Laurie Levesque is a part-time artist living in the seacoast area of NH, whose avocation is creating landscapes that celebrate simple beauty. Levesque primarily paints landscapes en plein air at locations throughout NH, MA, and Maine. Though she prefers soft pastel on paper, she also enjoys creating works with watercolor, ink, acrylic and oil on board and canvas, colored pencil, graphite, and mixed media. Her artwork is owned privately in PA, CA, NY, VA, and New England.  

 

MEMBERSHIPS: NH PleinAir Artists, Pastel Society of NH, Seacoast Artist Association

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2017  12^th Annual Members Show, Pastel Society of NH, Sunapee NH, May/June

• Morning Cows, pastel
• Boston Rooftop Autumn, pastel

2017  Sky Images Theme Show,  Seacoast Artist Association, Exeter, NH, May

• Fin d'Orage Tropical, pastel, Best in Show
• Boston Rooftop Sunset, pastel

2016   Mystery Kit scholarship fundraiser, Seacoast Artist Association, Exeter, NH

• Almost Time to Button Up, mixed media 

2016    11^th Annual Members Show, Pastel Society of NH, Sunapee, NH, May/June

• London Rider, pastel

2015   Mystery Kit scholarship fundraiser, Seacoast Artist Association, Exeter, NH

• The Key to the Stile, mixed media 

2015    Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse charity auction, Kennebunk, ME, July

• New England Seaside, pastel
• Fog Rising, pastel

2015    American Independence Museum wetpaint/auction, Exeter, NH, July

• Squamscott River Bend, pastel
• Swasey Bend, pastel

2015    10^th Annual Members Show, Pastel Society of NH, Jaffrey, NH, June

• New England Seaside, pastel
• Newmarket Mills Conclusion, pastel
• Skeptical Cow, pastel

2015   The Eye of the Beholder, Seacoast Artist Association, Exeter NH, June

• Quiet Reach, ink and colored pencil

2015   The Path I Found, Seacoast Artist Association, Exeter NH, May

• Peeking at the Grand Canyon, pastel

2015   Art of Great Bay, The Great Bay Stewards, Greenland, NH, April

• Odiorne Near Boat Launch, pastel
• Wentworth Coolidge Mansion Vantage, pastel
• Study of Marsh at Rts. 108 and 85, pastel

2014   Bernerhof Inn (juried show), NHPleinAir, Glen, NH, December/January

• Newmarket Mills Conclusion, pastel

2014    Exeter Holiday Art Show, Town of Exeter Arts Committee, Town Hall, Exeter, NH, December

• Snowman, watercolor
• Ornaments, watercolor
• Candles, acrylic 

2014    It's Pastel! (juried show), Pastel Society of NH, Portsmouth Discovery Center, Portsmouth, NH, October/November

• Squamscott River in Exeter - b, pastel

2014  Small Treasures for Under $100, Town of Exeter Arts Committee, Town Hall, Exeter, NH, October

• Lunch in Luxembourg, watercolor
• View from Lunch in Antwerp, watercolor
• Rhymes With..., acrylic
• Egg Drop, acrylic
• Exeter Waterfront with Boaters, pastel
• Exeter Waterfront 1, watercolor

2014   Exeter inspires Art!, Town of Exeter Arts Committee, Town Hall, Exeter, NH, July

• Exeter Waterfront 1, watercolor
• Exeter Waterfront with Boaters, pastel
• The Willow, watercolor
• Exeter River Near Dam, acrylic and oil pastel

2006  Inaugural Group Show, Pastel Society of NH, Mill Pond Center, Durham, NH, October

• Rachel Carson Preserve, Post11, pastel (collection of the artist)

2006   Plein Air Artists’ Showcase Group Show, NH Plein Air, Canterbury Shaker Village, NH, Aug/Sept

• Meetinghouse, pastel 11x17 (sold)
• Alley View from Under the Spruce, pastel 9x12 (sold)
• Garden Overlook, pastel 11x17 (sold) received “Viewer’s Choice Award”

2005  Purely Plein Air Group Show, NH Plein Air, Massebesic Audobon Society, Auburn, NH, Aug/Oct 

• Mount Agamenticus, Oil on canvas, 16" x 8"  (private collection) 
• The Old Bridge,  Oil on canvas, 16" x 8"    (collection of the artist) 
• Plein Air Painters at Odiorne, Oil on canvas, 9" x 12"  (collection of the artist) 

 

2005  Solo show, NH Plein Air, Harborside Crestwood Nursing Home, Milford, NH, Aug/Sept

• Saco River, pastel, (collection of the artist)
• Adrien Yellow, pastel  (sold) 

2005  Plein Air Perspectives Group Show, NH Plein Air, Pantano Gallery, Southern NH University, March/April

• Nubble Lighthouse; int’l paint out, pastel  (collection of the artist) 
• Crane Estate, pastel  (sold) 
• Saco River, pastel, (collection of the artist)

 

2004   Members’ Exhibit, Pastel Painters of Maine, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME, December

• Nubble Lighthouse; int’l paint out, pastel  (collection of the artist) 

 

WET PAINT AUCTIONS & FUNDRAISERS

2015      Independence Museum, Exeter, NH

2015      Art of the Great Bay, Great Bay Discovery Center, Greenland, NH

2015      Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy fundraiser, Dover, NH

2014      3rd Annual Essex Wet Paint Auction, Essex, MA 

2014      Independence Museum, Exeter, NH

2013      Paint the Town, Wolfeboro, NH

2008      Paint the Bay, Ferry Beach, view from Surf St., pastel; Pine Point, watercolor, ink

2008      Petite Art in the Park, Seacoast Science Center, Odiorne: Trees, pastel

2008      Capture the Coast, Friends of the Wood Island Lighthouse, View from Langsford Rd., pastel

2005      Friends of the Wood Island Lighthouse, Wood Island Lighthouse, oil

2005      Seacoast Science Center (Rye, NH), Odiorne Marsh, pastel

2005      Maine Jazz Alliance, Buoy Shack Behind Lobster Pound, pastel

2004      Friends of the Wood Island Lighthouse, Wood Island Lighthouse, pastel 
2004      Laudholm Trust, Misty Marsh, pastel