Laura Corben

LAURA CORBEN

Painter

The Coast

Lands End

Headlands

Bakers Beach

Art making is a way of life for Laura Corben. It is a response to seeing. To being alive. To having a blank piece of paper on hand.
I
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
-Mary Oliver

I see Art as a response to life, a way to pay attention and to
“tell about it.”

After a year of art school Laura was off to explore the world and began a
life of sketchbook journaling and travels, first across the U.S. then a
year long trek to India and back. Eventually she earned a BFA at San Jose
State University, then taught art near the Bay Area. A sabbatical was an
opportunity for another journey around the world, making a dozen
sketchbooks along the way. Now settled in Mendocino County, her art
reflects her rural surroundings and love of nature. Dozens of sketchbooks
attest to other travels, landscapes and nature studies. Laura teaches
travel and nature journal workshops in the summer at Emandal. Artworks are
primarily in water media: watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and more recently a
series of monoprints.

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Learn more on her website: LauraCorben.com