wilder
1068 South Goodman St.
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone/fax: 585.288.1089
Web site -
www.laurawilder.com
e-mail to laura@laurawilder.com