Jim Laurier
Jim Laurier (* 1954 in New Hampshire ) is an American painter and illustrator .
life and work
He spent his childhood in New Hampshire and lives in Massachusetts (2012). Two years after attending and graduating from Keene High School , he enrolled at the Paier Art Academy in Hamden . Here he studied illustration, advertising and photography from 1974 to 1978.
Laurier mainly worked for print media and created artwork on a variety of subjects, favoring oil painting on canvas with realistic subjects. He often combines his love of history with his aviation experience and creates realistic, accurate drawings in this area. The precision of his work and attention to detail are his trademark. In a biography it says about him, among other things: "Every year his paintings are selected for various art exhibitions in museums and art galleries all over the USA. [...] He has won prizes at many of these exhibitions. His aviation paintings are on book covers, on book covers can be found and appeared in all major aviation magazines. " ( Each year his paintings are selected for various art shows in museums and art galleries around the US [... He] has won awards at many of these shows. His aviation paintings have been published in several hard cover books, on several book jacket covers, and have appeared in all of the major aviation magazines )
Web links
- official homepage
- Literature by and about Jim Laurier in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop , 2004, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-84176-787-5
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laurier, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Hampshire |