Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly Exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

Laura Shabott - On Display throughout March

Artist Reception: Sunday, March 9th - 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Curated by Robert Rindler

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

 My paintings, drawings and collage begin by observing a model or still life and responding or reacting to their essence. I ask myself: Is a life force or spark evident in the painting, drawing or collage I am creating? Does the composition of the piece, its simplest parts, work? And, how does color, shape and form push, pull and pulsate on a two dimensional surface? Paintings are made with walnut oil paint and pigment sticks, collages are built from my repurposed figure drawings and paintings, and I draw with charcoals of varying densities on paper.

 Through my work as an arts writer, an assistant at Berta Walker Gallery, a teacher and lecturer, I honor and continue the legacy of Provincetown’s art colony. The influence of the teachers and artists who came before me is infused into my art as I come into my own and grow visually. 

ARTIST’S BIO 

Laura Shabott is a graduate of School of Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS, Boston. Her paintings, collages and drawings have been exhibited regionally in solo, juried and invitational shows at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA; Ely Center for Contemporary Arts, New Haven, CT; Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown; Provincetown Art Association and Museum, (PAAM); Provincetown Monument and Museum (PMPM); Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro. Shabott has work is in the permanent collection of PAAM and will have a solo show YOU ONLY GET ONE BODY beginning in October of 2025 at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis.