The Mountlake Terrace Art Commission presents an exhibit of works by artist Laurie Kane at the Mountlake Terrace Library.
Born and raised in Mountlake Terrace, Kane graduated from Woodway High School in Edmonds. She studied fine art and design at the Cornish Art Institute in Seattle.
As a painter and illustrator, she uses all mediums but prefers oil on canvas. She also enjoys working with graphite on Bristol. It’s non-toxic and allows her to achieve great detail.
Inspired by the great masters and their use of light, Kane tries to emulate this in her own work. Creating in her modernistic style that she calls “Fragmentism,” she shatters an image and then reassembles it slightly askew.
After illustrating a children’s picture book, Kelly Hirt’s “Lucy and the Leprechaun Seekers,” Kane became very interested in this form of art. In the past few years she has delved into the highly competitive children’s illustration field, submitting her artwork and manuscripts to children’s publishers.
Kane’s plan is to write and illustrate children’s picture books with aspirations for the Caldecott medal in children’s illustration.
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