Biography

Biography

Laura Reed Howell

P. O. Box 3361

Annapolis, Maryland 21403

(410) 267-6496

laurahowell@earthlink.net

Born: Lynchburg, VA

Education: 1975 BA Art History, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA

Graduate Work: Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA

Art Teacher/Head of Department: Seven Hills School, Lynchburg, VA

POST COLLEGE WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Oil: Lori Putnam, Kim English, Charles Gruppe, John Ebersberger, Mary Ekroos, Ron Rencher, Frank Hobbs

Watercolor: Alvaro Castagnet, Ralph Smith, Marilyn Simandle, Betty Lou ,Schlemm, Richard Frisbee, Frank Webb, Hsiung Ju, Susan Abbott, Alex Powers, Debra Ellis

Acrylic: Jean Cauthen

Drawing: Lisa Semerad, Ron Boehmer

CURRENT GALLERIES

Whitehall Gallery, Annapolis, MD

http://www.artinannapolis.com/whitehall.html

The Little Gallery, Smith Mountain Lake, VA

http://www.thelittlegallerysml.com/rm/homepages/

JURIED EXHIBITS & HONORS

Annapolis Watercolor Club, 2nd Place, 2004, Annapolis, MD

MAPAPA Paint Annapolis, 2004 & 2005

MAPAPA Paint Annapolis, Merit Award, 2004, Annapolis, MD

VA Watercolor Society Annual Show, 1995, 3rd place award, Juror Raymond Everett Kintsler

VA Watercolor Society Annual Show, 1996, Juror Ann Salisbury

Plein Air Easton, 2005, 2006, Easton, MD

The Art League & Torpedo Factory, Honorable Mentions, Alexandria, VA

Lynchburg Fine Arts Center Area, Lynchburg, VA

Artist Cooperative, Washington, D. C.

Art League, Easton, MD

The Oxford Show, Oxford, MD

Annual Kaleidoscope Festival, Lynchburg VA

Award, Chestertown Art League, Chestertown, MD

International Salon Exhibit, 2005

Juror, Lynchburg Virginia Library Show, Lynchburg, VA

ONE WOMAN EXHIBITS

Academy of Fine Arts, July 2007, Lynchburg, VA

Grumps Restaurant, Annapolis, MD

Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg VA

Gallery 720, Lynchburg,, VA

John Simmons, Lynchburg, VA

American Federal Savings & Loan, Lynchburg, VA

The Radisson Hotel, Lynchburg, VA

Karen's Jewelry, Lynchburg, VA

Antiques and Things, Lynchburg, VA

Mazza Gallerie, Bethesda, MD

GROUP EXHIBITS & GALLERIES, FORMER AND PRESENT

Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL

The Art League, Easton, MD

Chestertown Art League, Chestertown, MD

Maryland Portrait Painters Show, Crofton, MD

Better Days Antiques, St. Michaels, MD

Gallery 3, Roanoke, VA

The Little Gallery, Smith Mountain Lake, VA

Christmas in St. Michaels Show, St. Michaels, MD
The Art League & Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA

Artist Cooperative, Washington D. C.

Little Washington Gallery, Little Washington, VA

Artful Choices, Annapolis, MD

Voila, Lynchburg, VA

Sakinas, Lynchburg, VA

The Art Club, Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA

Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA

Kaleidoscope Art Festival, Lynchburg, VA

Carmen's Gallery, Soloman's Island, MD

Seven Hills School, Lynchburg, VA

Moyanne's, Lynchburg, VA

MEMBERSHIPS FORMER & PRESENT

Oil Painters of America, Associate Member

Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA)

Maryland Portrait Painters Society

Annapolis Watercolor Club

Virginia Watercolor Society

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Babcock and Wilcox, Lynchburg, VA

Wachovia Bank, Moneta, VA

Randolph Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA

E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, VA

Sandusky Middle School, Lynchburg, VA

Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA

St. John's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, VA

Various individual collections throughout the United States and Europe