Laurie Kersey OPA

Laurie Kersey’s life as an artist began as a child in rural Ohio. She grew up in an artistic household and  always loved to draw and paint. Her mother enjoyed painting in oils when Laurie was young and then  later switched to watercolors. Her father was a horseman, training and racing harness horses, and she  spent her summers helping out in the barn at the track.  

After an early art education at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and then a 15 year career in commercial art  as an Art Director and Illustrator on the East Coast, Kersey relocated to San Francisco, studied painting at  the Academy of Art University, and made the switch to fine art. She later taught painting and drawing in  the Fine Art Department at the Academy.  

Though excited about painting myriad aspects of the natural world, including landscape and floral, a  dominant theme in her work is horses. Having ridden for many years, she has come to realize that her  hands-on experience with horses uniquely influences the way that she sees and paints them.  

Honors include awards in the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, the American Women  Artists National Juried Exhibition, the California Art Club Biennial Exhibition, the Plein Air Salon Online  Competition, and several plein air events. She has been featured in Art of the West Magazine, Southwest  Art Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, American Artist Magazine, USEF’s  Equestrian Magazine, Horses in Art Magazine, and has been a first place winner in the Artist’s Magazine’s annual competition.  

Kersey is a Signature Member of the California Art Club, Oil Painters of America, and American  Impressionist Society, and a Master Signature Member of American Women Artists. She is represented by  Carmel Fine Art in Carmel, CA, and K Nathan Gallery in La Jolla, CA.  

www.lauriekersey.com