denHertog, Laura
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 17th 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 21st 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 21st 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