ARTIST PROFILE

The Paintings of Laurie Sverdlove

Laurie Sverdlove’s paintings are large, the colors striking and her subjects unnerving. Their mystery lies in contradiction. The viewer is immersed in fecund, lush landscapes of wild grass and flower, often in dynamic pools of bright orange, yellow, and pink, and dashed with white, red, and purple blossoms of wild flowers. Woven throughout this dense greenery are sections of rusted-out, old railroad track, barbed wire and even the remains of broken-down roller coasters. The juxtaposition of these two worlds is both beautiful and alarming. Dian Parker profiles the Randolph artist in Vermont Art Guide #1.

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Metal never completely disappears nor does it recycle. Grasses will curl through the railroad ties; plant life will always find its way around barbed wire, and flowers will bloom in the leftover junk….Nature will always win. It will weave itself through the metal and one day hide it from view. Nature, in all its power and glory, if given a chance will devour the human world and make it beautiful.

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Currently living in Randolph, Laurie Sverdlove relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area where her work was exhibited in a number of galleries. While in New England, she has exhibited at the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where she won the juror’s third prize at AVA Gallery’s 19th Annual Juried Summer Exhibition. She has shown in Vermont at Chandler Gallery in Randolph, BigTown Gallery in Rochester, Fleming Museum in Burlington, as well as Chazan Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Galerie Reynard in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She shows at Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

Image (top):
The Force That Through the Green Fuse
by Laurie Sverdlove
44″x72″
oil on canvas
2012

Image (center):
Karst
by Laurie Sverdlove
42″x54″
oil on canvas
2015