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Laura Grisamore
June - Featured Artist - Laura grisamore
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Laura Grisamore is a photographer and artist. She is a native Iowan and studied photojournalism at the University of Iowa. Passionate about the arts and art advocacy, Grisamore is active with arts organizations, served as chair on the Region 2 Arts Council, current board memeber of the Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids Arts and Culture Commission and has worked with local artist, arts organizations, businesses, Park Rapids City entities and the Chamber of Commerce to help develop and implement numerous placemaking projects throughout the Park Rapids and area. She is the owner and operator of Larualee Photography and Gallery, and co-owner of Studio 176. Recently in 2020 she pivoted from portrait work to solely focusing on her art and art galleries.
Grisamore’s work is imaginative, intuitive and explores the world and intricacies within around her. Through the years, her style has morphed from “untouched” urban landscapes and documentaries to fine art photography, she creates from original photographs of Northern Minnesota's natural landscapes, found natural objects and textures. Her recent work “Flower Zen,” printed on large scale metal pieces, captures flowers in a raw and simplistic state. She writes, “I want people to experience these flowers and share the sensations I felt when I let go. Initially when I started selecting and taking photos of flowers last summer I was trying to impose my ideas of what I thought they should look like or what they were creatively going to become post production. I was fussing over the perfect flower, poses and was losing my mind. Frustrated, I finally just let go, let the flowers do what they wanted to, I just let them be and speak to me. It was then that I started to see, really see and listen, really listen to each flower's personality, story, gestures and inner beauty unfolded in front of my very eyes. They have a lot to say and teach us and I am just learning how to see and listen."
