Laura Letchinger - Painter Contemporary Art

7"x15" mini triptych | oil on canvas, mounted on cradled wood panels #contemporaryart #art #abstract #artsky #oilpainting

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@jimnewberry.bsky.social thanks again Jim I loved making it ✨

Detail from finished botanical oil painting on a blue abstract background in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist / painter, Laura Letchinger. Painted from a beautiful photo by @jimnewberry.bsky.social , Secret Life of Plants series ✨

Detail from finished botanical oil painting on a blue abstract background in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist / painter, Laura Letchinger. Painted from a beautiful photo by @jimnewberry.bsky.social , Secret Life of Plants series ✨

Detail from finished botanical oil painting on a blue abstract background in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist / painter, Laura Letchinger. Painted from a beautiful photo by @jimnewberry.bsky.social , Secret Life of Plants series ✨

Detail from finished botanical oil painting on a blue abstract background in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist / painter, Laura Letchinger. Painted from a beautiful photo by @jimnewberry.bsky.social , Secret Life of Plants series ✨

Details from previous post, 80”x76” oil on canvas, message to inquire ✨
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Photo reference: a fantastic image by @jimnewberry ‘s Secret Life of Plants series ✨ see additional post: Finished botanical oil painting on a blue abstract background in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist / painter, Laura Letchinger, thank you @jimnewberry for this awesome photo reference 🫶🏻

Photo reference for my oil painting above. A beautiful image by @jimnewberry from his Secret Life of Plants series. Thank you Jim for letting me interpret in paint!
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #plants #plantphotography #fineartphotography #botanical

Finished botanical oil painting on a blue abstract background in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist / painter, Laura Letchinger. Photo reference: a fantastic image by @jimnewberry ‘s Secret Life of Plants series ✨

Finished 80”x76” oil on canvas, from @jimnewberry ‘s beautiful image, below ✨
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Detail in blues, light pinks, and greens from an oil painting work in progress in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary painter Laura Letchinger

Work in progress detail from 76 by 80” oil on canvas ✨ #artsky #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #botanical #expressionism #semiabstract #impressionism #postimpressionism

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Large botanical underpainting in reddish brown in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary painter, Laura Letchinger. . . Based on photo by @jimnewberry.bsky.social

Underpainting sketched in today, based on photo by @jimnewberry.bsky.social ✨

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Large botanical underpainting in reddish brown in the art studio of Los Angeles based contemporary painter Laura Letchinger

Wow. That’s a lot of years

@calandscapeart.bsky.social thanks, yes …. Got a plan for the 76x80 and the blue canvas is percolating … trying out a new process

Freshly toned and stretched large canvases in the Los Angeles art studio of contemporary painter Laura Letchinger, one in brown the other in shades of blue

Experiments in toning canvas for oil painting✨ #contemporaryart #oilpainting #contemporarypainting #artsky #blueskyartshow #largepainting #art #canvas #canvastoning

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@otterystchamp.bsky.social I really do! Smaller paintings are easiest for me if they are cut out of larger canvases 🤷‍♀️

Great composition 👌🏻

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Smaller crop from an oil painting; closeup of ocean meeting beach, expressionism, by Los Angeles based artist Laura Letchinger

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Smaller crop from an oil painting of beach looking out to ocean with surfers in the distance and big white clouds in the sky, by Los Angeles based artist Laura Letchinger

Smaller crop from larger piece✨
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Two canvases, 30” x 40”, cut from a larger 48”x72” artwork and mounted to cradled wood panels to form a diptych. Oil, botanical coastal landscape paintings in the art studio of abstract expressionist contemporary painter Laura Letchinger, Los Angeles. An artist’s frame could be added as well.

Two canvases, 30” x 40”, (seen here without a gap between the paintings) cut from a larger 48”x72” artwork and mounted to cradled wood panels. Oil, botanical coastal landscape paintings in the art studio of abstract expressionist contemporary painter Laura Letchinger, Los Angeles. An artist’s frame could be added as well.

Both canvases mounted to panels ✨
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#contemporaryart #fineart #art #painter #losangeles #artist #oilpainting #artcollector #curator #contemporary #botanical #blueskyartshow #womensart #nature #laartist #landscape #landscapeart

Mounting a work on canvas to a cradled wood panel, in the studio of Los Angeles based contemporary artist, Laura Letchinger

Mounting a work on canvas to cradled wood panel, one of a diptych✨
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Finished commission ✨

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Thanks Lu 👋🏻 so does yours!!