Background
Laura Ross-Paul was born in Portland, Oregon in 1950.
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In 1974, Ross-Paul received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Fort Wright College.
Career
In 1968, Ross-Paul worked as a political cartoonist and illustrator for The Scab Sheet 10 cents for the Truth, a Vietnam-era underground anti-war newspaper in Corvallis, Oregon. She went on to obtain her Master of Fine Arts in Painting and her Bachelor of Surgery from Portland State University. Ross-Paul frequently uses the landscape of the Pacific Northwest as a background for her paintings.
Geometric shapes such as orbs are a common reoccurring motif in her paintings.
Her 2002 collection is a strong example of this. 2008 - Bonnie Bronson Award Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
Achievements
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2008 - Bonnie Bronson Award 1998 - Commissioned to create the Governor"s Arts Award, Oregon Arts Commission 1997 - Juror"s Award, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum 1997 - Juror"s Award, Pacific, Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum 1996 - Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Symphony, Cover Art, Fall Concert Series, Commissioned for large works for Claremont Hotel 1995 - Awarded Metropolitan Arts Commission "Visual Chronicles", featured in Lois Allan"s "Contemporary Northwest Art", TriMet Westside Light Rail, Large Scale Mural, Zoo Station. Administered by the Metropolitan Arts Commission. Portland Oregon 1980 - Individual Artist Fellowship Recipient, Oregon Arts Commission.
