LAURI WATERFIELD CALLISON
Martinsville, Virginia | madriverlauri@yahoo.com
A self-taught artist, Lauri Waterfield Callison was a successful Textile Designer for over twenty years, creating artwork for a variety of clients from Martha Stewart to NASCAR, with products ranging from bedding ensembles to bandannas. In the early 2000’s, Lauri left the corporate world to hit the streams in NC as a full-time, Orvis-endorsed Fly Fishing Guide & Instructor. She spent days with clients on the water and evenings painting their trophies. Her paintings were featured on the New Jersey Trout Stamp, the North Carolina and West Virginia Wildlife calendars, as well as several regional and national publications. Her artwork at auction has raised thousands for Trout Unlimited as well as other worthy charities. Former Captain of the Remington Girls sporting clays team, Lauri’s love of the outdoors shines through every painting. A natural storyteller, Lauri paints to capture a special moment to share with her viewers or to provide a visual oasis of peace in an increasingly confusing and hectic world. “Plein air painting has added a new level of authenticity to my paintings, and I’ve often set up my easel on the edge of a field or in the middle of a favorite stretch of water, fly rod nearby. There’s always some sort of adventure that comes about during an outdoor painting session and that becomes the story that collectors enjoy sharing. When working en plein air, I usually work in acrylics, because of their quick drying time & portability, then I’ll take those pieces back to the studio to develop larger pieces from them in oil. On the water or in the woods, I always have a camera with me and use my own reference photos to paint fish & wildlife scenes. I do the occasional piece in watercolor to play with the flow of the paint, and I use acrylics in the field, but I find that oil paints have the richness & luminosity of color that I crave.” Growing up along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke, VA, Lauri lived all over North Carolina before circling back near her hometown to the little town of Martinsville, VA, very near where the Smith “River runs through it…” She enjoys small-town life in the little house at the edge of the woods that she shares with her husband, a dog, three black cats, and a supporting cast of birds, fish and wildlife. View her artwork and keep in touch at www.LWCallison.com or follow her on Facebook any time. To see her paintings in person, visit the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, NC or The Snow Goose Gallery in Bethlehem, PA. Or you may visit one of several corporate collections, including Propst Distributing Company in Concord, NC; Rock Haven Shooting Preserve in Cherryville, NC; and Avis Construction and the Virginia Synod Lutheran Home, both in Roanoke, VA.
ABOUT THE PIECE
"Fairy Dance", which depicts the midnight revelry of mountain fairies. They dance wildly in the light of the full moon, mesmerizing the local wildlife, and mushrooms spring up where their feet touch the earth, leaving a ring of them as evidence of their presence the night before. As the moon sets, the fairies turn into lightning bugs & fly away~
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