LAURA S THOMSON
PAINTING & PRINTS
exhibitions
My first solo exhibition was at a dear friend’s house outside Washington, D.C. Ray Marvin has encouraged my husband and me in every one of our endeavors, be they law (Maynard), Chestnut Cove, Inc.(salad dressing business--me), novel writing (Maynard), or painting(me). Because of his kindness, generosity and gift of persuasion, I think it’s appropriate to include this invitation to my first one-woman show.
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
MWVAA Main Street Art Gallery
North Conway, NH
January 19-April 2, 2023
Affordable Art
MWVAA Main Street Gallery
November, 2022-January 2023
Harvest of the Arts
MWVAA Main Street Gallery
North Conway, NH
September--November 2022
Celebrating 50 Years of Freedom Artists
Freedom Historical Society
June--September 2022
Spring Fling
Met Cafe Gallery
North Conway, NH
April-June 2022
Celebrating Fifty Years of Freedom Artists
Freedom Historical Museum
Freedom, NH
June--September, 2022
Freedom Artists Exhibit
Freedom Gallery
Freedom, NH
June--October 2022
"Local Artists Exhibition"
Freedom Gallery
Freedom, NH
Summer 2021
"Celebration of Abundance"
Freedom Gallery
Freedom, NH
September 2021--
"Winter's Chill"
MWVAA's Main Street Gallery
North Conway, NH
January--April 2022
"Sounds of Silence"
Met Upstairs
North Conway, NH
February-March 2022
"Partners in Paint" with Joyce Desmarais
Snowvillage Inn
Eaton, NH
May and June 2019
"Oh Happy Spring"
Main Street Gallery
North Conwy, NH 03860
May and June 2019
"Artist's Choice"
Met Cafe at Settler's Green
Winter/Spring 2019
Freedom Public Library
Freedom, NH
December 2019 to February 2020
"Bold colors, vivid imagination, and thoughtful connections... it's all present on the Library walls this winter! Freedom's own Laura S. Thomson is our featured artist from now through February. Thomson has put together a special show for the Freedom Public Library that she calls "Homage to the Seasons." It features over 2 dozen big, bright, beautiful canvases - oils and beeswax encaustics - that lead the viewer on an imaginative journey through the cycle of the year.
"Let It Snow"
Main Street Art Gallery
January 2020
"Old Home Week Exhibit"
Freedom Gallery
Freedom, NH 03836
August 2018
MWVAA's Main Street Art Gallery
North Conway, NH
"Spring Fling"
April 2018
The Met Coffee House at Settlers Green
North Conway, NH
"Summer Adventures"
May 2--??, 2018
Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center
Hollis, NH
"For the Love of Color"
May 11--June 9, 2018
"For the Love of Color"
Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, Hollis, NH
May and June, 2018
"Summer Adventures"
Met Cafe at Settlers Green, North Conway, NH
May --- ??, 2018
"Spring Fling"
MWVAA Main Street Art Gallery, North Conway, NH
May --- ??, 2018
"Tis the Season"
MWVAA Main Street Art Gallery
North Conway, NH
November, 2017--January, 2018
"No Name Art Show"
MWVAA Main Street Art Gallery, North Conway, NH
Fall, 2018
"Transitions"
MWVAA Main Street Art Gallery, North Conway, NH
2017
"Atmosphere's"
Met Cafe, NorthConway, NH
Winter, 2017
"Inspiring Landscapes"
Met Cafe, North Conway, NH
Summer, 2017
"Summer in the Valley"
MWVAA Main Street Art Gallery, North Conway, NH
2017
"All Creatures Great and Small"
Ellis River Gallery, Jackson, NH
May and June, 2017
There have been several interim shows, but I will only include the 2014-2015 invitations to 1, 2 or 4-person shows. Most were were organized by Joyce Desmarais, a friend and fine water color painter from Eaton, NH. Either she or fellow artist and friend, Elaine Klement, from Center Conway, did the designs and cover art.
MWVAA: "Affordable Art", November and December 2015
Group 8/Ellis Studios: "Small Works of Art" , November 2015 through January 2016
Wild Salamander: "Good Things Come in Small Packages", October though December 2015
Coming soon: exhibit with JOYCE Desmarais at Snow Village Inn opening April 1, 2016 though Memorial Weekend
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, North Conway, NH
Wound Care Waiting Room September 2016
Surgical Unit waiting area August 2016
The Wild Salamander, Hollis, NH
"Defined" through October 2015
"Good Things Come in Small Packages"
November 2015 - January 2016
M & D Productions, North Conway, NH
"Wait Until Dark" Lobby exhibit with Joyce Desmarais October 2015 - January 2016
"Christmas Musical" December 10-20
MWVAA Chamber Gallery, North Conway
MET Gallery, North Conway
AFFORABLE ART SHOW AND SALE November 2015--January 2016
Freedom Village Store, Freedom, NH
ART AT THE DARBY FIELD INN, Darby Field Inn, Albany, NH
2014-2015
FROM FREEDOM TO SAN MIGUEL (solo), Freedom Public Library, NH
2014
ARTISAN’S NIGHT, Freedom Village Store, Freedom, NH
2014
RED, MWVAA, North Conway, NH
2014
COOK LIBRARY, Tamworth, NH
2014
ARTIST’S TEA, Gibson Center, North Conway, NH
2014
OPEN ART SHOW, Group 8 Gallery, Jackson, NH
2014
ART EXPO, Snowvillage Inn, Eaton, NH
2014
ARTIST’S CHOICE, MWVAA, Downstairs Gallery & Met Café, North Conway, NH
2013
ARTISTS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES, MWVAA, Downstairs Gallery and Met Café
2013
BLACK AND WHITE, Group 8 Gallery, Jackson, NH
2013
INTO THE WILD, Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, Hollis, NH
2013
ARTISAN’S NIGHT (solo), Freedom Village Store, NH
2012
ARTIST OF THE MONTH, Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro, NH
2008
HOLIDAY ART SHOW & SALE, MWVAA, North Conway, NH
2007
FRIENDSHIP, ART AND MUSIC (solo), McLean, Virginia
2005
FREEDOM ART DAYS, Freedom, NH
2003
ARTIST OF THE MONTH, Chocorua Public Library, NH
2003
The earliest supporters to exhibit my work were my son, Alexander Thomson, and Daughter, Hannah Thomson Boyd. They were the first to display my paintings and encourage me to make more. My mother, Shirley Shapero, has become a “believer” and now hangs my work at the Hunt Community in Nashua, NH.
Without my husband, Maynard, there would be no website. I would never have gone to San Miguel and would probably not have my art work prominently displayed all over our house. Thanks everyone!