Laura den Hertog (1959) Born to Dutch parents and raised in Canada, den Hertog's cultural background is rich in the arts. She credits a love for the masters to early exposure to the 17^th C. painters in Dutch museums. Trained as a commercial artist at Montreal's Dawson College, the artist spent her early years working inillustration and design. In 2004 she left behind the commercial world to study traditional, old master oil painting techniques. The artist currently lives and works in a small town north of Montreal, Canada.

As a member the International Guild of Realism, her work was included in The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, a 4 year long Museum tour in the USA. Her paintings have graced book and magazine covers and her work can be found in galleries across North America.

2010 Exhibitions

Ray Johnson and A Book About Death, SAL Art Gallery, Brookeville, NY, USA

Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Walls Fine Art, Wilmington, NC, USA

Two Visions, One Name. Explorations of the Natural World. Galerie Ouest, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

A Book About Death, Museu da Esculture, Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Autumn Arts Painting Challenge 2009, (second place in oil) Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA

The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21^st Century, 2008-2011 tour of Museums across the USA (International Guild of Realism Show)

2009 Exhibitions

Mountain Lake PBS Arts Auction, New York, USA

The Art League of Hilton Head 2009 International Art Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA

Landscape for Landsake, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, USA

A Book About Death, The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York City, New York, USA

The Enduring Light of Deerfield, Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21^st Century, 2008-2011 tour of Museums across the USA (International Guild of Realism Show)

Fine Art Views Painting Competition, October 2009, favorite 15 %

2008

Museum tour USA, The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century

Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, The international Guild of Realism group show, Scottsdale, Arizona. Gallery 133, Toronto, Canada.

The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Solo and group shows.

Galerie Michel Bigue, St. Sauveur, Canada.

Avenue Art Gallery, Old Montreal, Canada

McCord Museum, Montreal, Mountain Lake PBS TV annual Arts Auction. Televised