Lauren Sansaricq grew up in Columbia County, New York, where from an early age she was exposed to both the beauties of the Hudson Valley and, under the teaching of Thomas Locker, to the traditional painting techniques of the Hudson River School. Taking Mr. Locker’s advice, Sansaricq received academic training in drawing and painting at the Grand Central Academy of Art in New York, New York. At just 21 years old, she was taken under the representation of Hawthorne Fine Art, a prestigious New York gallery specializing in nineteenth-century Hudson River School Painting. Sansaricq was also honored with a solo show in New York at Hawthorne Fine Art that same year.
Sansaricq’s work has been exhibited in Manhattan at historic venues like the Salmagundi Club, the National Arts Club, and the Union League Club. In 2012 she had a solo show at Saint Anselm College, and had her work featured at the Boston International Fine Arts Show. One of Sansaricq’s paintings was also featured in The New York Times, surrounding the show she was part of, “The Great Hudson River Exhibition,” in Upstate New York.
Sansaricq’s work is in collections throughout the country, and is hung beside some of the best American painters of the past. She also teaches every summer on the Hudson River Fellowship, and now resides in the Catskill Mountains following in the footsteps of the great Hudson River School painters of the past.
Image: High Peak and Roundtop Mountains, Lauren Sansaricq
