LAURA GAFFKE
joyful art
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BIO
Laura Gaffke had the pleasure of growing up in Southern New Hampshire where she was fortunate to have the mountains, city and seacoast all within close reach. Her diverse surroundings electrified her love of nature and invoked a desire to travel and explore the world. It is from these experiences, as well as her natural ability to focus on joyful moments that her vibrant color palette emerged. She engages viewers by revealing intimate, soulful moments from her life while working intuitively with paint and collage. It is here where meaningful connections are made.
After graduating from Rivier College with her Bachelors Degree in both Fine Arts and Art Education Laura taught in NH for the next 13 years before moving to Groton, Connecticut and earning her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, VT. She maintains a dedicated, studio practice in Westerly, RI where she is an active member of The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly. She also teaches, contributes to a blog and nurtures an ongoing collaborative art practice with a fellow artist, all of which reinforce how connections deeply affect her creative work and life.
