Cecelia M. Laurendeau
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Cecelia is originally from upstate New York where she raised a daughter and worked for IBM Federal Systems and Broome County Government. In 2009 Cecelia moved to Maryland. She now works as an artist full time in her studio. She studied under the tutelage of oil painters Joyce Clark, D.E. Simmons. Pastel artists Nancy Goff,
Genevieve Cerwonka and Awake the Light photographer Mollie Isaacs. Her paintings and photographs are currently held in private collections in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, and the Carolinas.
EXHIBITS
2005 Solo Exhibit Washington St. Gallery Binghamton, NY
2006 to 2009 Participated in Juried exhibits Roberson Photo club and Fine Arts Society Binghamton, NY
2015 Gaithersburg Fine Art Association Flora & Fauna Exhibit
2016 Gaithersburg Fine Art Association Annual Juried Show
2016 City of Gaithersburg Juried "Autumn Glory" Exhibit
2017-2018 Artists & Makers II Juried Exhibit Rockville, MD
2017-2018 Gaithersburg Fine Art Association Annual Juried Show
2017 Chesapeake Frame Company Juried Exhibit Gaithersburg, MD
2017 Artist Angle Juried Exhibit Frederick Community College, MD
2017 Rockville Art League Juried Show
2018 Montgomery Art Association Juried Exhibit Bethesda, MD
2019 & 2020 Maryland House of Delegates GFAA Exhibit Annapolis, MD
2020 Montgomery Art Association OASIS Exhibit Bethesda, MD
LAND PORTRAITS EXHIBITS
2019 Artists & Makers II Studio Rockville, MD
2019 United Unitarian Church of Rockville (UUCR) Rockville, MD
AWARDS
2009 Burgess Award Highest Honor
Roberson Juried Photography Competition Binghamton, NY
2010 1st Place - Pastel
New England Traditions Annual Juried Art Show Providence, RI
2011 Honorable Mention - Oil
Juried Art Competition Capital Arts Network Bethesda, MD
2017 Third Place Pastel Gaithersburg Fine Art Association Juried Show