{"Id":7590,"Name":"Laurence Saunois","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003ESelf-taught, my love of art and passion for discovery gave rise to what I am today, an artist.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy path is often fraught with doubts, hopes, failures or successes. Creating brings me much joy, but it is nothing compared to the joy of giving happiness and causing an emotional response in the viewer. Above all,\u0026nbsp;the goal of art is to provoke emotions.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was born near Paris, but I went regularly to spend school holidays on my grandfather\u0027s small farm in the southwest of France, in Figeac...As I child I stood in admiration of artists such as Ingres, Gericault, Durer, and Da Vinci.\u0026nbsp; I tried to reproduce their works in an instinctive way because I had never taken formal drawing lessons. I spent hours at a time drawing.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI wanted to go to the School of Fine Arts of Paris. My artistic portfolio earned me acceptance, but unfortunately, as I wasn\u0027t yet 18 years old, I was not allowed entrance.\u0026nbsp; Very disappointed, I totally gave up drawing in pencil because, during this period, I didn\u0027t paint, I only drew.\u0026nbsp; I continued secretary studies and worked at various companies in Paris before establishing my own company.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen I was 28 years old, a friend offered me a gift of oil paints and a stack of canvas.\u0026nbsp; It was a revelation.\u0026nbsp; I discovered colors, matter and lighting effects.\u0026nbsp; I knew nothing about artistic techniques but I instinctively knew how to approach a subject because of my drawing.\u0026nbsp; It was cathartic and I wanted to try every painting technique.\u0026nbsp; As I experimented, I felt like a child discovering new gifts under the Christmas tree.\u0026nbsp; I developed my own technique and way of working.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2003, while participating in an animal exhbition near Figeac, I had the idea that I wanted to become exclusiviely an animal artist.\u0026nbsp; Five years laters, I started focusing on animals in my work as a painter, sculptor and photographer.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI find that it is really very important for an animal artist to get involved in nature conservation. In 2010, I helped create an an enviromental association called Lou Pais Environment because sometimes, grave problems connected to the environment are just beyond our front door. To fight for nature conservation and biodiversity is really the challenge of everybody, all of us, together.\u0026nbsp; For the Earth to endure, we must find a reason to have hope in the future.\u0022\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- exacts from the Wildlife Art Journall, 2011.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEXHIBITIONS :\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EU.S.A\u0026nbsp;\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;Birds in Art - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in 2014 \u0026ndash; 2016 -\u0026nbsp;2017\u0026nbsp;(National Tour Exhibition 2018-2019\u0026nbsp;:\u0026nbsp;The Chicago Academy of Sciences, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago,\u0026nbsp;\u200BStamford Museum \u0026amp; Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut,\u0026nbsp;Cumming Nature Center, Rochester Museum \u0026amp; Science Center, Naples, New York, Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York,\u200B\u0026nbsp;Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, New Mexico),\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;(Albany Museum of Art,\u0026nbsp;Appleton Museum of Art - Ocala - Florida,\u0026nbsp;The R.W. Norton Art Gallery - Sheveport - Louisiana),\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- SAA Art and the National Animal Tour \u0026ndash; 2011-2012 (Pinninsula Fine Art Center - Newport News \u0026ndash; VA,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Appleton Museum of ArtOcala \u0026ndash; Florida, Dennos Museum Center - Traverse City \u0026ndash; MI),\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- SAA Art and the Animal National Tour \u0026ndash; 2010\u0026nbsp;(Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute - Tucson - Co \u0026ndash; Arizona, Green Acres Art Center - Cincinnati \u0026ndash; Ohio, The wildlife Experience - Parker - Colorado - Arizona - Art and the Animal national Tour - 2009-2010-2011),\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- SAA Art and the National Animal Tour \u0026ndash; 2009 (Cultura Arts Council of Estes Parl Fine Art Gallery - Estes Park \u0026ndash; Co, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts - San Angelo \u0026ndash; TX, The Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Salina \u0026ndash; Kansas, Dunnegan Gallery of Art Bolivar MO),\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- SAA Art and the Animal 2008 The Neville Public Museum - Green Bay \u0026ndash; 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