{"id":403,"date":"2023-05-27T21:03:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T03:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:38:17","slug":"artist-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/?page_id=403","title":{"rendered":"Artist Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery time I paint, I work to capture the organic beauty of nature, with quiet notes of imperfection that allow a painting to breathe \u2013 organized but not contrived, and free without being chaotic. I am continually searching for the movement in between.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Laurel McFarland<\/strong> (1967-present)<br>As long as she can remember, Laurel McFarland has been an artist. As a child Laurel would borrow her father\u2019s Walter Foster books then draw and redraw the myriad of examples and exercises in those instruction books, especially the trees. As an avid hiker and explorer of the natural world Laurel\u2019s love for the landscape is evident in her artwork. She has spent the last 2 decades honing her skills as an artist and rendering her experiences in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her own words Laurel says, \u201cMy fondest childhood memories always include trees. The Live oaks, the way they grow on the rolling hills, the Monterey Cypress, grown bent in the costal breezes and the Giant Sequoia also of California, where I was born and spent my childhood. Today, the Aspens and Cottonwood trees of the Rocky Mountains have become the muse of many of my paintings, having<br>spent most of my adult life living and exploring in the beautiful mountains of Utah.\u201d<br>Laurel developed her skills as an artist primarily through studying with Scott Wallis, an Impressionist artist and teacher from South Ogden, Utah. She has also refined her abilities in many classes and workshops with other artists including Jeff Hein, Susan Gallacher, Kimball Geisler, and Douglas Fryer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laurel paints primarily landscapes in oils in a modern impressionistic style.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laurelmcfarland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230517-214353_Gallery.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" style=\"width:357px;height:357px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laurelmcfarland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230517-214353_Gallery.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laurelmcfarland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230517-214353_Gallery.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laurelmcfarland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230517-214353_Gallery.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Statement \u201cEvery time I paint, I work to capture the organic beauty of nature, with quiet notes of imperfection that allow a painting to breathe \u2013 organized but not contrived, and free without being chaotic. I am continually searching for the movement in between.\u201d About the Artist Laurel McFarland (1967-present)As long as she can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurelmcfarland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}